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| Polymer Clay Jewelry Watches |
| You can select any colors of clay for making jewelry watches. Condition all clay thoroughly before using, starting with the lightest colors first. Knead for 1 or 2 minutes until soft and pliable. Roll the yellow, green, and blue clays through the largest setting of the pasta machine. Roll the black clay through the pasta machine. Lay the 3" x 1" stack of layered clays (yellow side down) over the black clay sheet and trim away excess clay with the clay blade. Turn the layered stack so the black layer faces up. Make 10 to 12 indentations along the width of the stacked block, every 1/4 inch. The needle tool should be pressed about two-thirds of the way through the stacked block. Roll a large ball of black clay into a 1/8-inch-diameter snake. Run the snake through the fifth largest setting of the pasta machine. Cut the flattened snake into 10 or 12 1-inch lengths with the craft knife. Insert a 1-inch section in each gap created by the needle tool. Press the gaps together with your fingers and roll over the surface of the clay with the acrylic roller. Pinch along the length of one end of the stacked clay block, between thumb and index finger |
| Compress the jellyroll cane by gently squeezing and rotating from the center, working out to one end. Turn the cane over and compress the other half using the same squeezing and rotating motion. Roll the compacted cane against the work surface to reduce and even the diameter with palm or fingers. Cut the cane in half and reduce one half to 1/4 inch in diameter. Pinch one side of the reduced cane along the entire length to form the paisley teardrop shape. Roll a small ball of yellow clay through the seventh largest setting of the pasta machine. Run the yellow sheet with the cane slices through the pasta machine on the seventh largest setting again. Press the circle pattern cutter into the clay circle, 1/16" away from the edge. Lift away the pattern cutter, but do not remove the small clay circle left by the pattern cutter. Draw a black line around the inside edge of the watch frame. Apply a few drops over super glue around the bottom edge of the watch’s crystal and press into place over the opening of the watch. For added flair, paint or embellish the watchband |
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