Playing with scrap again today; there seems to be an awful lot of that stuff around here...
I made cabachons from some of the prettier designs. Since I made a batch of them I will have some spares to make something later. Then I rolled out a sheet of turquoise textured it and cured it . I used turquoise because it looks a bit like patina peeking through the silver. After a light sanding I sandwiched a bit of the scrap cut in the shape of the cab between the cab and the background to give it a little more height. Next I extruded a string and pressed it around the cab to make a bezel, more texturing. I felt like it needed something else (I have a hard time knowing when to stop!) So I played around with more turquoise clay, making little beads and impressing them into the bezel. More curing and sanding and then the silver Gilders Paste. I only lightly buffed the faux stone cabachon so it would more closely resemble an actual stone. TAD for today is this faux stone pendant.
I made cabachons from some of the prettier designs. Since I made a batch of them I will have some spares to make something later. Then I rolled out a sheet of turquoise textured it and cured it . I used turquoise because it looks a bit like patina peeking through the silver. After a light sanding I sandwiched a bit of the scrap cut in the shape of the cab between the cab and the background to give it a little more height. Next I extruded a string and pressed it around the cab to make a bezel, more texturing. I felt like it needed something else (I have a hard time knowing when to stop!) So I played around with more turquoise clay, making little beads and impressing them into the bezel. More curing and sanding and then the silver Gilders Paste. I only lightly buffed the faux stone cabachon so it would more closely resemble an actual stone. TAD for today is this faux stone pendant.
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