Western Nouveau Leather and Metal Clay with Turquoise Necklace Project Download

Description

Overlay lacy silver on turquoise leather with the help of die cutting.

Skills: Die cutting, Wirework

Materials Needed to Complete this Project:

• 1 Sizzix® 3.5 x 9 inch turquoise cowhide #660612
• 1 Sizzix® 3.5 x 9 inch metallic silver cowhide #660609
• 1 PMC 5 gram sheet, silver
• 2 7.5mm Jump rings, silver
• 1 11 / 0 silver seed bead
• Midas liver of sulfur
• Copper tongs or wire
• Steel wool, fi ne
• Latex gloves
• 13.5 feet of 22 gauge sterling silver wire
• 15" 16 gauge sterling silver wire
• One G Beading thread, blue
• 3 large 15 x 5mm turquoise saucer shaped beads
• 12 inch strand 3 x 5mm turquoise nuggets
• Fiebings Leather Cement
• Fine point marker
• Sharpie marker

Tools Needed to Complete this Project:

• Sizzix® Movers & Shapers™ Daisy Stack die set #660591
• Sizzix® Movers & Shapers™
• Lace Section die set #660594
• Sizzix® Big Shot Jewelry Studio Machine # 661305
• Sizzix® Die Pick
• Leather stitching rotary hole-punch
• Paint brush
• Scissors
• Chain nosed pliers
• Round nosed pliers
• Wubbers® large round-mandrel bail-forming pliers
• Polishing cloth with rouge
• 1.5mm metal hole punch pliers
• #10 beading needle, sharp-short
• Steel burnisher, bent
• Chasing hammer
• Bench block 
• Flush cutter 
• Eye protection
   

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2017