Play with Paper Beads and Paper Clay
I am introduced lately to paper clay, how? By wandering around craft stores, getting inspired, getting ideas, if you are into all sorts of paper crafts like me you know what I mean. Creative Paper Clay, is just like any other clay except, it is easier to work with and requires no firing in a kiln or oven. I like doing things simple and this requires no experience it all. It is very light when dry, like soft wood. It is great companion for paper beads and so I made a beaded paper clay bead with small paper beads.
Paper Clay once taken out of the package just looks like dough and it is soft and moist. I cut out one with a cooker cutter to show you how it looks like unpainted.
You can sand it, and paint it if you like. What I did with mine is mixed in red acrylic paint to a hue of pink to go with my paper beads. Here’s an example of other beads I made; I glued crystals on it and varnish it with diamond glaze to make it look like a disco ball and the other one, I crocheted around it, I like it better than crochething around wood or beads, because I can make it any size and color I want.
Here is my paper beaded ball! I like holding it and rolling it around my hands, I don’t know what to do with it yet, maybe a pendant or something.
I used monofilament string or fishing line so it does not show and strung a red seed bead, 7 small paper beads, a red seed bead and just go around the bead. For this size of bead which is about, 25 mm I used up 3 strands or 77 small paper beads.
This will be listed on my etsy shop, so someone can make it into a pendant or do something special with it. I hope this has inspired you to make something with paper beads today.
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