Faux Enamel - playing with polymer clay, silver foil and alcohol inks
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Hello dear polymer clay enthusiast!
Take out your silver metallic foil, your alcohol inks and your square and rectangle cutters and let’s get down to work. Of course, don’t forget to take your polymer clay (as I didn’t want a really black base for the cuff, I decided to mix navy blue polymer clay with black polymer clay in a ratio of three to one - three parts of navy blue and one part of black).
You can texture the base of the cuff with your favorite texture plate (or with a sponge) and you should decide if you go for applying a pattern with a stamp and the inkpad of your choice (I used silver considering it would be a good match for the dark blue bracelet base) or not.
I decided also to decorate the inches (the shapes that I cut using the rectangle and square cutters) with a pattern made using a different stamp and black Stazon ink. Again, it’s up to you to decide if you want to have a pattern on your inches or not.
Here you have the entire list of the materials and tools that I used for this project.
SUPPLY LIST
Polymer clay (I used 3 part of Navy Blue Glamour Cernit and 1 part Number One Black Cernit)
A pasta machine or a roller to condition the clay
Ink pads (silver and black)
Small stamps
Silver metallic foil
Alcohol inks (I used Chili Pepper red, Sapphire blue, Sun bright yellow and lime green)
Cutters (square and rectangle cutter in various sizes)
A rigid blade
A brush
Triple-Gloss varnish
Liquid Polymer Clay
An oven and an oven thermometer
Have fun! I hope that you will make a beautiful faux -enamel bracelet to wear for the holidays or to give it a special friend!
My best to you!
Mihaela
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The end result is Magnificent! However it would have been very helpful to see a close up of each piece you attached to the bracelet form.
Such a pretty bracelet. I would never have thought of doing this. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful bracelet!! Thanks for the inspiration, Mihaela!
Thank you, Wendi! I'm very happy to read your beautiful comment!
Absolutely gorgeous!! What kind of thick varnish did you use?
Hello Mihaela! Thank you for sharing your beautiful project, I really like it a lot
Thank you so much for sharing your impressions with me! It's always a great thing to receive such a wonderful feedback!
Great video, cool looking bracelet. I have made two different bracelets and as soon as I put it on it broke in half. So disappointed when it broke. I am going to try and make tiles out of it, and do a different type of bracelet.
Thank you very much for your message. I've been using Fimo Professional for this bracelet and I think this brand of clay is more flexible and durable. For more strength, I would recommend to use liquid clay and add a backing from raw clay on the back of the baked cuff. And then bake again at the recommended temperature for 40 minutes. It should add the necessary strength to this cutout design. I hope this helps. Thank you again for your message and I'm happy if you can use the tile idea:)
Happy claying and stay safe!
This is so interesting and beautiful. Thanks for sharing this piece.
I want to do this but with only polymer clay. I don't have my very own stamping/embellishment kits yet!!!! Thanks for all you do here
Dear Andrea, thank you for your beautiful comment! I'm sorry for replying so late. I wanted to let you know that I made a free mini course on how to use molds with polymer clay and there's a lesson on how to make your own stamps using polymer clay and interesting textures that you have around the house. Here's the link to the free mini course in case you'd like to take a look (the lessons are short, under 14 minutes, I wanted them to be digestible and easy to apply). Have a great day and lots of inspiration for your clay!
You do beautiful work and are a wonderful artist! Thank you for sharing!❤️
Thank you very much for your appreciation! Your beautiful words mean a lot to me! Have a beautiful day! And lots of inspiration for your beautiful clay pieces!
Stunning Michaela💜
Just beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I love your work!
Rachel D
Thank you very much, Rachel! I'm very grateful for your appreciation. It means so much to me! Have a beautiful and blessed day!
beautiful!🥰
Thank you very much, Maggie, for your appreciation! Have an amazing day!
the bracelet is lovely,thanks for sharing Mihaela,what brand is the silver ink?
Thank you very much, Jenny! I am using an old ink pad that I bought some time ago from a craft store (there's no brand written on it), but you can use StazOn Metallic Silver and I think you will get a similar effect.
Love the abstract design
Love the idea! It's very neat. I wish you could edit the video, it I see very repetitive and long, just saying...Thank you for sharing your talent!
Thank you very much for taking the time and sharing your impressions with me! It is a little difficult to make shorter videos (and still making sure that the message is very clear), but I hope in time I will get better at it. Thank you for appreciating my tutorial (and I totally understand, I also prefer shorter tutorials myself, but it's very difficult to be concise when you want to share so many ideas and things). Have a great day! Mihaela
*hello , just find your chanel !!!! so nice vidéo
Thank you very much for your wonderful comment! Have a creative and inspired day!
Thank you for sharing....
Thank you very much, Carol! I love your mosaic frames and I totally loved your beautiful polymer clay necklaces!
Thank you Mihaela, I love working with polymer clay. I haven't tried anything with alcohol inks but looking forward to it....
very nice what u do ....but can u show us all a bit closer ? Thanks
Thank you very much for your beautiful message, Mathilde! I'll try to film this again from a closer angle and make some improvements to the tutorial as well. Have a beautiful and inspired day!
HI I LOVE WHAT YOU DO ITS SO GREATE AND NICE. I JUST WONDER WHERE TO BYE THE INK. THANK YOU
I purchase mine at Michael's, but i'm fairly certain that all big name art supply stores carry them.
Thank you so much! I work a lot with StaZon and I always had great results. And it comes in a lot of colors as well. I think you can find it on Amazon. www.google.com/search?q=Stazon+ink&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=950&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRxeXhhMTSAhXBVhoKHfcZC1gQ_AUICCgD Have a great day!
you need subtitles, I cannot understand what you are saying
Thank you for your suggestion. I haven't thought of this. It would be a good idea, but for the moment I don't know how to do this. I really appreciate your feedback. Thank you! Have a wonderful day!
I can’t see the video... it’s too long 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
Thank you for writing to me! I know what you mean. I'll work on making my video shorter, but it's not always easy. Have an amazing and creative day!