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February 2010

Mardi Gras Mask Pendant

by Sam Katz

 

Supplies Needed:

 

•Amate Studios Designer Collection Antique Square Pendant Tray #177 in silver.

•Polymer clay (For this project, I chose Premo):

          About 1/4 block of Pearl, 1/4 block of Pearl Green,

          1/4 block of any red (or other color for feathers/leaves)

          (of coures you can choose any other colors if you wish)

•Either a clay dedicated pasta machine or acrylic roller

•An X-Acto knife 

•Pearl-Ex Powder in a contrasting color

•2 round beads 

•a clay “needle tool” (or a large needle)

•28 guage craft wire & wire cutters

•a texture plate, rubber stamp ot textured item

•a spray bottle for water

•Any cyanoacrylate glue.

•A small ceramic tile (6”x6” works well)

 

Instructions:

 

1. Condition clay-for this project, you can condition all of your colors together.

(If you are not familiar with conditioning polymer clay, you can go to:

http://www.artjewelrymag.com/art/Default.aspx?c=a&id=755

for a short video.(You will need to create a free account, but it is fast & easy)

2 After your clay is conditioned, roll a sheet of Pearl clay & a sheet of Pearl Green on the 3rd thickest setting of your pasta machine or roll with your acrylic roller to about the depth of the pendant tray.

3. Spray your texture plate, rubber stamp or textured item with a fine mist of water & press evenly into your Pearl clay sheet.

4.   Place your pendant face down on your clay & press gently to make an impression of the space you want to fill.

5.   Using your X-Acto knife, trim around your piece, following the indentations made by pressing the tray into the clay as a guide. 

6. Gently fit your raw clay piece into the pendant tray.

          •It should be an exact fit so you may have to bend & cajole it a bit to get it in -be patient.

          •Once you have the clay in the pendant tray, gently press with your fingers to ease out any air

          bubbles that may be caught under the clay.

7. Cut your mask out of the Pearl Green sheet with the X-Acto knife & soften the edges by pinching

with your fingers. You can detail with the same or a different texture or leave it plain. Feel free to embellish the mask with little clay balls or other shapes-use your imagination!

8. Roll several different lengths of red clay (1/4-1/2”) in a tiny football shape, then press flat with your finger into a feather or leaf shape. Press in the veins with your needle tool.

9. Press your feathers gently to the back of your mask to see where you like them, then press the mask with feathers onto the textured background.

10. Cut a short piece of wire & thread it though your 1 of your “eye” beads. Twist the 2 ends together tightly behind the bead & cut off at the “twist” at the thickness of your clay background. Repeat for the 2nd eye. Push the twisted wire into the clay in the eye holes of the mask.

11. If your feathers stick out over the edge of the pendant, take a short piece of wire & push it through the center of your feather, into the background clay & pinch the clay shut to cover the end.

12. Dip your finger into the Pearl-Ex powder & gently rub it over the raised areas of the textured

background & your mask. Repeat as necessary.

13. Place piece back on the ceramic tile, piece of cardboard or a cookie sheet & bake, at the

temperature recommended by the manufacturer of the clay brand that you are using, for 20-30

minutes. Let cool.

14. Pop clay out of pendant trays & glue back in using any cyanoacrylate glue.

Party Heart-y Mardi Gras Pendant

By Terry Ricioli

 

Materials:

 

Amate Studios Long Heart 51x27mm

Sequin Mix in green, pink and blue or your choice

Diamond Glaze™ by JudiKins

Flat-back crystals (Swarovski crystals from www.creativecrystal.com)

Scissors, tweezers

 

Instructions:

 

1.  Cut some sequins in half.  Cut one sequin into a point that will fit the point of the heart.  Cut other sequins to fit around the curves as needed.

 

2.  Add a layer of glaze to the pendant and layer in the sequins.  Use the half sequins for any edges that show.  Fill the entire pendant overlapping and varying the color and size of the sequins.  Let dry.

