How To Make Polymer Clay Hoop Earring

 

polymer clay hoop earring

Materials and tools:

• Polymer clay (colors of your choice)
• clay extruder
• Craft blade
• Round mold (glass or cookie cutter)
• oven
• Stud earrings findings

Step 1: You need to condition the polymer clay properly by hand or machine.  condition the clay till it became soft.

buttermilk polymer clay piece

conditioning the clay

Step 2: prepare medium size circular shape disc from the polymer clay disc set.

rolled polymer clay

Step 3: put the conditioned clay in the extruder with the disc at one end.

square disc

Step 4: now, extrude the clay from the disc. make sure the speed is not too slow nor too fast and it should be continuous.

extruded polymer clay

Step 5: cut the extruded polymer clay in half according to the required size of the hoop.

Step 6:  now with a light hand, twist the polymer clay like in the image

Step 7: wrap it around the mold. you can use powder or corn starch to avoid sticking around the mold.

Step 8: Cut off the excess polymer clay and remove the mold safely so that pieces don’t lose their shape. Make the second earring in the same way.

 

Step 9: Bake the earring in the oven at 110 degrees Celcius for 10- 15 minutes according to the thickness of the hoop.

Step 10: Now take the 0.5 cm of excess extrusion and cut two pieces of slim slices from it. Make a small hole in the middle of the slice and insert an earring post to it.

Step 11: Cover the backside of the baked part of the earring with polymer clay glue and  Place the earring post stick inside the slice. 

Step 12: Bake it again at the same degree but just for 5 minutes.

Step 13: let them cool for a few minutes. when they are hot, polymer clay show plasticity. touching them may differ the shapes.

Your earrings are ready. 

You can make earrings in different colors and sizes.

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