I’ve been following this very creative blog ’Diary of a mad crafter‘ recently and came across a lovely jewelry dish she made using polymer clay. (She has lots of fun craft ideas with tutorials….be sure to check out her blog!). It inspired me to make one myself.
I have never worked with polymer clay before, but while making this jewelry dish I realized how easy and fun it was to work with.
Things you’ll need:
- Sculpey III Polymer Clay – 4 oz ( I bought a 8 oz packet and used about half of it)
- a design surface of your choice
- rolling-pin and knife to shape the clay
- wax paper/parchment paper/ziploc cover
- paint (I used acrylic) and paint brushes
How I made it:
- I took about 4 oz of polymer clay, placed it in between a ziploc cover and rolled it into a circle of about 1/4th inch thickness.
- I took a oven-safe dish and cut out the clay into a smooth circle and gave the corners a light design.
- I have a nice hand-crafted tray that I recently bought from back home and really wanted to use this design on my dish.
So, I placed the clay on the tray and lightly tapped on the clay so that the design was embossed on it. I repeated the same for the corners.
- Now, it was time to bake. I placed the clay into the oven-safe dish and baked it at 275 deg F for 10 minutes. Took it out from the dish and then placed on a baking sheet and baked for a further 10 mins. Remove and let it cool down. (After baking, I thought the clay would be hard. But, was confused when it was still quite flexible. So, did a little research and found out that it will become hard after it cools down a little).
- I considered different colors but finally decided on the light neon blue. I chose to paint only the design and the bottom of the dish. I think it came out pretty well.
I guess I’m going to make some more of these and use them just as accent pieces for decor!
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Oh, my, thats gorgeous! Now i want one too
Too bad i dont have this pretty design to copy. Maybe you should start making and selling them 
thanks a lot!
you could make the design with pretty much anything you have! try it out!
I just posted a plant hanger I made with this clay and had never used it before… was also surprised that it doesn’t really harden like you’d expect. Still, it’s fun to play with and I love what you did with it. There’s always a use for pretty little bowls! Congrats on getting FP’d. It happened to me a couple weeks ago and it’s totally fun. Lovely blog… deserving, indeed!
yea i was surprised too when it didn’t harden as I expected it too…no qualms though
…..i’m certainly overwhelmed on being freshly pressed..all these comments are so encouraging……..thanks a lot for your kind words!
Amazing, I had no idea it was this easy! I live in London and trying to get hold of a decent holder for your jewellery that’s a) not mainstream and boring, b) can actually hold a decent amount of jewellery – I have a habit and I’m not ashamaed to admit it! and c) doesn’t break the bank, is pretty damn near impossible!
I’ve got some lovely stencils of Indian designs – from my hometown – so I’m going to try those out! Thanks for the tips
that’s true….this is pretty easy to make and all I had to purchase was the clay!….try it out and let me know how it turned out!…..Thanks!
I love Diary of a Mad Crafter! She inspires me, as have you!
I love how this looks, so elegant! And so well done with the painting, it looks beautiful.
thanks a lot!!!
LOVE IT!!! I’m so glad you did this! It came out lovely
I originally wanted to have just the doily printed part painted blue like how you have it, but the rest got stained so I ended up painting the whole thing! lol
P.S. Just got your email, and put the picture up!
http://diaryofamadcrafter.wordpress.com/your-pictures-2/
Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks a ton!!! for your comment
…..and also the mention in your blog!….glad you liked it.
You’re welcome, and I just saw you were freshly pressed!! Congrats!!!
thankss!!! again
I think it came out very well and no cracks…good job
thanks a lot!