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by Allison Holland
These effective beads were made using FIMO Soft polymer
clays. The white coloured clay is FIMO Soft Translucent and the
photo does not show its full ice-like effect. Combined with the Peppermint colour and the Opal Green.
I created a rough cane by laying logs rolled from the
three colours (divide a 56g block into 6 and use one piece for each
colour). Cut the cane in half and one of the halves in half again.
Please look at our page on how to
roll a round
bead and piercing instructions before moving onto the next
stage:
Fold each of the lengths in half and roll into a ball.
You can add small pieces of clay onto the surface to manipulate the
pattern but try to ensure that the two smaller beads remain the same size.
When you are happy with the beads, pierce a hole large
enough to accept leather thong. Bake the beads at 110ºC/230ºF
for 30 minutes.
Take a 1 metre length of leather thong. Thread on
the largest bead and tie a knot either side of it. Add one of the
smaller beads on each side and tie knots to keep them in place.
At the end of the thong, tie a knot around the other end.
Pull the knot tight (pliers are useful for this) and then pull the length
through the knot so that you have enough thong to tie another knot around
the length near the original knot (inset photo). These knots
should slip along the length of the thong allowing you to adjust the
length of the necklace. The photo shows the knots on the thong
pulled close to the beads so that the thong is doubled and at its shortest
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