A recent beach vacation left me inspired to break out the polymer clay again, after a
long hiatus! It happened when I walked upon a vendor on the pier, with beautiful
handmade polymer clay pendants, unlike any I had seen. I asked her what
she used to color her pieces so vibrantly… acrylic paint! Who knew?
I had actually never done that. It is so obvious. I have used mica
powders, pigment inks, copic markers, chalk… pretty much everything but
good ol’ acrylic paint. The artist recommended
using toothpicks to apply the paint, so I came home and
gave it a shot…
All I did for these was condition white clay into a sheet, stamp on it, cut out
into various shapes with craft knife, then bake. I painted them
after they cured. For some of the lettering I ended up using
PITT artist pens.
These were fun and simple to make. Etching in raw clay makes the artist in me all smiles.
Try it. You will love it!
I love your pendants! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing.
those are awesome!!!
These are so cool! Love that one with the three flowers. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Love, I mean love it! Wish I had some clay to play with right now, but please tell what did you seal it with? Super excited!
I really love necklaces like this.. So pretty and I am sure I will be fun to make one.. 🙂
I have to say that this is my favorite project of yours. I love, love, love the little bird!
suzy
I love these pendants to. Are some polymer clay’s better then others? I bought sculpey brand and it just crumbles and is really hard to work with.
Thanks,
Linda
Great idea, and I love the sayings! These would be fun to do with mini cookie cutters.
They are so pretty. How did you get the shiny glaze look? What did you use to make them look fired?