Diy Faux Mokume Gane Using Plastic Texture Sheet

Wow it s been far too long since my last instructable.

Diy faux mokume gane using plastic texture sheet. Rip a ziploc plastic bag in two so that you only have one layer of plastic. Smooth the plastic over the top of your clay and cut out your bead. The plastic will cause the clay to dome. May 14 2020 explore cynthia gardiner s board mokume gane followed by 395 people on pinterest.

Trim away the edges of the pendants to tidy them up. As with any mokume gane project you can put any texture you wish into the clay. See more ideas about polymer clay mokume gane clay. The demo piece below was created using alternating sheets of black and white fabric again cheep cotton sheets from wal mart with a piece of the textured light fixture plastic as a patterning layer.

This is my method of making texture sheets to obtain the matrix for those gemstones that i imitate using techniques like mokume gane and not only. This instructable s been on my list of stuff to to for a long time and i ve only just got around to it. Smooth the edges too. Move a clay cutter of the desired shape and size just above the surface of the plastic wrap until it frames a pleasing area of the pattern.

How to make mokume gane. Stack two or three thin colors of clay and run them through the pasta machine with a texture sheet then shave off the high points from the top layer. In this tutorial instead of using the usual sheet layering we ll use a jellyroll as the base. The jellyroll mokume gane technique is an interesting twist that brings a whole new look to basic mokume gane.

A 2x4 foot sheet of the stuff set me back about 6 bucks at a home improvement store. See more ideas about mokume gane polymer clay tutorial polymer clay jewelry. This is a really fun one as it serves a double purpose. As for texture sheets many can be fed through the pasta machine with clay but you can also use a brayer or acrylic rod to help apply the texture to the clay clean the stamp immediately after use.

As soon as you re done with it clean your stamp texture sheet or other tool to remove any traces of plasticizer the clay may have left behind. They work beautifully for making faux. Smooth a sheet of plastic wrap or clear plastic freezer wrap on top of the veneer topped backing sheet. Cut out three shapes from the jellyroll mokume gane and two from the faux lava.