On the eve of Valentine's Day, we propose to make you a do-it-yourself gift for your loved one. This decoration is pendant in the form of a heart.
Now we are going to show you how to make this original one for lovers. We think that your other half will appreciate your gift.
For this we need:
-1mm. copper wire,
-0.3 mm. copper wire,
-beads of pink tones,
- beads of red color,
-red cabochon,
- pliers, round nose pliers, wire cutters.
Cut off a piece of thick copper wire (about 18 cm).
Fold it in half to define the half, on this half we make a loop with round-nose pliers and twist it a little (see photo).
We shape the halves of the heart using a nail polish cap (or a large marker), now our part looks like a heart.
We twist the ends in different directions (see photo).
We fix the ends by wrapping the protruding parts with thin wire.
Cut off another small piece of thick wire (about 3 cm) and twist a curl from it.
The curl should fit well into the heart part.
We fix the lower part of the curl to the bottom of the heart and begin to braid the upper part of the heart with the curl, adding to the thin wire.
You can not repeat the arrangement of the beads after me, but give free rein to your imagination and choose yourself where the beads will be.
We move on to the second side of the heart, where we will attach the cabochon (a rectangular cabochon was suitable for my part, but if you fit the other, then it's also good). The cabochon has large holes, we will use this and go through with a thin wire several times, thereby creating a small cobweb, as it were.
With her, ours will become more interesting. It remains to bend the ends, biting off the excess wire with pliers and pressing down a little so that it does not prick the skin. Our pendant is ready!
By the way, I will say that you can beat off the heart part a little with a hammer, it will become a little flattened (experiment), for this you need a hammer and an anvil (instead of an anvil, you can use the side of a large hammer). If we are going to experiment, then to the end, to the ready pendant you can add the effect of "aging". To do this, put an open bottle of ammonia in a large non-food jar and close our pendant with a lid. Take it out after 2 hours and grind all accessible places, thus highlighting the light "notes" in the pendant. If you don’t feel like messing with it, it doesn’t matter, I’m sure that the person who received this unique pendant in the shape of a heart, made by hand, will appreciate all the warmth and love you put in. After all, every hand-made thing keeps the warmth of the master's hands. Good luck with your creativity!
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Today we want to offer you a method for making polymer clay pendants in the form of hearts with your own hands. This master class includes several options for making pendants, but in different designs. Once you get creative, use whatever tools you have and create your own, unique pendant!
Tools and materials Time: 1 hour Difficulty: 7/10
- Cernit polymer clay in blue, black and gold;
- pearlescent dry paint of gold, blue, purple and emerald shades;
- thin awl;
- glass crystals and beads;
- thin wire;
- 2 rubber stamps for your choice;
- lace;
- corrugated cardboard;
- stone texture;
- thin knitting needles;
- nippers.
Present to your family and friends on the occasion of the holidays a charming necklace with a handmade heart-shaped pendant made of polymer clay!
Step-by-step master class
We begin to conjure over our pretty pendant.
Step 1: roll out the clay
To make such a heart, take a piece of black clay 2x2 cm in size and twist it into a ball. Then draw out this ball in the form of a teardrop.
Step 2: shape the heart
Press down lightly between your thumb and forefinger. Smooth out the edges a little.
To give the craft a heart shape with a knitting needle, make notches in the upper part of it.
Step 3: pierce the craft
Use a thin awl to pierce the heart through, starting from the middle of the top and ending with the pointed end.
Pull out the awl, then insert it into the figurine from the other end. Leave the awl in the craft for now.
Step 4: print the stamps
Take the lettering rubber stamp and press it down to one side of the heart. Press gently but firmly. Press the stamp down a little to the edges of the figurine.
Remove the stamp and check the drawing. If it is not clear enough, crumple the clay into a ball and start over.
On the back of the figure, press a stamp with a different design and also print it on clay.
Step 5: paint the craft
Pour a small amount of dry mother-of-pearl into a plate.
Insert your finger into the paint, shake off the excess and use soft circular motions to lightly walk over the pattern with the letters. Rub the powder into the craft, gently and without any pressure.
Continue rubbing in the paint until you have covered the front and back of the entire figurine.
Step 6: insert the bead
Take a small glass bead and a thin wire.
Insert the wire into the bead and twist it tightly. Cut off the protruding ends of the wire with pliers. Bend the end of the twisted wire into a small hook.
In order not to catch the hole previously made with an awl, carefully insert the element into the heart on its left side,.
Step 7: send for firing
Bake the figurine in the oven for the amount of time indicated on the package with clay. After firing, leave the craft to cool in the oven.
To make a similar figure, but with a texture, follow all the steps described above, up to the moment of pressing down the stamps. Next, instead of stamps, press the flexible silicone texture in the form of a lava stone to the heart on both sides.
The variety and beauty of polymer clay products is truly amazing. This is an unusually interesting and surprisingly simple occupation, it is not for nothing that this type of needlework has recently become more and more popular. In this master class we will tell you how easy, fast and simple it is to make incredible beauty - a heart-shaped pendant made of polymer clay with your own hands. This is a very cute decoration that you can make and decorate with a variety of flowers, both for yourself and in order to surprise loved ones. What can we say that this is a wonderful, sincere, sweet and inexpensive gift for many colleagues, classmates, girlfriends for any holiday.
Required materials and tools:
- polymer clay;
- mini-oven for baking clay;
- rolling pin;
- shape in the form of a heart;
- chain;
- metal wire;
Preparing clay for the pendant
Take pieces of polymer clay of the desired colors and roll them out to the desired thickness of the product.
Making the shape of the pendant
Now, using the heart shape, you need to cut out small hearts from the rolled clay
Making holes for the chain
Use a metal wire to make holes in the hearts so that you can then thread the chains through them. If this is not done in advance, then after baking the clay will be too hard and it will be simply impossible to do it.
Bake the pendant
Place the hearts on a baking sheet and bake in the mini oven at 275 degrees for about 15 minutes.
Coloring
After you have baked the hearts and they have completely cooled down, you can paint them, if desired, of course. It is better to think over the color scheme in advance, based on the available polymer clay colors and the desired colors.
We put the pendant on the chain
Now that our cute pendants are ready, decorated, you can put a chain on them.
Gift wrap
If you make pendants for a gift, be sure to dress them in a beautiful wrapper, add a little fantasy and decor, so that these hearts really carry love. Believe me, not a single person can remain indifferent to such a sincere gift made with his own hands.
