METAL COPPER POLYMER CLAY PAW PRINT EARRINGS | BEGINNER 5: PRESSING


MATTERS Make sure your Tefl on sheets with the paws in place are on a fi rm surface, then press gently on the paws with your forefi nger. Use a fi rm pressure so that all the balls squash together and stick. Don’t wiggle your fi nger around, just press straight down.


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6: ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET,


BAKE! Bake the paw shapes in an oven at the temperature recommended by the clay manufacturer (this will diff er depending on the brand of clay you have). Once baked, let the paws cool, and then they will come straight off the sheet. Using a tiny dot of E6000 glue, attach the earstud pads to the backs of the paws.


Sometimes the paws will come apart after fi ring, so it is a good idea to make more than two at the same time, then you are guaranteed to have at least two that match and have stuck together.


You can make these paws at whatever size you wish, but as you go bigger you will need something fl at to press them with as your fi nger won’t be large enough.


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