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Creative polymer clay, over 30 techniques and projects for contemporary wearable art, Heidi Helyard

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Creative polymer clay, over 30 techniques and projects for contemporary wearable art, Heidi Helyard

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eng

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Creative polymer clay

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Heidi Helyard

Sub title

over 30 techniques and projects for contemporary wearable art

Summary

In this comprehensive guide to modern polymer clay, artist and designer Heidi Helyard reveals simple techniques that can be used to create one-off, contemporary jewellery pieces with minimal tools and equipment. In this book you'll learn exciting and groundbreaking techniques including slab and cane making, marbling and colour mixing, inlay and printing, surface embellishments and more to create unique jewellery pieces that are enjoyable to make and fun to wear

Table Of Contents

The basics: Clay basics ; Jewellery basics ; Design basics -- Techniques and projects: Using cutters: Colour block earrings -- Slab making: Monochrome jewellery set ; Pattern clash mini collection ; Stitched trinket dish ; Torn clay trinket dishes -- Cane making: Star cane cluster collection ; 3D cane slab earrings ; Translucent opals jewellery set -- Surface embellishments: Textured metals multi-component earrings ; Stamped chalk pastel earrings ; Stitched rainbow wall hanging ; Metallic outlines pendant -- Mica shift: 3D droplet pendant ; Makume gane: Twisted tube bead pendant ; Clay paint: Mermaid scales jewellery set ; Clay inlay: Black inlay earrings and pendant ; Silkscreen printing: Multi-print pendant ; Silkscreen printing: Multi-print pendant ; Utilising scrap clay: Drilling shavings earrings ; Marble and granite arch earrings ; Cane scraps two ways

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