When I received this blazing scarlet enameled copper leaf pendant from the artisan who made it, I knew I would have to design and make my art clay beads to be worthy of decorating such a piece. The leaf pendant is large enough to be showy, so I needed to make some statement beads to string with the pendant. I hand sculpted four thick disk beads. rounding the sides, but leaving a flat surface front and back. I carefully stamped front and back with an abstract floral design before heat-curing the beads. I also made the roundish tubular beads to fill in the remainder of the string of beads. This necklace bears the stamped bronze clay logo of my Polly Ceramica brand of jewelry.
As spacer beads and for the toggle clasp, I used the same patinated copper as the leaf base. The translucent resin beads serve as a relief from the heat of the scarlet pendant and art clay beads, both of which are dense and opaque, therefore bouncing back a lot of red at any viewer.
After curing the polymer clay beads that I had made, I antiqued them with a jeweler’s wax that is specially made for that purpose.
The jewelry is durable, color fast, and can be worn in rain, snow or summer weather.
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Measurements:
Necklace length – 18 inches (46 cm)
Pendant dimensions – 1.5 x 2 inches including bail (4 cm x 5 cm)
