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DIY Push Molds
You can use them to duplicate beads or make your own flat backs from your beads and pendants.

Posted by porcelinaZERO from Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany • Published 20th June 2008 • See porcelinaZERO's 10 projects »

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Step 1
This is what you need
Step 2
Take a piece of your modelling clay which is big enough for your bead or pendant to make a mold out of it.
Step 3
Flatten it and cover it with Baby Powder, so you can take your item later easier out of the clay.
Step 4
Push your item carefully in the modelling clay.
Step 5
Take your item carefully out of the modelling clay and let the clay dry.
Step 6
Take a piece of polymer clay which fits in your mold and knead it so that is easy to use.
Step 7
Use a little bit of the baby powder for the mold, so you can take the polymer clay easier out of it.
Step 8
Push the polymer clay in the mold.
Step 9
Take your polymer clay carefully out of the mold.
Step 10
Cut the edges and make it a little bit even.
Ready is it!!!

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jeanetteedwardswasthomas · Newport, England, GB · 1 project 16th May 2019

Thanks for showing the video. It makes the method much easier to understand. X

Raven W. · Brisbane, Queensland, AU · 70 projects 3rd March 2011

Wonder how hard it'd be to make a 2-part mold this way? And whether you could then use it for pewter... Thank you, you've made me think crafty again

Midori~ K. · 5 projects 27th August 2010

That's so smart

love it!

Happy-Go-Lucky · Nawur, Bamiyan, AF · 8 projects 11th October 2009

can you use resin to fill the mold instead of clay?

Madi · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 13 projects 8th December 2008

That's in my Sculpey book C:

porcelinaZERO · Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE · 10 projects 25th September 2008

That's kind of curious. I bought it some weeks ago in a bead store...

Sarah T. · Kells, Meath, IE 18th September 2008

This is a little off topic, but I have the exact same charm.I inherited it from my greatgrandmother and never really knew where it was from or how old it was.What a coincidence, I was googling polymer clay and this popped up!lol
Anyway where'd you get your charm? If you don't mind my asking

Handy tutorial too!I'm sure I'll pit it to use!