DIY Network

Monet Pillow Beads From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-304

Designs by guest Marie Segal

Materials:

2 oz. blocks of black and ecru Premo! Sculpey Clay
Sculpey Glaze in gloss finish
Pearlescent liquid acrylic (colored inks)
Cotton swabs
Black acrylic paint
¾" Kemper cutter- round
7/8"canapé cutter-round
Bamboo skewer or needle tool
Stencil brush

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	Figure A
	Figure C

1. Paint black sheet of clay with inks (figure A) and allow to dry.

2. Cut two 7/8" circles from the painted clay, then roll circles into beads, pierce with a needle tool and paint with gloss.

3. Bake bead, then roll out small coil or ecru clay, flatten and place around seam of baked bead.

4. Roll out eight 1/4" balls of ecru clay, create teardrop shapes, then flatten. Place leaf-shaps on the painted bead and mark with tool to create leaf "veins" and texture (figure B).

5. Roll two 1/8" balls and place on end of bead. Repierce the colored bead (figure C) and bake.

6. Rub bead with black acrylic paint, then rub to remove excess.

RESOURCES :
Sculpey Premo polymer clay, Scupley Glaze
Polyform Products Inc.
Products available at craft and hobby stores.
Website: www.sculpey.com

GUESTS :

Marie Segal
Vice-President / Designer
Clay Factory, Inc.
P.O. Box 460598
Escondido, CA 92046-0598
Phone: 760-741-3242
E-mail: marie@clayfactoryinc.com
Website: www.clayfactoryinc.com