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Backfilled Polymer clay covered bauble

i used a sheet of white (medium setting on my pasta machine...too thick and its a pain to wrap, too thin and you have little wriggle room when it comes to smoothing or sanding out lumps and bumps) and smoothed it around the bauble with my fingers. then i firmly wrapped a length of 15lb fishing line (you couyld use nylon beading thread/string/whatever you have to hand..experiment) round and round until i was happy with the design (next time i need to be firmer and pull the line tighter when doing this as a few bits are patchy). then i carefully unraveled the line then i baked the bauble and backfilled (use soft well conditioned clay, bit like buttering bread) the lines with gold polymer clay, baked again and sanded Smiley

i only used 600 grit on this piece as i liked the matt look of this, like unglazed ceramic

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Uploaded on December 27, 2012
Taken on December 27, 2012