Asian Dragon Polymer Clay Pendant

Materials: 

premo! Sculpey® Accents® - 18K Gold

premo! Sculpey® - Black, Cadmium Red Hue 

CreateAlong.com - 

• Magic Transfer Paper 
• Ginkgo Leaves Texture Sheet
• Circle Sutter Set

Judikins™

• Chinese Dragon Stamp 2564G
• Diamond Glaze™
• Glass Beads 14K Gold

Permanent black ink pad

Black satin cording

Clay roller 

PYM II spray sealant 

Instructions: 

Roll gold clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.   Cut out desired pattern from Magic Transfer Paper (this set of pre-printed Asian themed papers is from a Create Along Box - individual sheets in various patterns, or unprinted for printing your own designs, are available at createalong.com) 

Place face down onto rolled clay.  Burnish to be sure paper is completely covering the rolled clay without any air bubbles, etc. Let set at least 15 minutes.  You will begin to see the paper change color a bit, the pattern will become a bit more obvious as the paper absorbs some of the oil from the clay.  

Add a few drops of warm water to the surface of the paper.  Let it set until you see the magic start to happen - the “paper” will turn back into “pulp” and be raised up.  CAREFULLY use your fingertips to brush away the pulp.  If needed, add a tiny bit more water and repeat until all pulp is gone and pattern is transferred to the clay.  

Use desired circle cutter and cut a circle from the patterned clay. 

Roll red clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.  Ink dragon stamp with permanent black ink, stamp into rolled clay.  Use a slightly smaller sized circle cutter than the original to cut out the front portion of the dragon.  

Add a bit of texture to the area around the dragon by gently pressing the ginkgo leaves texture sheet into the clay. 

 

Mount the red stamped circle on the bottom portion of the gold patterned circle.   Bake according to manufacturer instructions. 

Roll black clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.    Use the ginkgo leaves texture sheet to texture the rolled clay.   Cut a circle the same size as the gold circle for the back of the pendant.   Add Bake & Bond to the back of the gold circle and add black textured circle, gently pressing to adhere and remove any air bubbles. 

Cut a smaller circle from the textured clay and fold in half.  Use Bake & Bond and mount over top of pendant, leaving open space at the top, to create bale.    Bake according to manufacturer instructions.  Let cool. 

Spray entire pendant with PYM II spray (front and back).  Let dry. 

Add a small amount of Judikins™ Diamond Glaze™ around the red dragon circle  Sprinkle on Judikins™ gold glass beads.  Let dry.  

Add black satin cording.