Lapidary_Journal_Jewelry_Artist_-_November_-_December_2019

SKILLS

Beginner to intermediate metal clay use

TIME IT TOOK

16 hours

MATERIALS

• PMC3 or Low fi re Art Clay


• (1) 5-8 mm fi re-in-place gem


• 1 small package of polymer clay


• Copper sheet 34 gauge


• Sterling 18 gauge round wire


• ⅛" foam sheet


• Acrylic sheet/hard surface


• Felting fi bers to complement stone choice


• 2 part molding compound
  TOOLS
  Various ball stylus/cupping tools, Tefl on
  deer foot tips, paper stump, mini saw or
  jeweler’s saw with hockey puck or other
  support, props
  SOURCES
  Most of the tools and materials for this
  project are available from well-stocked
  jewelry supply vendors, many of whom
  can be found in our Advertisers’ Index,
  page 93.

What

You Need

Jewelry Project

45

4

Return the acrylic sheet under-
neath, fl ip the copper sheet
over, and trace around the outside
edge of the same line, angling your
tool inward a bit to thin the line and
make it crisp.

5

To make rounded dots that

pop up on the front, make

a rounded impression with a

medium sized ball stylus on the

reverse side while working on the

foam sheet.

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