TearDrop Pendant in Polymer Clay, a Tutorial

This sweet teardrop shaped pendant, with detailed edging is fun to make. You can use both the Cane design, and the edging technique in many other polymer clay pieces. I take you through the whole process of creating the finished pendant, step by step, so sit back, relax, and see how you can make one for yourself. Here is the link to Conditioning Polymer Clay - Here is the link to creating Skinner Blends - The Free Bowl Tutorial is here - You can buy the semi-sphere moulds in stores and online, they are often found in cookware departments, and bath bomb moulds (not plastic ones) are often good to use too. Sculpey have a hollow bead maker which is available from many outlets - Sculpey® Hollow Bead Maker | . If you cannot find or do not want to purchase these moulds, then you can use a spent, old fashioned round topped lightbulb instead. Put a little scrap clay at the bottom to hold it upright and use the top of the spent lightbulb as your rounded mould. As an alternative, you can carefully cut off the bottom end of a used drinks can, and masking the cut edges, use either the inside or the outside as a gently domed mould, (if there is printing on the bottom, sand it off first). Finally, if you have none of these, then a nice rounded spoon can act as a good mould. The Makins Ultimate Extruder can be found here - =sr_1_9?adgrpid=137275755&dchild=1&hvadid=80607978208367&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=69099&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-3496875697:loc-188&keywords=makin’s clay extruder&qid=1631017838&sr=8-9 as one example – other retailers also sell them. The Lucy Clay Czextruder can be found here - . Gilder’s Paste is available from good craft stores and online. Goldfinger is one brand, but others are also available. Check out places to find it near you. Here is one example, but it is probably cheaper elsewhere - =sr_1_3?crid=8CIHOM8PL3PT&dchild=1&keywords=goldfinger paste&qid=1631018964&sr=8-3 If you like my work, then please do have a look at my website, and follow me on Facebook and Instagram. I also have a number of Polymer Clay Tutorials to buy, both in my Etsy shop, PolyOriginals - where I have more tutorials in a PDF format, and as a video tutorial here - The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the YouTube Free Audio Library. Thank you so much for watching.