Playing with Polymer Clay this Weekend! Ring Dishes, Beads and More

This weekend I spent it entirely playing with the clay, weekends like this are so few and far between!

I created some new Ring Dishes, as seen above to replace my collection as they are proving very popular, I really enjoy experimenting with the inks to create different effects. 

Turquoise Ring Dish at Lottie Of London Jewellery

I also created some new beads for a new Chunky Statement Necklace here

New Polymer clay beads for Autumn

The colours are created from another colour mixing adventure, this time in more muted Autumn tones for the coming season.

I also had an order to complete for despatch my Leopard Print Statement Ring and created some new studs with a new cane I created recently.

Leopard Print Rings and Stud Earrings with my new cane

Polymer Clay Sea Urchin Ring handmade jewellery by Lottie of London

Pink Sea Urchin Ring handmade from polymer clay

 

Sea Urchin Jewellery Collection handmade from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

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Polymer Clay Leopard Print Jewellery

Animal print has been featured in quite a few fashion pieces this Autumn & Winter, now I've never been a lover of the animal print personally but thought I'd have a go at a leopard print cane and here it is...

My leopard print cane created from polymer clay

I was really happy with the results of the cane and decided to make a few sheets and some beads.

Bead making with my animal print polymer clay cane

The finished peices come up slightly darker than the orignal cane but I am delighted with the results  and created a few different jewellery pieces.  I'm definitely converted and I think these would look great with a simple black dress prefect for people like me who shy away from animal print but want to show a touch of their wild side.

Leopard Print Beaded Bracelet handmade from polymer clay

 

Leopard Print stud earrings and lentil earrings handmade from polymer clay

Leopard Print Beaded Necklace handmade from polymer clay

Leopard Print Ring handmade from polymer clay

I'm looking forward to trying out this cane in a variety of colours and even trying more animal print canes, now i just have to decide where to start next Tiger cane, Zebra print or Giraffe maybe!

Are you a lover of animal print?

Polymer Clay Whats Cooking

This week I've had a sort through my clay canes some have been dispensed of for scrap clay, but I've used some others for my polymer clay ear studs and rings.

Old polymer clay canes resigned to the scrap pile

You may recognise a few already as my millefiori studs and rings are proving quite popular I've had to make more for my Etsy Shop.  Some are new though, well new styles from old canes, once cooked I'll know which ones will work well or not.

Polymer clay focal's for ear studs and rings

I've also been playing around with some more clay firstly I tried out some rose studs in some alternative colours a dark blue and green brushed with gold, but I'm not entirely happy with these.

I also got my urchin mould in the post this week all the way from Canada as you can see below I had a little practice with them, its a fantastic mould though as usual my alcohol inking technique needs some work I always find my colours come out a bit too intense.

Polymer clay roses and urchins

I'm now awaiting another delivery of crystals to play with some new alcohol inks and more white clay so I should be having a fun week experimenting.

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Polymer Clay and Swarovski Crystals

Its time for me to start thinking ahead to creating new items for Autumn/Winter for me this is quite early as I'm always slow on the uptake, though I suspect many other crafter's started quite a while back.

I've been jotting down a few ideas as they pop into my head and one particular idea sprung to mind, for me Autumn but particularly Winter is always about the glitz and party's so with this in mind I decided to order some Swarovski Hot Fix Crystals to experiment with my polymer clay.

I ordered just two types of samples some hot fix Swarovski Crystal and some gold toned Swarovski Pearls with Autumn in mind from Beads Direct on Thursday and was delighted when they arrived Saturday morning and I couldn't wait to get started.

So heres my experiments with the Swarovski Crystals and Pearls, now despite them being hot fix crystals I pushed them into the clay in the desired pattern and cooked them as they were to see how well they attached, needless to say not strong enough for a wearable item of costume jewellery so I decided to very carefully super glue each crystal on which worked perfectly.

Swarovski Crystal & Pearl hot fix with polymer clay by Lottie Of London

Above are some simple earrings and rings using the gold toned pearls in more Autumn tones.

Swarovski Crystal & Pearl hot fix with polymer clay by Lottie Of London

And some samples for Winter especially the ring which is very glitzy.

I'm really pleased with how well they worked and I can't wait to order some more dazzling colours to experiment with, they've also sparked some new ideas for Summer next year.

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Polymer Clay Rings & Stud Earrings

Along with last weeks scribble necklaces I made last week, I had the chance to test out an idea that's been toying in my mind for a while, creating polymer clay rings and earring studs.

So once I purchased some ring bases and ear stud components I had a play around with some sizes to see what would work.

Polymer Clay Millefiori Rings by Lottie Of London

I decided on two sizes for the rings a small 20mm size and a larger 25mm focal decoration for the bead.  I choose to keep it simple to start and used my rose canes to decorate and shape the focal bead

Polymer Clay Millefiori Ring Sizes 20mm & 25mm by Lottie Of London

Polymer Clay Rings Klimt Design by Lottie Of London

I also had to play about with the earring stud size too and decided on a 18mm focal bead.  I had to test the fixings for both the rngs and the studs but I am delighted with the results for both.
 

Polymer Clay Millefiori Stud Earrings handmade by Lottie Of London

 I can't wait to try out some more designs and it will be a great use for all those canes I have stashed away.

My stash of polymer clay canes

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