Faux Spiderweb Jasper Polymer Clay Tutorial

How to Make Faux Spiderweb Jasper from Polymer Clay

• COLOR RECIPE:
  • 1 translucent, 1 white, a tiny pinch of black OR
  • 30 translucent, 30 white, 1 black
• Roll your dirty white Premo mix into a log.
• Chop roughly with a tissue blade.
• Dust liberally with black mica powder.
• Continue to chop into medium size chips.
• Remove a small portion and then continue chopping into finer pieces.
• Remove a small portion and then continue chopping until you get the pieces as fine as you can.
• Bring all of the pieces together and mix them up.
• Roll the pieces gently between your palms to dull the sharp edges of the pieces.
• Squeeze on a dollop of black paint and mix it in using a skewer.
• Leave to dry, or use a heat gun or hairdryer to speed up the process. Mix about while using the heat gun to make sure that all of the wet paint is exposed to the heat.
• Move to the side.
• Spread a thin layer of black paint over your tile. Leave to dry or use your heat gun.
• Scrape the paint off of your tile using your tissue blade.
• Pick up the pile of dust and drop onto your clay pieces.
• Mix together with your fingers.
• You now have the choice of forming the pieces into a cane and taking slices, or making cabochons, which is the option I have chosen for today.

• Press some of your pieces into a mold.
• Roll over with your acrylic rod.
• Shave the excess away using your tissue blade.
• Gently work the clay out of the mold.
• Round off the edges by tapping against them with your tissue blade.
• Bake at the recommended temperature for an hour.
• Spray with alcohol and rub with a wet wipe to remove some of the paint before sanding.
• Sand starting from your lowest grit (400) up to your highest.
• Buff using a soft cloth or a rotary tool if you have one.
• Add a light layer of Renaissance wax and buff again.
• Leave to dry for 10 minutes.