Evening Rose Polymer Clay Necklace Tutorial

Evening Rose Polymer Clay Necklace Tutorial

• To start this polymer clay necklace project you’ll need some silver link bezels, pearl white polymer clay and the evening rose cane from part one of this tutorial.

• Take a thickish slice of the cane and stretch it a bit before placing in the link. Press down with your fingertips and squish it out towards the edges.
• Cover with a piece of paper and burnish flat.
• Repeat to make a second one and bake for half an hour at the recommended temperature.

• Cut a small circle from a sheet of pearl white polymer clay and place in a silver link bezel. Press out to the edges. (I'm using my circle cutters from JessamaDesign.)
• Reduce a piece of your rose cane to three different smaller sizes.
• Lay a few different size slices on the pearl white.
• Cover with a piece of plain paper and burnish.
• Repeat to make a second one and bake for half an hour at the recommended temperature.

• Cut a few slices from one of your reduced rose canes.
• Lay the slices around the edge of the bezel, overlapping them.
• Cover with plain paper and burnish flat.
• You may need to spread it out to the edges with your fingers and burnish again.
• Repeat to make a second one and bake for half an hour at the recommended temperature.

• For this part of the project you will need Pebeo paints to match your polymer clay rose cane. I'm using Ash Blue and Eggshell White Prisme and Metal Blue Moon.
• Mix your paints thoroughly.
• Design One: Add some Eggshell white to two of your silver links.
• Add some Ash Blue to the outside.
• Drag the white through the blue using a piercing pin.
• Design Two: Add some Ash Blue to the middle of two more silver bezel links and drag to the sides.
• Add a few drops of Metal Blue.
• Design Three: Add Eggshell white to one silver link bezel and drag to the edges.
• Add a few drops of Metal Blue.
• Leave to cure for about twelve hours.

• Sand the bezels with the rose cane centers starting from the lowest grit and working your way up.
• Measure out your Ice Resin. I use a plunger to make sure that the measurements are accurate.
• Mix thoroughly but gently - around five minutes.
• Lay your bezels out on a resin tray and drip the resin into the centers using a skewer. Don't over-fill them. Add a bit at a time and stretch it out towards the edges.
• Blow gently through a straw to pop the bubbles.
• Allow to cure for 24 hours.
• Check out my Ice Resin Tutorial for more information.

• Lay your links out in the order you like and link them together with silver jumprings.
• Add your clasp to the end links with jumprings.