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0:00:07.050,0:00:11.240 Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com and
I want to show you one of my favorite project
which is
0:00:11.240,0:00:12.980 making a
0:00:12.980,0:00:17.410 Faux Druzy Ring which is what this is here
and we're going to make it using a product
0:00:17.410,0:00:19.369 called crystal splash.
0:00:19.369,0:00:22.839 I put some just in a tin here so I can
keep track of it.
0:00:22.839,0:00:23.869 I'll spread a few
0:00:23.869,0:00:28.109 on my mat.
Basically they're wonderful crystals without holes in them.
0:00:28.109,0:00:29.339 There are all the same
0:00:29.339,0:00:33.460 shape but they're different sizes and
some even are matte finished which really
0:00:33.460,0:00:36.180 lends itself to this project.
0:00:36.180,0:00:39.810 You're also going to need a bezel ring setting.
I've chosen a teardrop
0:00:39.810,0:00:40.680 right here.
0:00:40.680,0:00:43.860 You see I've done it in the square I've also
done it in a round.
0:00:43.860,0:00:47.470 And then I want mine to look like amethyst.
So I've taken some dark
0:00:47.470,0:00:49.020 purple crystal clay
0:00:49.020,0:00:52.590 and I'm going to mix it up and then add it
to my ring setting.
0:00:52.590,0:00:56.690 So on Beadaholique.com we have a full video
showing you exactly how to use crystal
0:00:56.690,0:00:58.470 clay and mix it up so we're going to
0:00:58.470,0:01:01.360 fast-forward through this part of the
0:01:01.360,0:01:02.630 project here
0:01:02.630,0:01:05.770 but if you want more information do
check out that video.
0:01:05.770,0:01:08.940 I've got my gloves on and I'm just going to
go out-of-town here and mix up my crystal clay
0:01:08.940,0:01:15.940 and then we'll resume the
project.
0:01:44.360,0:01:47.600 My crystal clay is all mixed up and ready
to go.
0:01:47.600,0:01:51.229 I'm going to take off my gloves at this point
just so I have a little bit more control over
0:01:51.229,0:01:53.400 the clay.
0:01:53.400,0:01:56.440 What I'm going to do now is I'm gonna roll
it
0:01:56.440,0:01:57.429 into a shape
0:01:57.429,0:02:02.650 which mimics my bezel setting.
So if you have a square you would roll it into a square shape.
0:02:02.650,0:02:06.990 If you've got this teardrop I'm going to roll
it into a teardrop shape.
0:02:06.990,0:02:10.879 It doesn't have to be perfect.
It just gonna make my life a little bit easier
0:02:10.879,0:02:13.999 one when I set the clay down into the bezel.
0:02:13.999,0:02:16.469 Now that I've got my shape
0:02:16.469,0:02:18.349 I'm going to just go ahead
0:02:18.349,0:02:22.729 tap it down into the setting.
You know what I can already tell I've got way too
0:02:22.729,0:02:27.029 much clay here.
So I'm going to pull that right back out
0:02:27.029,0:02:30.129 pinch off a little bit.
0:02:30.129,0:02:33.799 Now that this is already been mixed so
it's not gonna stay soft so if you have
0:02:33.799,0:02:36.449 another project you're working on you might
go ahead
0:02:36.449,0:02:41.900 and use that.
You've got about an hour to an hour and an half after you part a and
b
0:02:41.900,0:02:46.099 before that hardens.
It's not going to be usable.
0:02:46.099,0:02:47.140 Okay I'm
0:02:47.140,0:02:48.460 much happier
0:02:48.460,0:02:52.149 with that amount.
0:02:52.149,0:02:55.049 I am going to go ahead
0:02:55.049,0:02:57.049 set this down into it
0:02:57.049,0:02:59.199 I'm just pushing it
0:02:59.199,0:03:02.099 till it get to the edges.
0:03:02.099,0:03:04.299 You don't want to go over the edge.
0:03:04.299,0:03:08.529 So if you're not familiar with a druzy is,
it's a coating crystal of
0:03:08.529,0:03:09.859 on a rock surface.
0:03:09.859,0:03:13.899 So if you've ever seen a geode and it's
been cracked open.
