Stacie Laurell

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Handmade limestone beads

I have been inspired by other artist who sell their how to books in Michael's. I often dreamed that one day that might be me :) Until then i've been experimenting with cold porcelain clay othewise know as air dry craft clay. I want to learn how to manipulate it as much I would with polymer clay. Since i've stopped using polymer clay and fell in love with cold porcelain clay I've been experimenting to find out what can be done with air dry clay and how far i can go in terms of manipulating the clay to imitate gemstones. Well I first told you about marbling which turned out really nice and was stumbled upon by accident but now I think i've learned how to make faux limestone beads with cold porcelain clay. check out a few pics. I designed the beads with 18kt liquid gold. :)

Hand crafted beads

Handmade teardrop gold tip cabochon beads! made by Stacie  Laurell on Etsy