Hi Weekend Crafter!
I hope you are having a great start to your weekend. I am so excited to share with you my newest toy/tool. It's really a tool, but I've had so much fun with it that it's more like playing to me.
So for this tutorial, I am showing you 5 different ways to make earrings using a clay extruder. In my polymer clay groups, they ask if it's worth it to buy an extruder. And for someone like me who has always rolled their logs manually, I can say with conviction that it is worth it, especially if you work with clay on a regular basis.
A helpful tip in using an extruder is that you should condition your clay generously. If you do not condition your clay enough and pass it through an extruder, you will get visible cracks on your logs.
Another tip to hold the shape is that if you're using a metal cutter, bake it together with the clay so that the shape will come out very neatly and evenly.
Finally, if you're making hoops, use earring posts with an extended peg.
Here's a link so that you can see for yourself how the post should look like. www.amazon.com/Sterling-Silve...
Here is another link for where you can find an example of a clay extruder - www.amazon.com/Mi4uhappy-Stai...
I hope that you will have fun making these designs over the weekend. If you want to see what I'm up to, head on to my IG @crafttime.ph.
As always, keep on crafting!