Vol-034-2 Tips For Filling Metal Bezels PcT Tutorial (Intro)
Video #195: Metal adds a little something extra to polymer clay. I think these bezels are great and can see making little PC charms with them as well.” ~Phaedrakat
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** This post is an introduction to one of our paid tutorials.
With Mixed Media Jewelry being such a hot trend these days, there are many unique jewelry components becoming available in the marketplace. Metal Bezels, for example. They allow you to showcase your polymer clay designs and techniques in very creative ways.
“Cindy, I am excited that you incorporate mixed media with your polymer clay tutorials since I am a big admirer of mixed media art – especially when it features polymer clay. Thank you so much.” ~JoAnna-G
“I seem to be going more down the mixed media route recently.” ~Silverleaf
“Mixed media jewelry is pretty popular these days. Our friendly polymer clay medium has always ‘played nice’ with other craft and jewelry supplies.” ~Phaedrakat
“My impetus to learn how to effectively use polymer clay came from my interest in multi-media collage. It’s wonderful that polymer clay is so versatile. My hope in learning different methods of using polymer clay is to be able to create handmade, unique embellishments and jewelry!” ~Karen-B
“I also have lots of mixed media items that I need new ways to use. This could be another whole world for us. Thanks again for always sharing your ideas with us. You rock!” ~Susan-K
Although bezels are relatively easy to combine with polymer clay, there are some tips and tricks for using them that will make the process go a lot smoother. And for this reason, I have made this the topic for tomorrow’s video tutorial at the members library.
“Cindy, The examples you’ve shown are so cool. Metal adds a little something extra to polymer clay. I think these bezels are great and can see making little PC charms with them as well. Thanks for your creativity, Cindy!” ~Phaedrakat
“I really like the look of the faux opal in the bezel. This would be a good technique to use in a spoon, too. Another great tut, Cindy!” ~Linda-K
There is an amazing variety of bezels available from many suppliers. You can find them in almost every shape, size and material. Just recently, I received a huge selection from my friend Terry Morris of EpoxyJewelry.com. You may know him as the UV Resin guy. His bezels (seen in my tutorial) are perfect for filling with polymer clay and resin to make durable pendants and charms for your art jewelry projects.
“I purchased some of Terry’s bezels, such a good price.” ~Peggy-B
“I use Patera bezels from Nunn Design. They are a bit expensive but the end result proves worth it.” ~Hobokenmary
“Thank you, Cindy and Doug, Cannot wait to get more bezels.” ~Jocelyn-C
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Cindy, I love the Ultra Dome. I also bought several bezels in both silver and copper, including the hearts. They're wonderful to work with, and watching your tute on both the Resin and the Bezels made it so much easier to work with them. I just love the ones I made and look forward to giving them as gifts.
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Great tutorial Cindy. Being fairly new to polymer clay, I knew nothing about bezels or incorporating the clay with them. I'm learning so many really useful and interesting things with these excellent tutorials.
Fran Y
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Felt like Christmas morning when I saw this video!! I had seen your bezel pendants and wanted to have one of mine ready for a friend's birthday this month. Wasn't sure how to begin the process, and couldn't find a good reference, until today! Thank you, Cindy and Doug!
Carol T
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Cheap wholesale bezels at RioGrande.com and firemountaingem.com. Of course my all time fav’s are at Metalflurious.com. Check out the stampings too, an elegant addition to add more dimensionto bezels, etc.
Has anyone found any particularly cool bezels anywhere that they’d like to share? Katie Hacker left a comment about her Katiedids Bezels…saying we should be able to find them at Michael’s and JoAnn soon. (More info in her comment.) And of course, Terry Morris has some nice bezels at epoxyjewelry.com. Any other good shopping spots, anyone?
I bought some Katiedids from shadesofclay.com last month (November 2011). Yes, they are lovely! BTW, the service at shadesofclay was outstanding… I even ordered a sample pack of Kato so I can indulge my scientist fantasy and do some comparisons LOL. Actually, they only carry Kato at this time, but I bet that could change if they got enough requests for Premo.
I have seen and created lables for products that included as many as four languages! English, French, Spanish and Italian here in the US. I have even done some instructions that included Russian, Arabic, and German. I studied Spanish so I can read it pretty well. I will catch myself reading the Spanish part on a product and seeing a word I don’t know and wonder why I can’t understand it! Then I realize it is NOT English!!
After watching your video on bezels< went out and bought Weldbond Glue..the one you show in the video is Weldbond Plus..is there any difference. It says acid free, dries clear, flexible and weatherproof…..bonds most anything- wood,tile,glass, styrofoam, fabris,ceramics and much more…My Micheal's only had the one that I bought and Walmart did not carry it at all.
@Natalie H: Actually the ‘Plus’ you are reading on my bottle in the video is the French side. Plus means More in French. On the English side it says “More Than Great Glue!” on the French side it says “Plus qu’une colle geniale!” In Canada we are a bilingual country, so all packaging has English and French on it. You have the same glue as mine. Don’t worry. :-)
@Cindy Lietz from Weldbond Glue – Great for Polymer Clay: The bottle I bought in the U.S. has french instructions on it as well. Funny thing is most products sold here have 2 languages, English & Spanish.
The product is actually made in Canada. Guess that explains the French.
Again, your added tips and tricks ! Every time I view your videos I learn something ! How great is that …………thanks, hugs
Poor Japan, I can’t imagine what that is like. My heart goes out to each and everyone involved. Now the radiation is added to their problems. What is this world coming to ?
Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I appreciate each and every one of you, more than you know.
