Liquid Sculpey® Night Sky Earrings
Liquid Sculpey® Night Sky Earrings
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Sculpey Silicone Mold and the Sculpey Liquid Clays team up to create some amazing "night sky" earrings that are a snap to make!
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ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES
Paper mini cupcake liner
Project Instructions
Getting started:
Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey® Work ‘n Bake Clay Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Uncured Liquid Bakable Medium may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately.
-Gently stir the bottle of liquid bakeable medium.-Wash hands after use (we have found that baby wipes work best) Baking
-It is important to use oven thermometer when you bake the liquids so that you can ensure your oven is at the correct temperature. -Do not microwave the liquids. They must be baked in a Preheated oven at 300 ºF (149 ºC) for liquid colors and 325 ºF (163 ºC) for Clear – Do not exceed baking temperatures. -If you are using the liquids as a glaze or in thin pieces less than ¼ inch bake for 15 minutes. For thicker pieces that are ¼ or above bake for 30 minutes. -If you are baking on a ceramic tile then you will also need to bake at 30 minutes since it will take longer for the tile to heat up. This will ensure the proper fusing of the liquid material. -When baking these liquids you may experience some vapors or a slight odor. This is not harmful and will not affect your creation. -If your liquid project has become yellowed or discolored in the oven, when you remake it, tent it by placing either – folding an index card in half and placing your project under it or by using aluminum foil over your project.
Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey® Work ‘n Bake Clay Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Uncured Liquid Bakable Medium may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately.
-Gently stir the bottle of liquid bakeable medium.-Wash hands after use (we have found that baby wipes work best) Baking
-It is important to use oven thermometer when you bake the liquids so that you can ensure your oven is at the correct temperature. -Do not microwave the liquids. They must be baked in a Preheated oven at 300 ºF (149 ºC) for liquid colors and 325 ºF (163 ºC) for Clear – Do not exceed baking temperatures. -If you are using the liquids as a glaze or in thin pieces less than ¼ inch bake for 15 minutes. For thicker pieces that are ¼ or above bake for 30 minutes. -If you are baking on a ceramic tile then you will also need to bake at 30 minutes since it will take longer for the tile to heat up. This will ensure the proper fusing of the liquid material. -When baking these liquids you may experience some vapors or a slight odor. This is not harmful and will not affect your creation. -If your liquid project has become yellowed or discolored in the oven, when you remake it, tent it by placing either – folding an index card in half and placing your project under it or by using aluminum foil over your project.
These earrings will got through several bakings at 275 degrees F. This will help the shape of the pieces to set without the liquids bubbling. Later, we will turn the temperature up to “clear” the Clear Liquid Sculpey (LS).Add just a very thin layer of Clear LS to the bottom of the shape. Bake the mold for 10 minutes to set the LS, it will look very foggy at this point.Add a moon and two stars on top of the Clear layer. Coat with another very thin layer of Clear LS and bake again for 10 minutes.
In a small paper baking liner, mix Clear LS with a drop of blue alcohol ink. If your alcohol inks are very concentrated, this will probably only take a drop. Mix the color into the Clear LS completely with one of the purple tools. You can see in the photo that my liquid is tinted very slightly with the blue ink.Bake the mold one more time at 275 for 20 minutes.Remove the mold from the oven and set the oven temperature to 325 degrees F. When the oven is up to temperature, bake the pieces in the mold one more time for 20 minutes. This time, the Clear LS should go completely clear.
Carefully remove the cooled pieces from the mold by flexing the mold. Coat the fronts and the sides with a very thin layer of Clear LS. Dab silver glitter with your fingertip just onto the side edges of the shapes. Lay the pieces on a baking pan and this time bake at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes.When the pieces are completely cool, add a 10mm jump ring to each piece. Then connect an ear wire to each one with a 4mm jump ring.
Carefully remove the cooled pieces from the mold by flexing the mold. Coat the fronts and the sides with a very thin layer of Clear LS. Dab silver glitter with your fingertip just onto the side edges of the shapes. Lay the pieces on a baking pan and this time bake at 325 degrees F for 10 minutes.When the pieces are completely cool, add a 10mm jump ring to each piece. Then connect an ear wire to each one with a 4mm jump ring.