Mokume Gane is a fun and easy polymer clay technique.
Mokume Gane (pronounced moe-koo-may-GAHN-ay) translated from Japanese to mean “woodgrained metal.” When you transfer that term to polymer clay it is a technique of stacking, constructing and layering polymer clay to achieve a beautiful unique design. There are many different techniques to make Mokume Gane. My technique is a combination of several types.
If you follow the photo-tutorial below, you can make your own pretty polymer clay pendant. Choose the colors you like from the Polymer Clay sample pack. Make sure you have a variety of light and dark – three to five colors is ideal. More than 5 and it looses contrast and definition.
Supplies:
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- Roll polymer clay as thin as possible
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- Cut a small square
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- Repeat previous steps with white clay
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- Repeat on pink polymer clay
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- Press layers together and cut in half
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- Press layers together and cut in half
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- Stack layers on top of each other
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- Press polymer clay layers together
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- Press tools in random places
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- Press tools into clay
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- Slice clay at random spots and place white in between
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- Press clay back together
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- Form cube with polymer clay
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- Press hole in clay
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- Fill hole with clay
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- Repeat and form back into cube
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- Slice off layer for pendant
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- Mark clay with pendant
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- Cut off excess
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- Place Mokume Gane inside pendant
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- Bake pendant in oven
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Awesome pendant Niki! And great TUTORIAL!!!
Thanks for posting on FB! I love following links from FB!
You make it look so easy. Will have to try this technique.