ltsexpressions
2005-08-25, 1:01pm
From my bear pendant tut.... and an AHA moment the other day while watching the DVD's by Smircich.... (so give him credit, as it's not my info entirely)
1. get good insurance heat to keep from breaking pendant when making loop
2. working QUICKLY in the last steps: hold onto pendant with either a punty or flat mashers and melt rod off about 1/2 inch or so from top of pendant
3. round out top bumpie and smash with mashers with the little lolly part going the way you want the loopy to lay... ie imagine the lolly with a hole in it and that's what it should look like when we are done here)
4. cut in half with trusty kindergarden scissors
5. using a spare mandrel, heat cut area and round out indent from the V shape it is when you cut it to a U shape (this is the trick!)
6. grab insurance heat again for your piece....
7. then heat, nudge, and bring together the tops of the (now) 2 bumpie/nubbies into a loop and polish together
8. hold loop with either a mandrel or tweezers, and get good insurance heat over all piece...
9. kiln that baby and wait til morning!!!
As Smiley said in another thread, there are many ways to make loops and I did take the title of this tut from that thread (hope for no hard feelings, the title just sounded too cute!)
This just is how/where my AHA moment came into play and I want to share it with others b/c other tut's have brought me so far in the past!!!
happy loopy makey....
stac
1. get good insurance heat to keep from breaking pendant when making loop
2. working QUICKLY in the last steps: hold onto pendant with either a punty or flat mashers and melt rod off about 1/2 inch or so from top of pendant
3. round out top bumpie and smash with mashers with the little lolly part going the way you want the loopy to lay... ie imagine the lolly with a hole in it and that's what it should look like when we are done here)
4. cut in half with trusty kindergarden scissors
5. using a spare mandrel, heat cut area and round out indent from the V shape it is when you cut it to a U shape (this is the trick!)
6. grab insurance heat again for your piece....
7. then heat, nudge, and bring together the tops of the (now) 2 bumpie/nubbies into a loop and polish together
8. hold loop with either a mandrel or tweezers, and get good insurance heat over all piece...
9. kiln that baby and wait til morning!!!
As Smiley said in another thread, there are many ways to make loops and I did take the title of this tut from that thread (hope for no hard feelings, the title just sounded too cute!)
This just is how/where my AHA moment came into play and I want to share it with others b/c other tut's have brought me so far in the past!!!
happy loopy makey....
stac