Japanese Influenced Polymer Clay Pendant

The "Japanese Influenced" Create Along Box from CreateAlong.com was full of amazing products.  this pendant uses a variety of items from the box, along with some tiny red faux gemstones from the Dragonfly Dreams box I received last month.  

Materials:

premo! Sculpey® - Black, Cadmium Red Hue 

premo! Sculpey® Accents™ - Gold

Sculpey® Bake & Bond Adhesive 

CreateAlong.com 

• Ginkgo Silkscreen Stencil 
• Ginkgo Texture Sheet 
• Deco Disc Lotus Flower Stamp 

Red Faux Gemstones 

DecoArt® Multi-Surface Satin™ - Gold 

Clay roller 

Circle cutters 

Clay blade

Black satin cording 

Judikins™ Gel de Soleil UV Resin
PYM II sealant spray (optional)

Instructions:

Roll black clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.   Silkscreen with gold paint and Ginkgo silkscreen.  Let paint dry. 

Use circle cutter to cut disc from silkscreened clay. 

Roll gold clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.   Dust Deco Disc with cornstarch, tap to remove excess.  Stamp rolled clay with Deco Disc.   Use round clay cutter to cut out stamped Lotus flower. 

Roll red clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.  Use Ginkgo texture sheet to texture rolled clay. 

Cut out a circle the same size as the silkscreened circle.   Use clay blade to cut circle in a little less than half - one side will be slightly larger than the other.  Apply a little Bake & Bond to to back of the smaller section and mount over the silkscreened disc.  Cut a portion of a smaller circle and mount as shown.  (This will help support the lotus flower.)

Apply Bake & Bond and mount lotus flower centered over edge of red clay - off center on pendant as shown.  

Use Bake & Bond to apply red gemstones to lotus flower as desired.   

Bake according to manufacturer instructions.

Roll black clay to a little less than 1/4” thick.  Use Ginkgo texture sheet to texture rolled clay. 

Cut disc the same size as the original silkscreened disc, apply Bake & Bond and mount to back of pendant.  To create bale, roll a small piece of gold clay and cut a rectangle, roll to create a tube.  Use Bake & Bond to mount to back top of pendant.   

Roll black clay and cut thin strip width of the two stacked discs and mount to outer edge of pendant.  

Bake according to manufacturer instructions.  

For finishing the pendant, I tried it two ways.  For the first, I applied Gel de Soleil UV resin over the entire pendant and cured. It has a great glossy shine all over and catches the light beautifully.

For the second pendant, I covered the black silkscreened portion of the pendant with scrap paper, sprayed the remainder of the pendant (front and back) with PYM II sealant.  Then I applied the Gel de Soleil UV resin just to the black silkscreened portion.  I love the finished result - the black looks lacquered but the texture and details of the other elements is better highlighted.

Add black satin cording. 

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