Samantha Burroughs of JessamaDesign is an Australian polymer clay jewelry designer and supplier. I featured her wonderful store before. I particularly love her unique polymer clay cutters especially the one she has to make a collar or bib necklace! It is a great way to show off your canes!
Her tutorial on how to actually make the collar is full of tips. What is so neat is how she uses a regular necklace display to help mold the collar so it will better fit a person.
She also demonstrates how to use a hot air gun to prebake the clay to make it a little stiffer. This makes it possible to then bake it with some support in the oven. You cannot bake the plastic display!
She uses the display a second time when the necklace comes out of the oven. She adjusts the curve by molding the necklace while it is still hot!
She has a number of different styles of polymer clay collar cutters here.
Before You Go:
- 5 Awesome Polymer Clay Bib Necklace Tutorials
- Statement Polymer Clay Necklace Tutorials
- How to Make Polymer Clay Flowers for Jewelry
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Original Post by THE BEADING GEM
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That's an awesome tutorial! I've made a collar before and wasn't quite happy with it. Her forms are going to be perfect for making more. I also learned a ton of neat tips for polymer clay from her.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this one Pearl.
Samantha does have some clever and fresh ideas!
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