Miss Tink and Friends Polymer Clay Bead

Hand-made jewelry is always in fashion. So why not start from scratch and make your own beads? This beautifully illustrated book, packed with clear step-by-step instructions, will show you how to create stylish and individual pieces—and to embellish all sorts of accessories, including belts, bags, and home décor. Using polymer clay, discover how to use free-form techniques and bead-rolling tools to create eye-catching styles. Unusual shapes, sculpted effects, simulations of semi-precious stones, photo-image transfers and using glitter and organic material mean the beads you make will be unique. Create professional-looking beads in no time. Beginners and more advanced practitioners alike will find both practical advice and inspiration. Detailed step-by-step photographs show exactly what to do to make stunning jewelry. Incorporate a whole variety of mixed mediums to enhance the look of your beads.

Hand-made jewelry is always in fashion. So why not start from scratch and make your own beads? This beautifully illustrated book, packed with clear step-by-step instructions, will show you how to create stylish and individual pieces—and to embellish all sorts of accessories, including belts, bags, and home décor. Using polymer clay, discover how to use free-form techniques and bead-rolling tools to create eye-catching styles. Unusual shapes, sculpted effects, simulations of semi-precious stones, photo-image transfers and using glitter and organic material mean the beads you make will be unique. Create professional-looking beads in no time. Beginners and more advanced practitioners alike will find both practical advice and inspiration. Detailed step-by-step photographs show exactly what to do to make stunning jewelry. Incorporate a whole variety of mixed mediums to enhance the look of your beads.

exceptionalbeauty Store Art Clay Starter Kit Polymer Bead Making Tool Set DIY Art Clay Starter Kit Polymer Bead Making Tool Set DIY This kit contains everything you'll need to get started. Included are a 55 minute instructional DVD, set of miniature files, ring mandrel, 9x11-inch sandpaper sheets in #600 - #1200 and #2000 grit, self igniting refillable butane torch (refillable butane torch shipped empty), 4x4x1-inch rubber block for stability during work, firing brick, adjustable ring sizer, st

Invent your own bead shapes! This DVD shows how to form a huge variety of bead shapes, and ideas for further variations. - Start with basic shapes done well. - Learn to modify and vary them into dozens of alternatives. - Create multi-holed beads. - Learn to to incorporate these into your jewelry. - Also a great 'quick trick' for heart-shaped beads. With a list of materials and tools list

Twenty different crafting methods—countless breathtaking beads, all made from easy to work with polymer clay! The varied techniques in this comprehensive skill-building book—many of which have never before been published—range from hand-formed tubes, spheres, wedges, teardrops, and baguettes to traditional mokume gane with fantastic layered effects. Add mica clay to create iridescent “ghost image” beads. Construct veneered pillow beads. Carve beads, press-mold them, or even use a cookie-cutter to get an array of fabulous shapes. Turn and form the bead on an extremely affordable craft lathe. Close-up photos show every step in the process, as well as the completed beads; some also appear as part of a finished piece of jewelry for inspiration. 

A comprehensive introduction to the materials, tools, equipment, and techniques used to make unique beads with a variety of shapes, colors, and finishes. The straightforward instructions discuss topics that include conditioning raw clay and making simple shapes; producing more complex shapes, such as rounds, canes, and spirals; decorating the beads with foils, powders, and milléfiori; and creating faux effects like ivory, bone, turquoise, marble, and silver. A gallery of beads by internationally renowned artists, hundreds of step-by-step photographs of new beads designed by the author, and a clay gauge that allows one to estimate how much clay is necessary to make a specific quantity of beads are included, making this a comprehensive guide that will provide inspiration, demonstrate the range of effects that can be achieved in polymer clay, and teach beaders how to incorporate these beads into jewelry designs.

Hi, heres a unique set of 4 Millefiori Bees n Bug set of RAW polymer clay canes. EACH cane measures a generous 3 in length and about ½ (pink and purple bee) to 5/8 (yellow bee and lady bug) across. Perfect for all sorts of uses from pens, votives, beads, pendants, brooches, eggs, picture frames, vases, tins and the list goes on and on. You can see some of my finished work or get a new idea or two at cathyharm.etsy.com you can also visit my classes at CraftArtEdu.com to learn how to make these wonderful canes. This cane is made from Fimo and Premo clay and is UN baked, ready to slice and use (Bake at 275 degrees for 15 minutes per ¼ thickness as per manufacturers directions. I bake mine at 265 for 18 minutes.) The design in this cane is handmade by myself, most of my canes are unique unto themselves because I mix a lot of my own colors.

Twenty different crafting methods—countless breathtaking beads, all made from easy to work with polymer clay! The varied techniques in this comprehensive skill-building book—many of which have never before been published—range from hand-formed tubes, spheres, wedges, teardrops, and baguettes to traditional mokume gane with fantastic layered effects. Add mica clay to create iridescent “ghost image” beads. Construct veneered pillow beads. Carve beads, press-mold them, or even use a cookie-cutter to get an array of fabulous shapes. Turn and form the bead on an extremely affordable craft lathe. Close-up photos show every step in the process, as well as the completed beads; some also appear as part of a finished piece of jewelry for inspiration. 

AMACO Professional Bead Baking Rack This rack suspends polymer clay beads for baking. Made from quality 1/16 in. aluminum, it features a clear work surface, bead piercing pins, notched sides to support pins/beads, and handles for easy removal from the oven. The Amaco Bead Baking Rack assures even heating of beads and eliminates fingerprints and distortion that can occur when handling an uncured bead. It also eliminates flat and shiny spots that can occur when beads are baked on a baking sheet.

Amaco Professional Baking Rack Baking Rack Suspends polymer clay beads for baking Includes bead baking/piercing pins and acrylic work sheet. Sides are notched to support pins/beads. Includes handles to remove from oven. Made from quality 1/16" aluminum. Create your own beads with clay for Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings and More.