![]() The epoxy clay's brilliant adhesive super powers will adhere it to the bezel, and it will cure fully in less than 24 hours. The advantage with epoxy clay is there's no glue and no baking required–just fill the mold with epoxy clay, stamp into it with a lightly lubricated stamp, touch up if needed, and let dry/cure. Secure with glue if you need to after the clay is cured, if the bezel doesn't hold it securely.Īnother option (my favorite) is to use epoxy clay instead of polymer clay Martha Stewart's new jewelry-making line at Michael's features epoxy clay in lots of gorgeous colors reminiscent of gemstones. You might need to smooth out, slice off, or fill in some of the edges of the clay to better fit the bezel (see the star stamp on the right) or try again with a little less clay if there's too much spillover. If you use polymer clay, use glue to secure the intaglio piece into the bezel.Īlternative technique: If you're using an oven-proof bezel, fill it with polymer clay and press the lubricated stamp into the clay. Trim your stamped clay to fit into whatever bezel you're making or using for it, and bake/cure the clay according to the manufacturer's instructions. Lubricate the stamp lightly with just a little olive oil, Badger Balm, or other lubricant, like you would if you were working with metal clay and texture sheets. Here's how to do it: Roll out a clay sheet about 1/4" in thickness should be good to start with, depending on the depth of your design stamp. I used rubber stamps, buttons, and some of the texture sheets in my metal clay box. Or buttons! Anything you can make a mold or impression out of, you could press into the clay to make intaglio-style designs. ![]() But I'm not much for carving, so how to make the designs in the clay? "Again with the rubber stamps!" my muse says with a huff. So with the pretty design impressions and the bright colors I saw in the intaglio jewelry ad, polymer clay came to mind immediately. Intaglios are carved images that are concave designs, as opposed to raised convex designs like cameos. My first thought was how vibrant and unique the carved stones looked, how fresh compared to faceted stones and the big transparent cabochons that have been en vogue in recent years.Īnd for some crazy reason, my second thought was, "I could make colorful intaglios in polymer clay!" But in a magazine ad for Elizabeth Locke Jewels at Neiman Marcus, I saw mouth-watering intaglios in bright, juicy colors that changed my mind. Tiffany's intaglio jewelry is in onyx, albeit with pretty flower designs. I've always thought of intaglios as dark, opaque stones in masculine jewelry. I also didn't expect to like them so much. With the popularity of cameos in recent years, I guess it's only natural that the pendulum would swing back and their dimensional opposite, intaglios, have their turn in the spotlight. What I didn't expect was how much of the focus would be on intaglios. I suspected this would happen and I've been looking forward to seeing how fashion and jewelry designers would run with the Gatsby theme for months. ![]() Since then, fashion magazines and fashion-savvy high-end retailers have been packed with Gatsby-esque jewelry. famously created the jewelry for the movie–the feet-long strands of pearls, tassel necklaces, intaglio rings, and other Art Deco treasures, like those in their Ziegfeld collection. The homes, the clothes, and ohmygoodness, the jewelry! Have you seen the new Great Gastby movie yet? I knew the story really well already, so it was just basically eye candy for me. ![]()
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