I’m doing a demo for my guild Saturday on my foldover beads. It had been awhile since I made them so I dug out my clay gun, extruded some clay, and made a few for practice… Then I made a circular bead with the same idea, then I used some scrap skinner blend, textured it, used cutters to make a lacy pattern, and folded that over. Then I used some of the skinner blend and made a random bead.
In short, I had a good time starting with a simple technique and letting it just lead me. It’s been awhile since I clayed without any particular purpose in mind and it was alot of fun.
Unfortunately, it’s also time to clean the studio 🙁 I only have a 4 inch space on my table clear right now – and that’s only because I used the shove method to clear it!
In the instructions for the foldover beads there is a link to lessons that include how to make a caulking-gun clay gun puhser. I looked thru all of the lessons and haven’t found these instructions. I’d love to find it. The clay gun can be so hard to squeeze!
Thanks.
Hi Nicki,
In the Tools section on the page, I had a link to the Polymer Clay Central information on clay guns. Here’s the link: http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/cyclopedia/clayguns.html
My husband made me a really nice custom pusher by cutting down a caulking gun, welding a piece on, repainting it, etc – but you don’t have to get quite that fancy 🙂
Christy
Thanks Christy. I found it and look forward to getting creative with the clay gun! This will
make it so much easier!
Nicki