Polymer Clay Skull Cameo

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You Will Need (6 things)

Steps (12 steps, 120 minutes)

1. 1

   First of all, gather together all the items you need on a smooth clean surface:
   Pendant setting
   Polymer clay red, black, green and white
   Shaping tools ( I use wooden cocktail sticks with one end blunted)

2. 2

   Take a small piece of white polymer clay about the size of a baked bean and shape like this:

3. 3

   Using cocktail stick, mark mouth and teeth, a triangle for nose and round hollows for eyes.
   Make this first and lay aside to avoid getting any of the darker colours contaminating it.

4. 4

   Take some red polymer clay, and shape roughy to fit into setting

5. 5

   Place into setting and gently coax into shape....this is easier if you use a setting with a solid back.
   Mine is hollow, so I have to be extra careful!

6. 6

   Gently lay the skull in position and press lightly into place

7. 7

   Make tiny leaves from green clay, and tiny roses by making long flat strips and rolling them into a rose-like shape, gently pace in position and press lightly into place.
   Roll out a long thin sausage of green polymer clay for vines

8. 8

   Bend and twist vines, and place in postion, pressing gently into place

   Now put it all into oven at 110 degrees C, for 30 minutes

9. 9

   Take from oven, allow to cool, and remove cameo from setting ( it will be loose, but may need eased out with a pin if you have used a setting with a solid back)

10. 10

    Spray cameo with clear gloss varnish

11. 11

    Glue cameo into place using 2 - part epoxy glue

12. 12

    Hang on a black velvet ribbon.

    Finished !