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enlightened polymer clay Artisan Jewelry Designs Inspired by Nature

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No.22 Pierced Earrings

No.25 Necklace

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No.15 Necklace

No.17 Necklace

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Forming Forming In this stage, you create a form or pattern suited to your design by rolling clay flat, into a ball, or layering. In this stage, you create a form or pattern suited to your design by rolling clay flat, into a ball, or layering.

Flattening Flattening

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Use a rolling pin, placing the slats at Use asides. both rollingYou pin,can placing makethe theslats clay at as bothas thin sides. the thickness You can make of thethe slats. clay as thin as the thickness of the slats.

Use a polymer clay machine or Use a machine pasta polymer clay to produce machine anoreven pasta machine thickness according to produce to the an setting. even thickness according to the setting.

Pull the edge of an evenly flattened Pull the piece with edge fingers, of an to evenly partially flattened vary piece the thickness. with fingers, to partially vary the thickness.

Grate clay, lump together and roll flat Grate to produce clay, lump a unique together cracked andtexture. roll flat to produce a unique cracked texture.

Roll together more than two colored Roll together clays to produce more a marble than two pattern. colored clays to produce a marble pattern.

Place the clay on a parchment Place the paper, andclay passontogether a parchment through the paper, andatpass machine setting together No. 8 to through produce the machine an ultra thin at setting piece. No. 8 to produce ultrathin an ultra thin piece. piece.

Roll with a finger or the palm if Roll piece the with aisfinger big, toorproduce the palma nice if the piece is big, to produce a nice sphere. sphere.

Place your fingers as shown and roll Place yourforth fingers as shown andorroll back and to produce cord back forthclay. to produce cord or needleand shape needle-shape needle shape clay.

Place the clay ball in a clay-gun and Place thetoclay extrude, produce ball inaathin clay-gun cord, the and extrude, size of the to gun produce orifice. a thin cord, the size of the gun orifice.

Rolling Rolling

How to make a wood-grain pattern. How to make a wood-grain pattern.

Layering Layering 1 . Cut out the specified color clay 1into . Cut theout specified the specified number color of sheets clay into the with a square specified claynumber cutter. of sheets with a square clay cutter.

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2. Layer the sheets while avoiding 2. Layer air bubbles, the and sheets press while down avoiding with air bubbles, fingers to make and itpress thinner. down with fingers to make it thinner.

3. Cut in half and laminate two 3. Cut ininto sheets halfone andrectangular laminate two block. sheetsdown Press into one withrectangular both handsblock. and Press down make it thinner withasboth in 2.hands Repeat and a maketimes. few it thinner as in 2. Repeat a few times. 38 38

4. Place the clay on a tile with its 4. Place wood grain theside clayup. on aFixtile well with and its 4. Place theinside clay on aFixtile with its slice wood thinly grain a scooping up. well manner and woodathinly grain up. Fix well and with slice slicer.inside a scooping manner slice with athinly slicer.in a scooping manner with a slicer.

5. Place the sliced chip on the 5. Place base claythe with sliced its back chip side on the (which 5. Place chip on the contacted base claythe with thesliced slicer its back blade) side up, (which and base claythewith its back side (which smooth contacted the surface slicer with blade) fingers. up, and contacted slicer with blade) up, and smooth thethe surface fingers. smooth the surface with fingers.

How to make a wood-grain pattern with gold leaf. How to make a wood-grain pattern with gold leaf. How to make a wood-grain pattern with gold leaf.

1. Cut out clay to the specified 1. Cut out number of clay sheets, to the alternate specified the 1. Cut of out clay to the specified layers number ofwhite sheets, clay alternate and goldthe leaf, number sheets, the finishing layers ofofwith white black clayalternate and clay.gold Apply leaf, gold layers of with white clay and gold leaf finishing gently using black a dry clay. brush. Applyleaf, gold finishing black clay. Apply gold leaf gentlywith using a dry brush. leaf gently using a dry brush.

2. Cut into four blocks. Use a thick ruler 2. the or Cut like into to four press blocks. eachUse cutaedge thickdown ruler 2. the Cut into four blocks. Use aedge thick ruler so or thatlike theto toppress black each layer cutsinks into down or like totop press each cutsinks edgeinto down thethe so that layers theof white black clay layer and gold leaf, so that the top black layer sinks creating the layers a of moiré white pattern clay and consisting gold into leaf, of the layers white claylines. and gold the leaf, white, creating gold a of moiré and black pattern consisting Join offour creating a moiré pattern consisting blocks white, gold back and together black into lines. one Join piece theofat four white, gold and black into lines.one Join the at four their moiré blocks backsides. together piece blocksmoiré backsides. together into one piece at their their moiré sides.

