Bake Your Beads! Add Polymer Jewelry Making to Your Skills
What I learned from my first polymer clay experiments
Here's the takeaway from my maiden voyage with polymer clay:
Watch Ronna's video before you start so you don't miss out on all her great tips-including the one about sampling different polymer clays to find a favorite.
- Feed your dog(s) before you start, or you'll find him/her sniffing at the polymer beads you are rolling, even sneaking in a lick.
- You need only a small space to set up your polymer operation: I used a corner of my unfinished basement.
- You can embed metal bead caps into your freshly rolled bead after you've drilled your hole. (I couldn't wait to use some really cool bead caps from Tierra Cast.)
- First time's the charm. I made three simple beads with blue and white polymer clay that I call my "Sky" beads. Just like cookies, you can't make just one.
If you're eager to start doing instead of just talking about polymer bead making, be sure to have my new favorite teacher by your side, Ronna Sarvas Weltman. Her Mixed Media: Making Polymer Beads DVD has a place of honor on my shelves. I'll be watching lots of reruns to feed my new passion for making polymer beads.