Dragonfly Pendant in Polymer Clay.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2024
- Create some beautiful dragonflies with iridescent wings in this easy to follow step by step tutorial. I should just mention that in the UK we also call 'Wheat' ears 'Corn' ears ;) just to avoid any confusion :)
This is suitable for complete beginners upwards and makes a head turning pendant. So, sit back and relax as you watch the process unfold, then have some fun and make one of your own.
The Dragonfly Template is downloadable from my Website here, scroll down to the bottom of the page to find it - www.fionaabel-s... and is free for you to use - but please do not copy/sell/teach using the template without my express permission.
You can also follow the general website link below, go to The TH-cam videos page, and scroll down from there.
Here is the link to Conditioning Polymer Clay - • Conditioning Polymer C...
Here is the link to creating Skinner Blends - • Basic Skinner Blend Tu...
Here is the link to Cleaning a Pasta Machine - • How I clean my Polymer...
The Stencil set is No 006 and is from Polymer Clay UK and is available from their website here - www.pcuktools.... or their Etsy shop here - www.etsy.com/u...
I use iridescent mica powders - these are widely available from well stocked craft shops or online. You can use unwanted shimmery eye makeup powders instead.
I have used a pinch bail at the top of the pendant, again these are widely available from bead shops or online.
I use a Lucy Clay Czextruder to extrude the thin lines of clay - other makes are available, and the Makins brand is also a good one - but if you want to extrude a lot of polymer clay, then I can recommend this brand, although it is more expensive. You can of course always roll the stalks by hand for this project. At the moment I can only see them available to buy through Amazon, but that will probably be temporary.
I use FIMO Gloss varnish, this is the water soluble one, and gives a nice soft sheen to the wings. It is available from most stores/online shops that sell FIMO polymer clay. Other brands of polymer clay varnish are available.
The Blanda stainless steel bowls are available from Ikea, in a slightly larger size at the moment - www.ikea.com/g... , but you can use any suitable bowl, or the back of a spoon, a semi sphere mould etc., as long as your mould is oven safe, and will release the clay after baking.
For those rolling the clay by hand - setting 9 on my machine is 1 card thick, setting 3 is 5 cards, setting 2 is 6 cards and setting 1 is 7 cards thick.
If you like my work, then please do have a look at my website, www.fionaabel-s... and follow me on Facebook / fiona.abelsmith and Instagram. / fionaabelsmith.artist
I also have a number of Polymer Clay Tutorials to buy, both in my Etsy shop, PolyOriginals - www.etsy.com/u... where I have more tutorials in a PDF format, and as a video tutorial here - polyoriginals.t...
The music from the video is English Country Garden by Aaron Kenny and is available from the TH-cam Free Audio Library.
Thank you so much for watching.
❤dragonflies are Lovely 🥰
Thanks so much :)
You are amazing! Absolutely amazing!
Thank you so much Bonnie 🙂
Un tuto extraordinaire 😮 merci pour tout ce temps passé pour nous😍 cette création est Magique ❤🙏
Merci beaucoup 🙂
Oh I love these. My adopted Ma is a dragonfly fanatic 😊 I definitely want to try these when I get settled.
That sounds perfect, hope you get settled soon and can have some fun. Thanks so much Jennifer 🙂
Very beautiful
Thank you very much 🙂
Good Day Fiona. You are an accomplished poly clay artist and and excellent teacher. Thank you for all the effort and hours you put into all of your videos. Many thanks. greetings from rural upstate New York USA.
What a lovely comment, thank you so much Vicki, and greetings to you from the UK 🙂
Amazing.
Are you sure the plants are corn, they look like wheat to me. The entire design is wonderful
@@lyndamchugh249 Thanks so much Lynda, and yes they are wheat, but in the UK we refer to it as 'corn' so just a semantic difference, and one I didn't think about before I posted the video 😉🙂
Hi Fiona,,, love these pendents,, I was lucky enough to have a dragonfly land on the tip of my finger a few years ago on a real hot summers day after the dew,, there were two flying around,, a metallic blue and a metallic green it was the green one that landed on my finger just sitting looking right at me!!! till he flew away, about a week after a gold one was on a rose Bush and it looked like it had diamonds all over it from the dew that hot morning, soon as I went to approach it flew away, once in a lifetime experience that I'll never forget. It was amazing and wonderful. And these pendents really hit the spot for me. They are so very beautiful ,,and you always make beautiful things.
How wonderful, that sounds magical, and yes, definitley an experience to remember. I am so glad you like the tutorial too, thanks so much Angela 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals I always love your tutorials !!!
I think the last one is the best ✨
Seems like a panorama of freedom 🖼
Thank you so much :)
Love this.Thank you so much!
