Learning New Things – 2013 Resolution!
Kim's Beautiful Beaded Necklace and My End Caps What a way to start the New Year! First time working with Sterling Silver Clay, using my rock tumbler and hand forming bead end caps! A very good friend, Kim Neff ( www.beadjeweledraven.com ) needed large size end caps for her beautifully beaded spiral necklace. When she could not find any, she asked if I would make them. Oh, why not??? I’d never done anything quite like them but I was certainly willing. Polymer Prototype First I decided to use the Sterling Silver clay I had sitting in my drawer for way too long. It needed to be used and I needed to learn to work with it. Then I decided to make a prototype with polymer clay. Seemed like a mold would be good to create since I needed two matching caps and of course, my 2 part mold mix was way past its shelf life. I ordered more. Being impatient, the thought of creating the end caps using the p...