It's all rough and dirty on
0:03:13.899,0:03:17.859 the outside but inside its beautiful, a
sparkling crystal.
0:03:17.859,0:03:19.829 That is a druzy.
0:03:19.829,0:03:22.969 You'll often see them made into jewelry.
0:03:22.969,0:03:28.539 So I've got my clay
tin here with my crystal splash in it.
0:03:28.539,0:03:34.139 and my clay is stuck into my bezel because
it is sticky.
I'm just going to go ahead
0:03:34.139,0:03:36.099 and press
0:03:36.099,0:03:39.069 my ring face down
0:03:39.069,0:03:41.620 into my pile of crystals
0:03:41.620,0:03:43.779 because I wanted to an assortment.
0:03:43.779,0:03:48.289 So after I pick up some I don't want to
have any sense order to this.
I want it
0:03:48.289,0:03:50.819 to be nice and random.
0:03:50.819,0:03:53.839 I'm pushing them in.
0:03:53.839,0:03:55.559 Into that again
0:03:55.559,0:03:59.369 Pick up a few more
0:03:59.369,0:04:03.549 I'm actually feeling
that clay move a little which is what I
0:04:03.549,0:04:04.669 want
0:04:04.669,0:04:08.459 because it's crystal clear you need to
make sure that the edge of the crystal
0:04:08.459,0:04:10.309 is slightly under
0:04:10.309,0:04:12.169 the surface of the clay.
0:04:12.169,0:04:15.260 So if these were just barely hanging on to
the clay
0:04:15.260,0:04:18.509 they wouldn't stay actually this is fully
harder.
0:04:18.509,0:04:22.189 So now what I want to use I wanna fill
in any gaps that I see.
0:04:22.189,0:04:27.830 At this point I can actually chose the size
I want to use.
0:04:27.830,0:04:33.199 This is why it is so nice that the crystal
splash comes an assortment of sizes.
0:04:33.199,0:04:40.199 You can just find ones that work.
0:04:44.210,0:04:51.210 Spread out a little bit more so I can
find the right sizes.
0:04:56.620,0:05:00.939 With this particular project
you want that clay to shift
0:05:00.939,0:05:03.830 you want some of these to slip under the
edge
0:05:03.830,0:05:06.919 even be partially buried
0:05:06.919,0:05:08.819 otherwise it's just not going to grip
0:05:08.819,0:05:14.499 in the long run.
0:05:14.499,0:05:16.529 I'm just going all the way around
0:05:16.529,0:05:19.110 seeing where there's a gap
0:05:19.110,0:05:20.539 pushing
0:05:20.539,0:05:23.750 crystal into it.
0:05:23.750,0:05:25.969 You want these to be
0:05:25.969,0:05:29.409 poking out and being in all directions and
0:05:29.409,0:05:35.710 sideways and upside-down.
I want that randomness.
0:05:35.710,0:05:38.440 Once I'm happy with all my gaps are
filled
0:05:38.440,0:05:39.929 I'm going to go ahead
0:05:39.929,0:05:41.199 and again
0:05:41.199,0:05:46.229 pressed down on top of it.
The clay is going to shift, that's okay.
I want to do that.
0:05:46.229,0:05:49.389 I want it to grab these crystals.
0:05:49.389,0:05:51.530 I'm going to make sure that when I'm done
0:05:51.530,0:05:52.379 it has a nice
0:05:52.379,0:05:54.330 arch to it.
0:05:54.330,0:05:57.160 There's not one side which is terribly
lopsided although with this particular
0:05:57.160,0:05:58.520 design
0:05:58.520,0:06:00.239 that would be totally fine
0:06:00.239,0:06:03.979 because with an actual druzy it
would irregular.
0:06:03.979,0:06:10.340 So that's totally fine if one-sided
is bulging and the other is a little bit concave.
0:06:10.340,0:06:12.830 There we go and that is that.
0:06:12.830,0:06:15.779 So there we have a Faux druzy ring
0:06:15.779,0:06:16.979 made using
0:06:16.979,0:06:18.689 2 part epoxy clay
0:06:18.689,0:06:19.589 and crystal splash.
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