How to Make Polymer Clay Beads
Step-by-step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads
How to Make Polymer Clay Beads
Step-by-step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads
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Description
A handy guide to cheaply and quickly make beads from polymer clays.
How to Make Polymer Clay Beads is your handy guide to making beads from polymer clays such as Fimo. With clear instructions and step-by-step photographic sequences, the book teaches you the various bead techniques and how to produce various faux effects. Each section features a gallery of beautiful beads by internationally renowned artists, providing inspiration and showing you the wide range of effects that can be achieved.
Polymer clays are readily available, come in a multitude of colours and can be fired in your kitchen oven. Making spectacular-looking beads doesn't require much space or equipment, making it a cheap and easy way to create professional-looking jewellery that you will be proud to wear or give away.
Table of Contents
Materials & Techniques
Materials
Equipment and Workspace
Conditioning
Baking
Making Logs, Snakes, Strings and Sheets
Colour Mixing
Blending – the Skinner Technique
Combing, Feathering and Swirling
Cutting and Slicing
Caning and Stacking
Moulding
Bead Shapes
Drilling, Sanding, Polishing and Varnishing
Extrusions
Foils, Powders and Glitters
Appliqué
Texturing
Inlay
Rorschach
Transfers
Rubber Stamping
Mokume Gane
Mokume Gane Using Translucent Clay
Mica Shift Effect
Product details
| Published | 20 Feb 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 128 |
| ISBN | 9781789940336 |
| Imprint | Herbert Press |
| Illustrations | 450+ colour images |
| Dimensions | 222 x 222 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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