3. Slice off the top black clay surface to expose likesurface 3. Slice offthe thewood-grain top black clay 3. expose Slice i.e. offthe the top black clay surface to wood-grain-like pattern mixture wood-grain of white, likegold to the wood-grain pattern, i.e., mixture gold, andexpose pattern black. i.e. Slice mixture thinly ofofwhite, inwhite, alike scooping gold pattern i.e. mixture of white, goldthe and black. thinly in aPlace scooping manner as Slice shown above. and black. inclay aPlace scooping manner as Slice shown above. sliced chip on thethinly base withthe manner as above. Place sliced chip on the base clay with its its sliced back chip sideshown onup, theand base smooth clay with thethe sliced chip onfingers. theand base claythewith back side up, and smooth surface surface its back with side up, smooth the its back side fingers. up, and smooth the with fingers. surface with surface with fingers.

Other method: Transferring patterns Other method: Transferring patterns This is a method to re-transfer a pattern to clay which has been copied onto paper by a black-and-white copy Other method: Transferring patterns This is a method to re-transfer a pattern to clay which has been copied onto paper by a black-and-white copy

machine, which uses black toner. Use Sculpey III (Translucent) for clay without conditioning. Cut the clay into 3mm This is aa method method re-transfer pattern clay has been copied onto paper by a black-and-white copy3mm is totore-transfer a apattern toto clay that has been copied onto without paper byconditioning. a black-and-white machine, which toner. Sculpey IIIwhich (Translucent) clay thecopy clay thick pieces, anduses passblack through theUse machine. Repeat, each timefor raising the setting on the dial,Cut starting at into No. 6, machine, which uses black toner. Use Sculpey III (Translucent) for for clayclay without conditioning. Cut the clay into 3mm machine, which uses black toner. Use Sculpey III (Translucent) without conditioning. Cut the clay into 3mm thick pieces, and pass through themachine. machine. Repeat, each time raising the setting onto theproduce dial, starting at No. 6, then 7 and No. 8. At No. 8,the pass the clayRepeat, through together with parchment paper anatultra piece. thick No. pieces, and pass through each time raising the the setting on the dial, starting No.at6,thin thick pieces, and pass through the machine. Repeat, each time raising setting on the dial, starting No. 6, then No. 77 and and No.8.8.AtAtNo. No. 8, passthetheclay clay through together parchment paper to produce an ultrapiece. thin piece. then No. together withwith parchment paper to produce an ultrathin then No. 7 andNo. No. 8. At No.8,8,pass pass the claythrough through together with parchment paper to produce an ultra thin piece.

1. Transfer a pattern onto a piece 1. white of Transfer paper, a pattern place onto on the a piece clay 1. white Transfer adown. pattern onto piece printed of side paper, place Apply on the aagood clay of whiteside paper, place onthe the clay amount printed of ethanol down. over Apply a good paper printed down. over Applythe a good using a side amount soft of ethanol brush. paper amount of ethanol using a soft brush. over the paper using a soft brush.

2. Make the surface warm by 2. Make with rubbing the surface a finger.warm Repeat bywhen 2. Makeis the surface ethanol rubbing with dry. a Repeat finger.warm Repeat twicebymore whento rubbing with a Repeat finger.toRepeat whento transfer is ethanol thedry. pattern twice clay. more ethanol Repeat transfer isthedry. pattern to twice clay. more to transfer the pattern to clay.

3. Lift paper to check. If the pattern 3. transferred, is Lift paper toremove check. Ifthethepaper. pattern If 3. transferred, Lift paper check. Ifthethepaper. pattern difficult, is applytoremove more ethanol with Ifthe is transferred, the part paper. brush. difficult, Cut apply out remove more the printed ethanol with of Ifthe difficult, apply ethanol with the clay and brush. Cut place out more the on the printed basepart clay ofwith the brush. Cut out the printed part of the the printed clay and place sideondown. the base clay with clay and place the base clay with the printed sideondown. the printed side down.

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get inspired by nature With its delicate organic aura, polymer clay is the perfect expressive material for any jewelry design. Talented designer Rie Nagumo offers innovative and elegant ideas for making 27 unique and artistic jewelry pieces, including necklaces, bracelets, rings, pendants, and earrings. In addition, clear instructions on creating metal-clay chain links and ring forms enable you to incorporate your own fine metal findings into the designs. Step-by-step instructions provide a clear roadmap to a variety of polymer clay techniques, such as mokume gane, caning, texturing, image transfers, and more.

contents 12 necklaces 1 brooch 2 bracelets 3 chokers 1 belt 3 rings 3 pendants 2 pierced earrings techniques how to make

Satisfy your enthusiasm for making unique jewelry and explore the lyrical world of polymer clay. R i e N a g u m o is a jeweler and artist specializing in polymer and metal clay. She lives, works, and teaches in Japan.

Paperback 7.5" × 9.6", 90 pages ISBN 978-1-59668-634-2 $19.95 Available April 2012