Do you want learn how to make polymer clay beads? It is fun to create them and fairly easy if you know the right techniques and if you have the tools. Polymer clay is a distinctive substance found in a lot of shades. Beads are small and do not require major amount of time to form which makes them a fantastic activity for newbies. You can learn creating your own jewelries and match them to an individual attire, to put on during special holidays or occasions or to simply give them as presents.

 

Tools

 

To be sure that your polymer clay jewels project will be a success you need to have a complete set of tools. Having all of them will also make you finish your beautiful creations much faster. You will need the following:

 

clay blades

needle and hook tool

metal stylus

rubber tipped clay shaper

clay cutters

pasta machine

bead rolling tools

clay baking rack

texturizing tools

wire cutters

crimping tools

needle

chain-nose pliers and round-nose pliers

 

 

Shapes

 

You can produce the bead holes by the use of cocktail sticks. Afterwhich, place them on a backing rack. Letting them on a table or any flat surface can ruin the perfect round shape.

 

Effects

 

Once the different clay colors are warm and you can hold them, take a piece of each shade and roll them on the table. Roll and twist them until the colors are bonded to each other like a marble. When you’ve decided you have achieved the marble effect suitable to your liking, take a piece off and roll it into a ball shape. Again, use a cocktail stick to produce a hole through it.

 

Baking

 

Read the clay packaging and follow the instructions for baking. Different products can have different baking guidelines. You will be in constant monitor of the temperature if you don’t want your creations ruined.

 

Finish

 

To create a shiny and glossy finish in your beads, you can use a buffing or a grinding wheel. These can be expensive though and are advisable only if you wish to transform this little hobby into a small business. Anyway, you can still produce nicely buffed beads with the use of cloths from old torn jeans.

 

Learning how to make polymer clay beads is already easy nowadays. Take on the challenge and you’ll find yourself wanting to make sculptures of different forms in no time.