You can make bake-able beads from many different types of craft clay. For easy at home jewelry making you will want to get oven-bake hardening clay.
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This makes for a fun project anyone can enjoy. Pick some clay of colors you want to use and pull off a small bit of each or just one color.
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Try rolling the clay into balls and shapes to make the clay softer and workable. This step will also help you get some ideas on bead shapes. Once you have made the clay workable you can take just one, or many, colors and begin to mix them into patterns.
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Laying clays on top of one another or twisting strings of colors together are some favorite methods of color combining. After you have made the blotched color combination you desire, roll out the clay wad into a string the width you want the beads to become.
Cut off pieces and roll them into shapes or leave them and poke holes through them. Once the clay has spent the appropriate amount of time in the oven, you can cool, sting, and wear your great creations.
A Great Tutorial on Bead Making:
A Great Tutorial on Bead Making:
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