Pure Silver Metal Clay Beads by Linda Kaye-Moses

Author:Linda Kaye-Moses
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Creative Publishing international
Published: 2009-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

A. Completely cover the gemstone bead with metal clay strips cut from a sheet rolled out to measure three playing cards thick.

B. Slice the PMC strip to form two hemispheres. Remember to move the sharp blade away from your fingers as you work.

C. Hold the toothpick and carefully remove the hemisphere opposite the toothpick.

MAKING THE HEMISPHERES

1. Insert a toothpick in one hole of the gemstone bead. If the toothpick isn’t secure, add a little instant-bonding glue to the opening and reinsert it.

2. Oil the work surface, roller, the gemstone bead, and your hands.

3. Roll a small lump of PMC into a ball about ” (12 mm) in diameter. Place the ball on your work surface and flatten it slightly with your finger.

4. Place the three-card stack of playing cards on either side of the flattened lump. With the roller, roll the lump into a sheet, level with height of the cards.

5. Trim a strip to fit around the large gemstone bead. It should be wide enough to extend beyond the bead.

6. Wrap the strip around the bead, smoothing seams and bumps. Trim extra material. Gently press the metal clay to conform to the surface.

7. Completely cover the bead, using additional clay if needed (A).

8. Cut a small hole opposite the toothpick hole with the ” (3 mm)-diameter brass tubing or clay cutter.

9. Set the bead aside to dry to a partially dry, leather-hard state. Then draw a light pencil line around the “equator” (circumference) of the bead.

10. With the tissue blade or art knife, slice along the line, cutting the sphere about in half (B).

11. Gently remove the hemisphere opposite the toothpick (C). Set it aside on the mug warmer, convex side up, and allow it to dry completely.

12. Rotating the toothpick slightly as you work, carefully slide the other hemisphere off the bead, past the toothpick.

13. Place this hemisphere on the work surface, concave side up. With the same cutter you used in step 8, cut a hole around the hole that the toothpick made, pressing the cutter into the partially dry clay until it cuts through to the work surface.

14. Place the two bowl-shaped forms on the heated mug warmer, convex sides up. Turn them several times, finishing with convex sides up, until they’re completely dry.

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