Here’s a necklace I made right after seeing Arty Becca’s (Rebecca Watkins) hollow forms. I needed to make one more of the smaller beads to finish it off and I finally did that last night. I use black rubber O rings in between the beads and extruded black clay bits as spacers.
Extruded black clay bits you ask? I use an adapter made by Makins for their extruder. They come in all different sizes and you can use several different dies with them. I used a square die to make a long piece, bake it and then slice off what I need. Cool.
Love the necklace!
Oh thank you Cara Jane, this one stays with me!
Nice job! I made a lot of the forms based on those shapes, but haven’t covered any of them yet. I’m wondering how to do that without having to do a ton of sanding afterwards (the base clay coating was hard to put on smoothly).
Hey Barbara, I covered my first layer with fairly thick slices of cones. Then smoothed with a knitting needle, one of my favorite tools.
Nice necklace Alice!
Barbara…Alice is right. Use a thick layer of clay that you can smooth out , or conversely, use a textured type of finish that doesn’t have to be smooth.
Thank you Rebecca, I told you the forms were brilliant.
Hi Alice, your necklace is fabulous congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maria Eva!!! Thanks so much. Fun to do and so light weight.
Hi Alice,
Where can I get some of those dies?
Thanks,Jay
Hi Jay,
You can download the patterns from Artybecca….here’s the address…
http://artybecca.blogspot.com/2013/09/another-entry-in-hollow-bead-sweepstakes.html
Have fun….