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7 8 910 11 12- Paint the front and back of the pendant
with a base coat of pastel yellow acrylic paint.
Use cosmetic sponges to add other pastel
colours (such as lilac, blue and turquoise) in
layers, allowing each colour to dry fi rst. Gently
sand the back to reveal some of the colours
underneath and on the front to highlight
the texture. Varnish the whole piece using a
polymer clay compatible matte varnish. - Add an eye screw to the top of the pendant.
Remove it, add a drop of Gorilla super glue gel
to the screw, then reinsert it and leave the glue
to set. Add a pendant bail to the eye screw.
You may fi nd it easier to add the bail before
reinserting the eye screw.
13. To complete the necklace, string three
or four seed beads onto a short length of the
white-coated copper wire and slide the pendant
bail onto these beads. Slide on shell chip beads
either side of the bail to the desired length.
Add a glass pearl each side and start a wrapped
loop (see page 94) before wrapping the wire
tail around the loop add the chain ends. Add a
toggle clasp to the chain to fi nish.
14. Bracelet: Create a smaller version of the
pendant following Steps 8–11. This time add an
eye screw to opposite sides of the piece. Attach
glass pearls and shell chip beads using silver-
plated eyepins. Add a silver-plated chain and a
hook-and-eye clasp to complete the bracelet.
15. Earrings: Create two even smaller versions
of the pendant following Steps 8–11. Add an eye
screw to the top of each mini pendant. Create
wrapped links using the silver-plated eyepins
and glass pearls and attach them to the polymer
clay pieces. To complete the earrings, add ear
posts to these links using the loop on the posts.
RESOURCES
Dottie tool set:
‘MyMandarinDucky’ shop at etsy.com
Other resources are widely available
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