Turquoise Jewelry

​Today we gonna make Turquoise necklace. What do you think you need? Turquoise beads or Cabochons , right?

Yeah we do !

But today we gonna make turquoise ourselves.

Sounds insane?? !

Yes it is … 

Because we gonna make faux turquoise from polymer clay. 

Disclaimer: These turquoise stones won’t have any healing properties  or mineral compositions . It’s just for the appearance, they look like turquoise and it may satisfy your outlook when you wear it . And you don’t have to pay huge money to have a necklace which physically look alike Crystal. 

Difficulty: Easy ( Beginners friendly).

Click to watch: https://youtu.be/cISMxFLxBRQ

Let’s Make faux Turquoise Cabochon. For that first we need to make turquoise cane . We need to follow the steps as follows: 

📍MATERIALS:

• Polymer clay 

• Alcohol ink 

• Bake & Bond

• Mica pigments 

• Premo polymer Clay- Blue, white ( turquoise) , translucent, bronze / copper , soufflé clay in sea glass color. The darker colors depicts impurities or other minerals found usually . Kingman turquoise is the most enchanting one . 

• To make cane : Mix turquoise and translucent clay together. If you don’t have turquoise shade . Mix white and blue until you are satisfied with the tone. Chop all clays . Mix randomly. Do Not Blend. Add alcohol ink in teakwood color. Usually everyone uses acrylic paint. But I like the way alcohol ink turned out. Hold all bits of clay together. When you slice you get Turquoise effect.But do not keep this cane for future use . Ink will absorb by clay and ends up in muddy log of cane . Make fresh.

• To Make Cabochon: cover some scrap clay with the slices of cane . 

• Make a bezel setting with metallic clay , dust with mica pigments. Thoroughly follow the video instructions.

• Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour . 275 Fahrenheit for Premo and soufflé. Always preheat the oven. After curing let it cool naturally.

• Sand & buff the cane part , not metallic.

• Seal with polyurethane or resin or renaissance wax .

• Make beads similarly in a shape that you love.

• String together into a necklace.

Hope you loved the beautiful tutorial!

Happy claying 😇💙

With love,

Maneesha