Sculpey Ultralight

Here are my impressions of using Sculpey Ultralight

Available only in white. Ideal for filling large(and not very large) elements.Fairly sticky and very soft. Baked at 130 degrees Celcuis for 20 minutes. After baking all excess parts are cut or scraped off easily. Second baking with FIMO coating is also successful. No cracks or slits. And one more thing, beads filled this it in fact stay afloat!

Polymer clay and leather

Альбом: Polymer clay

Альбом: Polymer clay

It's all about experimenting... After everything about clay and felt made clear, I turned to clay and leather. So far they prove to be a good match, at least I like the result. Apart from leather, of course, for the first time here I used microbeads.
Hemispheres are 38 mm in diametre. Bracelet size and pendant length are adjustable here as well as in all other products.

Polymer clay and felt

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Been though this before, but this theme just didn't let me go. There had to be something else to complement the bracelet. This 'something' turned out to be a pendant and a ring. The felt is stiched to create a rough-surface effect.As a matter of fact I tried to make it look like a piece of lava

Polymer clay - Hei Matau

Faux jade, silver plated wire, carving

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Maori talisman Hei Matau. Traditionally carved in the shape of a stylized fish hook. It is believed to bring good luck, peace, good health, prosperity and safe passage across water, especially important for Maori people.

To my mind the imitation came out quite well. The photo may not allow to feel the beads' 'naturalness', but that's how they look like in reality. The 'caps' on the top center bead - my first experience with wire, which I kind of liked. Wire is very much like clay - it's very pliable and allows much manipulation.
It's a pity this can't be worn as it is since I made two gross mistakes when putting it together, but I'm in no way discouraged by that since it's a good chance to give it another try :)

UPD:  after makeover:

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Mixed colours beads

Whan working with mixed colours be sure to store a little of each 'pure' colour clay. It may turn out when assembling that you would need some 'pure' colour beads to complete your item.

Fimo effect

Fimo effect: if you work with 'metallic' and want to avoid (for various reasons) its chaacteristic 'metallic' effect on your product, it may help to use some sandpaper.

Polymer clay - Manuka flower

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This is a manuka flower - a tribute to our beloved manuka honey. The pendant is not exactly in my style, the idea was to try certain techniques. Mastered the techniques OK, and got some 'by-products' left as well. This thing came out like this, I am not to blame here :). All things that I make seem to have minds of their own, and this was no exception. My only input was the white flower which the thing was trying to get rid of. The flower broke several times for various minor silly reasons, but in the end I had my way!