Necklace & Bracelet Set

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Turquoise color perfectly emphasizes a beautiful tan. And artificial pebbles are made of polymer clay without much difficulty. In addition to turquoise, you only need a cord and fasteners.

NECKLACE
YOU WILL NEED: 3 blocks of polymer clay (green or turquoise), 1 block is enough to make 4 large stones. Acrylic paint in black. Coarse sponge with sandpaper. Latex gloves. 2 leather cords 1 m long. 2 fasteners. Glue for jewelry. Polishing varnish for polymer clay. Drill and vise.
HOW TO MAKE: make stones from polymer clay, see step by step instructions below.
Fix the stones in a vice and drill a hole according to the thickness of the leather cord. To polish stones with sandpaper, to string on a thread and to cover with polishing varnish. Allow to dry completely.
For a necklace, string 8 stones of different sizes on a cord. Glue the clasp to the ends with glue.
For a bracelet, string 4 stones on the cord, tie the cord between the stones several times in knots. Glue the fasteners to the ends of the cord with glue.
BRACELET
YOU WILL NEED: 2 blocks of polymer clay (green or turquoise). Acrylic paint in black. Coarse sponge with sandpaper. Latex gloves. Polishing varnish for Fimo.Drill and vise. Thick skin 25 x 6 cm. Leather braid 1 m long, 5 mm wide. 10 rivets diam. 1 cm. Puncher. Threads for sewing. Needle for the skin.HOW TO MAKE: make 8 artificial turquoise stones of different sizes, see the step-by-step instructions below. Fix the stones in a vice and drill holes. To polish stones with sandpaper, to string on a thread and to cover with polishing. Allow to dry completely.
Measure the girth of the wrist. Cut a bracelet out of leather = wrist girth + 5 cm. Round corners. Punch rivets as shown in the photo. Sew stones (using a skin needle). Punch 2 holes at the ends of the bracelet, marking the middle, on both sides of the marking at a distance of 7 mm, and also punch holes at a distance of 7 mm from the edge. Cut the leather braid into 2 identical parts and thread into the holes along the edges of the bracelet.
HOW TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL TURQUOISE
YOU WILL NEED Acrylic paint, gloves, polymer clay and cutting materials, bowl, sponge with sandpaper surface.
STEP 1 Mash polymer clay, add clay of other tones if desired. Then put the mashed (and tinted) mass for a while in a cold place.
STEP 2 Chop or chop the mass for modeling. It should not be too soft. The sharper the edges, the more natural the pebbles will look. After cutting, put it back in a cold place.

STEP 3 The chopped mass is manually molded, squeezing, into balls of irregular shape. Work quickly, until the mass has hardened.
STEP 4 Mix polymer clay balls with acrylic paint.Tip: add a little water to the paint, then it will lie on the mass for modeling more evenly.
STEP 5 Each ball must be properly rubbed with paint. Unpainted places should not remain. First of all, pay attention to the cracks.

STEP 6 Spread colored balls on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Bake in the oven for half an hour at 110 degrees (also read the manufacturer's instructions for the sculpting mass on the packaging).
STEP 7 Then let the balls cool and transfer to a bowl of water.
STEP 8 Rub the balls with sandpaper to wipe the paint off the protruding surface. Paint will remain in cracks.