About

Cost: $ $ $ $ $

Difficulty: • • • • •

Time: 30 mins

Ever wanted Guages but Dont want the pain or the Risk of stretching your earlobes?? Well Heres the SOULUTION!
Hey if anything in this how to is unclear Please Comment and I will answer them!

Posted by oReO~cOoKieE • Published 12th January 2010 • See oReO~cOoKieE's 9 projects »

Print • Embed

GiftedDiva24 favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 07 Oct 20:00
Chita H. favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 13 May 03:06
Stitches favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 17 Jan 23:18
Patra favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 22 Jun 14:52
Reagan W. commented on How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 29 Apr 01:53
Reagan W. commented on How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 29 Apr 01:51
Hunter H. added How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs to Jewelry 20 Jan 20:15
Hunter H. favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 20 Jan 20:15
cristinakilljoyway favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 03 Jan 22:41
Danielle favorited How To Make Fake Gauges/Tapers/Plugs 12 Nov 00:39

Step 1
First Take your Clay and cut out two triangle shapes
Step 2
The Take the triangle shapes and roll them until you get the cool looking shapes!
Step 3
Then take the same clay or a diffrent color clay and roll and flatten out a circle shape thats the same width as the top of the triangle.
Step 4
Then take your Pins and File down the tip of the needle until it gets dullish. And push it through the center of the circle and make a hole in the bottom piece to put the needle in
Step 5
Now you want to bake your pieces of the gauges. @ 275 or so for about 10 mins. but you should follow the baking instructions

DONT TAKE THE NEEDLE OUT OF THE CIRCLE PIECE BEACUSE IT WONT GO IN.. but dont leave it in the bottom piece.
Step 6
After its done baking clean the needles with the sanitizer. and add clear nail polish for shine.
Step 7
the end result should look like this
<------------------------------------

You should also be able to detach it and mix and match if you want!

Hope you enjoyed and have fun with your new Gauges!!

Made this project? Share your version »

Comments

Reagan W. · 3 projects 29th April 2013

Oh.. and to all of you complaining about them "not growing back" They do. If you take them out. Even at a size as big as an inch, they start springing back to regular size almost immediately... Its like when you take regular earrings out and they eventually close up.

Reagan W. · 3 projects 29th April 2013

Uhm.. Polymer clay is very porous which makes it a breeding ground for bacteria and it collects the dead skin thats a side effect of having any piercing.. The ribbing of it constantly against your skin would probably lead to infection.. Or they start smelling bad FAST!! D:
And, no offense, but if you like the look .. then gauge your ears already! It looks way better than fake gauges hanging off your freaking earlobes because they're bigger than your ears and no matter what you think.. It looks stupid.
And besides ... Gauging doesn't hurt. And the only risk is getting a blowout... But, if you take care of them, then there is little to no risk of infection.
-i have some polymer clay tentacle gauges and can't wear them for more than two hours. so find a better material-