DIY #10 - Chevron Necklace

Long time no see! Okay I'm back with another tutorial that I actually completed a week ago but am just finding the time to post it.

Here it is!

 

Supplies:

-Polymer clay in your choice of color

-Gold chain

-Gold wire

-Gold Jump rings

-Acrylic Paint

-Paint brush

-Wire cutters

-X-acto knife or other cutting blade

-Wax paper

-Baking sheet

-Paper chevron template

-Jewelry pliers

 

 

Steps:

 

First, lay your wax paper on your surface. The paper will protect your surface from your clay and make it easy to transfer to your baking sheet. Next, take out a chunk of clay to condition. Depending on how big you want your chevron, you may need more or less clay than I used. I used about 1 and a half bars of a Sculpey package. My chevron was 4 inches long and about 1 inch thick all around.

 

Roll out your clay to your preferred thickness (don't make it too thin or it will be fragile) and lay your template on top. With your blade, cut around the template to produce your chevron. 

 

 

 

Smooth out any mistakes with your fingers or a clay tool before moving on. 



 

Make two eye pins with the wire and stick them in either side of your chevron like in the above picture. Keep smoothing out everything.

 

Once everything is smoothed, transfer your wax paper and polymer clay creation to your baking sheet and bake it in the oven according to your package instructions.

 

After removing it from the oven and letting it cool, you can stop here or take it a step further like me.

 

Using some strips of regular tape, tape off sections of your chevron to paint. I used a few coats of gold acrylic paint by Martha Stewart for my design. 

 

 

Once the paint dries, add a jump ring to each eye pin, and add your desired length of chain. I made my necklace long enough to slip over my head like I did with the Fairy Door necklace.

 

And wah-la! You're done! You now have a fabulous chevron necklace.

Enjoy!