Faux Turquoise Tutorial

Faux Cinnabar * Faux Ivory * Faux Turquoise

Project Details:

• Book Being Used: The Complete Book of Polymer Clay by Lisa Pavelka
  • Project Page: 100 and following
• Project: Faux Techniques

Materials List:

• Polymer clay in Premo!: Turquoise & Ecru
• Acrylic paint in a dark brown (I used burnt sienna)
• Acrylic paint brush
• Baby wipes or soft sponge
• *Varnish
• *Metal Craft Wire (I prefer 24-28gauge but any flexible soft wire will do) to make eye pins.
• Sculpting tools
• *Salt scrub to clean your hands (Get my recipe HERE)

* Denotes optional supplies

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Feel free to use the recommended color recipes in Lisa’s book or you can use the recipe here below.

Remember that these tutorials are for the color recipes only … it is up to YOU to design & make your own project.

• Use the following proportions of clay to make approximately 2-4 pendants
• For the main color use the following ratio of Premo!:
  • 1 part ecru
  • 2 parts turquoise
• Thoroughly condition clay until fully combined.
• Roll the clay into a log.
• Thoroughly condition 1/8 block of Premo! turquoise clay.
• Roll it into a log.
• Chop the clay into bitty bits.
• Recombine into a log.
• Chop again and continue the above two steps until you are happy with the variation.
• Divide the clay bits into as many portions as you want to make beads.
• Gently press the clay together without smoothing all the pieces together.
• Leave large cracks & crevices to resemble real turquoise.
• Bake for 30 minutes covered in foil at 275 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Once your items are baked use this technique to add burnt umber acrylic paint.
• Bake the pieces again at 200 degrees Fahrenheit to seal the paint onto the bead.

TIP: My clay was WAY TOO SOFT to do this technique well. My suggestion is to place your clay (covered) in the fridge for about 30-45 minutes before chopping. After chopping place back in the fridge for an additional 15 minutes before making your beads.

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To be entered to WIN a prize you must:

• Using Lisa’s book as a guide create at least ONE pendant from polymer clay using one of her 5 faux techniques.
• You must either email me a photo of the item you created OR add the photo to the folder in our FaceBook group.
• Here’s the BONUS for this month: For each and EVERY pendant you post, you are eligible to win! So … make 4 pendants, post 4 pendants, get 4 entries to win!
• REMINDER: Your project is to make beads & pendants this month.

You can make MANY things from these faux techniques. But we will be using these as a model to incorporate into later projects if you’d like.

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The Pavelka Project

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Until next time, Happy Claying,