 

3.  Add another layer of glaze to fill the pendant and cover the sequins. 

 

4.  Add a dot of glaze to the back of flat-back crystals and glue them randomly over the top of the sequins.

Mardi Gras Mask

By Deborah Anton

 

 

Products used:

Amate Studios Design Person Pendant

Pardo Jewelry Clay (white, Gold speck)

Silicone Doll Face mold

Craft feathers

Sequin embellishments

Micro beads

Fleur de Leis Brad

Mardi Gras mask 3-D Sticker

Hot Glue gun

Metal Glue

Ranger Glossy Accents

Copic Markers

 

Instructions:

 

  1. Break off a small piece of Pardo clay in white and another small piece in the gold speck.  Roll each one separately into thin logs. “Braid” together and roll back into a ball.  Roll again into a thin log and connect into a circle and once again, roll into a ball.  Repeat until you get your desired swirl effect.
  2. Press your clay ball into your doll face mold and carefully remove.  Place your mold into the “face” portion of the Person Pendant. Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 minutes.
  3. Once cooled, take your mold out, add some glue to the component base, add a few small feathers to the sides, and glue the mold on top of the feathers into the pendant component.
  4. Add some Glossy Accents to around the edges of the mold and place micro beads.
  5. Add some glue to the “bust” portion of the component and add some sequins to become your base.
  6. Using the hot glue gun, add feathers to the “bust.”
  7. Color the lips with your Copic Marker and accent the nostrils and eyes.
  8. Finish the pendant by gluing the mask over the face using your metal glue for a strong hold.

Foiled Pirate
Designed by Susan Johnson

Supplies:

Amate Studios Large Circle Lipped Pendant
Strueter Glue Foil - Pink
Magic Glos by Lisa Pavelka
UV Lamp
Tim Holtz Grungeboard - skull
Ranger Inc. Black Alcohol Ink
Ranger Inc. Black Paint Dauber
Ranger Inc. Glossy Accents
Craft Iron
Sand Paper
Stylus
Paper Towel

Instructions:

  1. Glue Grungeboard skull to bottom of Amate Studios Large Circle Lipped Pendant with Glossy Accents.
  2. Cut out a circle of Strueters Glue Foil in Pink, just larger than the inside of the pendant.
  3. Use stylus to help define the skull shape, pressing lightly into the foil with the stylus.
  4. Hold the Craft Iron so that the iron surface is facing upward. Place pendant ontop of iron for aproximatly 5-10 seconds to activate the Strueters Glue Foil. Remove pendant by tilting the iron and letting the pendant slide off. DO NOT TOUCH the pendant. It is very hot. As it is cooling you can use your stylus to push down any edges that may have lifted.  
  5. Lightly sand the edges of the skull to distress the image.
  6. Apply a small amount of black paint to the top of the skull. Let it sit for a minute and then wipe off the paint while also rubbing the paint into the image. Allow paint to dry completly.
  7. To make the Magic Glos as deep as the pendant work in layers. Apply a layer of Magic Glos, just covering the skull. Cure with the UV lamp. Apply another layer of Magic Glos,  cure. Then apply one more layer of Magic Glos and cure.
  8. Hold pendant at an angle and apply Black Alcohol Ink to the top of the pendant, letting the ink drip down the edges of the pendant. Set aside to dry. Repeat if necessary.

 

 

 

 

Birdie Pendant

Designed by Michal Rainsbarger

 

Materials:

  • Amate Studios’s Base Elements rectangle pendant #PN-091
  • Raw canvas fabric
  • Matte gel medium
  • Image (small print from a magazine)
  • Black Micron Pen

Tools:

  • Small paint brush
  • Scissors
  • Weld Bond adhesive

Instructions:

    1. Cut out your image from the magazine at least twice as large than the pendant.

    1. Brush an even coat of gel medium onto the raw canvas, glue the image face down and gently burnish it down with your hand. Allow this to dry overnight.

    1. The following day, Peel off as much of the paper as possible. Use a small amount of water to rub off the remaining paper. You may need to let the water dry and repeat this process until all the paper pulp is removed. Let dry.

    1. Trace the pendant onto the canvas and cut out the rectangle shape. Gently pull on the edges of the canvas until it frays.

    1. Using the Micron pen, create the look of a bordered stitch.

    1. Brush a thin, even coat of Weld Bond onto the inside of the pendant and glue in the canvas. Let dry completely.
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