Fifth group of images from Barbara's October class

Fourth group of images from Barbara's October class

Third group of images from Barbara's October class

First group of images from Barbara's October class

Second group of images from October's class

Patti's August class on lost wax beads.

Better late than never: here are some pictures and very light instructions from Patti's August class on lost wax beads.

Start with a pea sized baked bead. Dip in wax using tweezers and/or homemade dip stick. Round hot wax in palms of hands. Repeat several times until thick coat of wax. Clean tweezers frequently. Cool on ice pack.Add a layer of polymer clay using #2 thickness. Make smooth and do cut-outs. Bake in nest of polyester in cupcake paper in foil tart pan for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately place on icepack and discard cupcake paper.Repeat if desired. 

Based on Desiree's method

October Meeting

The lovely BB2Shoes will be showing us how to make this dazzeling piece tomorrow!
Take it away BB:

Right! You'll need:

The usual kit.
A really sharp blade
Some graph paper (maybe)
Surface treatment of choice like: textures, canes, painty bits, stuff like that.

All your circle cutters. All. The lot. Big and small.

To save time, it might be an idea if you choose the colours you fancy working with (there will probably be about two) and do a sheet of your preferred surface treatment.

If anybody fancies trying the spiky spokes radiating from the centre (check picture on SOPCG site, I think) that's what the graph paper's for.

Barbara C.