Wednesday, April 18, 2018

My finished 4th wand

I suggest reading my post about my 4 wands first before
reading this one. The part on how I made this wand to
this point. Ok at this point I used polymer clay glaze
two coats on the leafs scolpy brand. Then I started to paint
the stem part of the rose with a purple water color, because
that's  all I have at the moment. It was kind of heard to do
because water colors don't stick to wood very well. I thickly
dried brushed it on the best I could and touched it up along the
way. Then every wear the stem wasn't I used the paint brush,
and my finger to touch up around the stem. Removing excess
water color. Then I used the same glaze over the purple,
also I mixing the purple water color in with some of the
glaze. It helps to add color because the glaze was, pulling
up the water color in some spots. After all of the purple was
covered with two coats and touched up where needed. I
did the rest of the wand with the same glaze, with a couple
of coats as well. then it was ready to use with in an hour.
and fully cured with in 24 hours.
 



Steampunk Sun Pendent

So I got the Idea for doing this from one of me cards in my Tarot deck.
The steampunk Tarot By Barbra Moore, it was the sun card.
I needed the polymer clay tell it was workable, then rolled it in a ball.
I then started flattening it out while keeping it round shape. I then took the
gears and squished them together one on each side, doing so adhered
them to the clay. Then I used an eye pin to shape the edges then after
it was shaped, I trimmed the eye pin and inserted it into the end that
was going to be the top. I placed it on aluminum foil and backed
according to the instructions but dubbled the time. And as it was baking I
tied 3 peace's of hemp cord to one half of the clasp, then braded it the
 tied the other end to the other half of the clasp. I then used modpodge
to seal the ends of the hemp cord and the clasp to protect the finish.
And to help  it to not come untied, then after the clay was done
baking, I added a jump ring to the eye pin and placed it onto the cord.
And started to wear it immediately.
The silver gear is the front of the pendent
and the copper is the back of the pendent.