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PROJECT: Craft Stamp Pendant

Materials needed

  1. Basic clay kit
  2. 16g PMC (or more or less depending on size of stamp you wish to use)
  3. Craft stamp (choice of design)

 

Owl pendant unfired

How to

  1. Roll out your clay to aprox 4 cards thick
  2. Condition the stamp with badger balm, or olive oil
  3. Lay the craft stamp on top of the clay and gently press, try not to reduce the size of the clay to any thinner than 3 cards thickness to avoid breakages 
  4. Using a fine drinking straw, or sharp implement place a hole in the piece as appropriate to hang, or attach finding as appropriate (see note)

Back of owl pendant

  1. Using a craft knife cut around the outside of your pattern
  2. Sand or file edges to smooth edges
  3. Fire and finish either by polishing or using liver of sulphur to highlight the images crevases

Finished!

Finished Owl Pendant

Important note: it is a good idea to decide prior to making your piece if you wish to add a hole to create a place for hanging on a jump ring, or for a main pendant to attach a bail, or embed a jump ring