I am so glad, thank you so much 🙂
Gorgeous
Thank you very much :)
Beautiful
Thank you very much 🙂
I most definitely enjoyed this dragonfly, exceptionally beautiful
Thank you so much 🙂
Just like this one so much. And a tiny bit of clay will turn into a very long piece, or shorter, whatever you need 😉
I am so glad you like it, thank you Kathy 🙂
I love dragonflies! I can't wait to try this lovely design!
have fun, thanks so much Michelle 🙂
Vraiment magnifique et en plus j'adore les libellules 👍👏👏👏❤❤❤❤🙋♀️💐💐💐
Merci beaucoup Nathalie :)
100 wonderful tutorials! Thank you so much for generously sharing your work with the world.
You are very welcome, thank you so much :)
Those are so pretty. ❤️
Thank you so much :)
Thank you for this lovely tutorial! The Navajo peoples feel that the dragonfly represents water, ie: if a dragonfly is near, so is fresh water. Can't wait to make this with a stream as a background! Like another commenter, I may have to wait for cooler weather...the monsoons are coming soon, though!
I know on our farm, there were always dragonflies near the cow's watering spots.
Oh wow, that sounds amazing, I can't wait to see what you do - my mind is racing with that idea now ;) Yes, cooler weather definitley makes it easier, so I hope you enjoy making some once the weather cools :) Thank you :)
Fiona, I love your tutorials. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing.
I am so glad you like them, thanks so much 🙂
Love the dragonflies, wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much. ❤️
I am so glad, thank you so much :)
Just magical!!
Thanks so much Lee :)
Absolutely lovely! x
Thank you very much 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous... love dragonflys
Me too, thanks so much :)
So beautiful! I love dragonflies!
Me too, thanks so much :)
Wow how did I miss all these uploads
Glad you found it, that's the great thing about TH-cam, it's there for when you find it 🙂
A wonderful beautiful, detailed tutorial as always. THANK YOU for 100 of the best videos!
Awww, that is very kind of you Wendy, thanks so much :)
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much :)
thank you for the tutorial Fiona ma'am....... this is a really beautiful pendant
Thakn you so much :)
Beautiful thank you
Thanks so much Mary :)
Your pendants are so beautiful. I love those Dragonflies. Thank you for showing me a unique way to make them.
You are very welcome, thank you so much :)
Stunning! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much :)
I love dragonflies, their meaning is a sign of new beginnings, and we all love new beginnings that are fabulous. 😄Tfs absolutely beautiful, and yes I’m a bit slow with seeing this one. Hugs across the pond.
Thanks so much Karen, hugs back :)
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you very much 🙂
Very beautiful, you keep me mesmerized while you work your magic. I love how you create these lovely vignettes with polymer clay. Thank you so much for sharing your talents! Blessings 💖
What a lovely comment, thank you so much :)
Lindo😊
Muchas gracias 🙂🙏🙏
Lovely!
Thank you for sharing!
Thakn you so much :)
You are a total gem Fiona.. you always give us every iota of information to help us attempt a project. Thanks for a beautiful subject and the invaluable tip to get thin sheets of translucent .. mine objects after no 5 😉🙏🏽
I am so glad that was helpful, thanks so much for your lovely comment :)
❤The tutorial was great!! Your wisdom & abilities to teach us are so above any other that I've met on TH-cam. Your skills with clay are a God-given talent. I love this pendent. Thank you so very much!!
One question: After using the mica powders, do they have to go under the UV light? Or only after resin? TIA❤😊❤
I am so glad you enjoy them, thank you very much 🙂 No, Mica powder does not need UV light, it sticks to the clay, but can rub off a little, hence using varnish just to finish sealing it. Of course, you could instead add a coat of UV resin on the wings, cure that with a UV light and that would give a lovely effect. But it is the resin that needs the UV light, not the mica powder. have fun 🙂
OH! FINOA! That is stunning! I've made some dragon flies before to put on sticks to put in planters, but this Pendant is absolutely stunning!!!
Awwww, thank you very much Maggie I am so happy you like it 🙂
Love them! 😍👍
Thank you very much :)
Another beautiful creation! I just found this page where I can scroll down and see just your creations. These dragon flies are amazing! Again, the very detailed steps in producing it are in themselves magic! Thank you for this beautiful creation!💜🤍💚💛🌾💙
You are sooo creative! I love it!
Aww, thank you so much :)
I absolutely love your detailed tutorials and explanations. You do some very amazing projects! I have been working with polymer clay for one year and continue to learn from people like you!
I am so glad you like them, thanks so much :)
Fiona, Thank you soooo much! These are totally delightful, and yes, I will make some! I really love your videos
Awww, thank you so much Esther :)
Another triumph Fiona ! Thank you so much for this. Dexter is staying over so we watched it together. I’m in the process of organising a new larger workspace for my craft work which will enable him to work with me, Something we have both wanted for some time.