The commenting appears to be down a bit compared to what normally happens following each Friday tutorial posting. It is likely due to our hearts and attentions focused on the devastating Earthquake and Tsunami activity that has been happening in Japan over the last couple of days.
So… to all of our community members in Japan, or if anyone has friends / relatives living there, please know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. Much is unknown right now as to the extent of the devastation, but a loss of a single person, is too much. We love you and hope that you will endure this tragic event.
Great tutorial Cindy? Being fairly new to polymer clay I knew nothing about bezels or incorporating the clay with them. I’m learning so many really useful and interesting things with these excellent tutorials.
I was wondering, does anyone know where I could find solid sterling silver bezels to buy online (I’m in Australia)? I have had a look on google but everything seems to be plated. The plated bezels look so lovely in the tutorial but my previous experience with plated metal against my skin is not good. It goes green or loses its finish in a very short time. Do others have this problem to? Fran Y.
@Fran Y: Oops! typo. The question mark shouldn’t be there after my first sentence LOL!
Tute was very helpful. I learned a few new tricks. thanks!!!
Another winner! I just love it when you include tips to help us make our pieces turn out perfectly-would probably not thought of needing to use enough glue to come up the sides before doing the resin. I guess it wouldn’t be cool to have uncured resin come dripping out from inside of the bezel. Can’t you just see it? It’s an outside craft show. Someone tries on a piece and within a few minutes they have a glob of dripping resin curing on their favorite blouse. I’m thinkin’ it could affect sales, don’t you think? lol.
@Elizabeth S.: everyone would want some….lol.
@Elizabeth S.: I think you are on to something there Elizabeth. Cindy thinks of everything for us. That is why I can do this I don’t have to do to much thinking for myself. Good thing. Now my bezels will have that more artistic finished look to them. Thank you both once again. I love it here, I mean whats not to love. Unfortunately no claying for me, baby sister home for the weekend. It will be fun but I haven’t done much with my clay these last 4-5 weeks and I am getting that itch stronger and stronger lately. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, you to Cindy and Doug. Family time and rest time. You know those two thing you seldom have time for.
Many Uuuugggs to all, Peggy
Thanks for the bezel video, Cindy…some smart tips & reminders in this tutorial!
Sorry I haven’t been around much…I caught some crud (chest cold/flu) that was going around – been coughing like crazy for weeks. Each time I thought I was feeling better, I’d start hacking again. But my problem’s nothing compared to the tragedy in Japan. My heart goes out to these people and their loved ones. I’ve been praying for them…it’s hard to comprehend such devastation.
@Peggy Barnes: Hi Peggy, just wanted to say hello, and wish you a fun time with your baby sister. Enjoy both the family & the rest time! You deserve it. Take care!
@Phaedrakat: I’m glad that you are feeling better! That must have been rough. So, far everyone here has not been sick all winter! Knock on wood!
Japan is really in a big mess. Looks like the people who survived may not make it if help doesn’t reach the survivors soon. I can’t image where you start to help these people.
Just heard from our friend Carolyn F! She is better but not at home yet. Still needs to see of she can tolerate the higher altitude before going home.
It is great how the web is making our world seem smaller, but when someone needs your help you realize that it is not true.
I’m glad to be a part of this community and the friends I made here are priceless! Just one of those “FREE” perks you get when you sign up for Cindy’s amazing tutes!!!
Felt like Christmas morning when I opened todays tutorial and saw the topic!! I had seen your bezel pendants and wanted to have one of mine ready for a friend’s birthday this month. Wasn’t sure how to begin the process and couldn’t find a good reference. Thank you, Cindy and Doug!
One tip on cutting clay for bezels, press the bezel into the clay just enough to leave an impression and it will give you lines to cut on. This only works with bezels with straight inside walls but works well.
I did not invent this technique but saw it somewhere else.
I just got some of the Katiedids bezels! My boss went to another Michaels and found them there! We never got them at our store. She transfered all that they had and I bought them all!! But, they are clearanced now:( You might have to go her her site directly to get them now. I’m not sure where else you can get them. They are very beauitful. Just love them!
Great preview….. can’t wait……[again].
He hears his guru’s voice!!!!! :)
Success, success, you guys are just the best, Cindy and Doug. Just watched the preview and now on to tomorrow. Had purchased some bezels but didn’t get anything done there so it must be that my intuition was holding me back for this tut. Now I can do it with confidence through your expertise. Thanks for being there. Looking forward…..
YAY!!! I got video :)
Played mine twice just to be sure but it worked both times fine.
Ok, I updated Adobe flash, deleted cookies and history, rebooted tested other pcs in the house, and went to other pages to test the other sample videos to find that they work. Just this one isn’t working for me :/
@Brenda: Thanks for doing the flash, cookies, cache reboot thing. That procedure is usually enough to cure any web video woes that the Internet throws at us.
But today is different (errr… special :-)
Doug just now figured out what was causing the problem… something to do with an Adobe Flash Version number change that happened in the last few days. And the issue was only happening in the Internet Explorer Browser… which is probably what most of you use. But there was no problem in Firefox which is what Sue F uses.
Anyway, please check the preview video again, and let me know if it is now working for y’all :-)
“Me, too”. I tried early this morning and had Brenda’s results. It is now after lunch and still have the same problem. Hope we can resolve this before tomorrow????
It’s fine for me, both shortly after it was posted, and again when I retested it just now.
Me too.
having same problem as Brenda………
I’m not having any problems with any other of the tutorials. It keeps telling me that “buffering video”
Ah’ I can’t get the Video to play!!
@Brenda: Sorry you are having problems playing today’s video. Everything seems to be working on our end. Is anyone else having issues?