How Do You Make A Polymer Clay Bead With A Bead Roller?
Polymer clay is a wonderfully flexible substance. It can be used to make a variety of fun and creative items. Beads are one of the beautiful ways you can express yourself with polymer clay. Gather all your supplies. Condition the clay. I usually do this by placing my clay in my pocket while I am setting up my work area. Connect the pasta machine to the table. In this example I am making silver and green beads so I start the process with the silver as it is the lighter color. Tear off one section of the lighter color clay and form it into a ball. Run the clay through the pasta machine first on 7. Then, change the setting to 6 and run it through again. This further conditions the clay. Fold the strip of clay, rotate it 90 degrees and run it through the pasta machine again. Using the razor, cut the strip into a square. Repeat step 4 with the darker colored clay. Lay the lighter colored square on top of the darker colored clay strip. DO NOT press them in together. Just set them on top of e