Thanks again for all the knowledge and inspiration 💜
Awww that's fantastic, Dexter and you will have a wonderful time working together in your new space, and I am so glad you like this one too. Have fun :)
These dragonflies are lovely Fiona! ❤ Once the weather is a it cooler, I'll have a go! 😉
Thank you so much, have fun with it :)
Hello from Johannesburg south Africa. Just found your channel. Great video. I'm a newbie still with clay..
Hello Anita, I am glad you found me, and hopefully my videos will give lots of ideas and tips. Have fun with your polymer clay. :)
Thank you so much for this tutorial Fiona, I will definitely use this for my pen design. I will just add a very thin layer of Cernit translucent over the iridescent wings as I like to sand my pens, rather than varnish. Fantastic tutorial as always!
That sounds beautiful for your pens, can't wait to see them. Thank you :)
These are beautiful could you tell me where you get your chains to complete
Thank you, 🙂They are generic pendant chains that are sold in most bead shops for jewellery makers. I can't remember exactly where these came form, sorry.
So beautiful ❤️
Thank you very much :)
Thank you ☺️ lovely ❤️
Thanks so much :)
😹😹😹I love the pendent Fiona, but could not stop giggling every time you mentioned corn instead of wheat ears 😹😹 a few years back I had the same problem kept saying corn in place of wheat but I knew what you meaning 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks so much, and yes, it is definitely a loss in translaton ;) I grew up around corn fields as we called them, and it just stuck ;) I have now added a comment in the video description explaining what I am saying :)
Wonderful - very clear - tfs
You're welcome, thanks so much :)
This is gorgeous and inspiring. I love dragonflies and we have them by the thousands right now. But I've been thinking about Angeles and how I could do the wings on a christening gift I'm making. I've been stuck, because I didn't want a solid color for the wings. This came along at just the right moment.😁 Thank you!
I am so glad it was helpful, and lucky you seeing all those dragonflies, we just see one occassionally, but I love them. Thank you :)
Beautiful. Where can I get the template. Thanks for showing how.
Look at the wording below the video title , which is below the video, and click on ......more. Then scroll down, and the link is there :) Thank you ;)
Can canes be stored for another project after time? How do you store the clay and canes Ms Fiona ? Want everything in order for xmass and if i need extra things 🎄🎄🎄🎄🤘🤘🤘💕💕💕✨️✨️✨️✌️✌️✌️☕️☕️☕️
yes of course, I store mine standing upright in non reactive plastic containers, making sure they don't touch each other. Others store them wrapped in deli wrap which works really well too. Check out the Blue Bottle Tree site for more information - thebluebottletree.com/store-polymer-clay-canes/ is one of her articles 🙂
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals thank you ✌️✌️✌️🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
So lovely, excellent tutorial as always, but respectfully they look like wheat stalks not corn?
Europeans refer to wheat as corn. :)
Thank you, and yes, it is what we call corn ;) So much gets lost in translation doesn't it ;) :)
Beautiful. Great project wonderfully done. I'm an old Illinois (USA) farm boy so just want to say that what you added was wheat not corn. Just kidding. Thanks for sharing.
Ha ha, yes I had forgotten about the language difference over here, we definitley have corn fields ;) In fact, it used to confuse me as a kid, that we had fields of corn, which made flour, but a tin of sweet corn was completely different ! Thanks so much :)
Well, I am glad this has been explained!! I was wondering what kind of “corn ears” those were!!
@@leewitte4580 ;)
Es precioso por favor seria posible los suctitulos fueran en Español seloagradeceria mucho pues el móvil no me permite cambiarlo gracias
Muchas gracias, sé que puedes cambiar los subtítulos al español si los ves en una tableta o computadora, pero lamentablemente no tengo control sobre cómo TH-cam hace que los subtítulos estén disponibles en un teléfono móvil :( Esa es una de las razones por las que voy lentamente a través de todo el proceso, para que puedan ver lo que hago y yo hablando en todo momento. Sé que no es de mucha ayuda para ti en tu móvil - lo siento .
@@FionaAbelSmithPolyOriginals muchas gracias por responderme el problema lo tengo por los productos el no saber cuales son por lo demás lo enseñas muy vien y si lo entiendo muchas gracias 😘
@@susicuspinera1678 De nada, muchas gracias :)
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Thanks, I think ? ;)
Looks like wheat not corn
Yes I had forgoten when I did it that we call it Corn in the UK, and others call it Wheat 😉 Gotta love the differences in languages around the world 🙃😂
this is wheat not corn
In the UK we call it corn 😉