Lots o’ molds!

April 15th, 2008

This past Sunday, I demonstrated how to make faux ceramic beads to my local polymer clay guild. Credit goes to Patricia Kimle, a wonderful & creative polymer clay artist, who first introduced me to this technique with her necklace tutorial published in the May-June 2006 issue of Step-by-Step Beads magazine.

I was thrilled that everyone brought their own unique collections of buttons to share & we were all in a mold-making frenzy! As you can see from the pic - I made just a few to play with later. *LOL*

Faux Ceramic Button Molds

After playing around with colors a bit with this technique, I still like shades of blue the best, however, I am particularly taken with the teal color you get by mixing Ranger’s Stream alcohol ink with Jacquard’s Sapphire Blue Pinata ink (with a hint of Tangerine & Senorita Magenta in the mix). It gives your beads a beautiful antique look that is really yummy. I had some difficulty getting a decent picture of the ones I made with this color combo (the below really doesn’t do the color justice), so I’ll have to go back & make a whole jewelry piece to post later.

Teal Faux Ceramic Beads

Thanks for dropping by!

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2 Comments Add your own

1. Phyllis Freeman | April 16th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Laura this is my first visit to your site, but it won’t be the last.

What a great site … terrific design, lots of great stuff and really fine work.

Congratulations!!!!
2. Debbie Olson | April 22nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Laura, these are just fabulous! I met you at CHA–ran across your business card in my purse and found your website through it. Beautiful work!