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0:00:07.970,0:00:11.660 Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com
I want to show you how to use Nunn
0:00:11.660,0:00:15.090 Design channel bead cores to make your own
0:00:15.090,0:00:17.289 pave set crystal bead.
0:00:17.289,0:00:21.339 What you're going to need is some
epoxy clay. I've got some white crystal
0:00:21.339,0:00:23.909 clay here. If this was brand new
0:00:23.909,0:00:27.230 the packet size would be about this large.
As you can see
0:00:27.230,0:00:30.809 I've used it for other projects. It does go
quite a long way.
0:00:30.809,0:00:33.809 I've got a variety of shapes and
finishes here for the bead cores
0:00:33.809,0:00:37.350 including one which has already been
turned into a pendant and actually it comes
0:00:37.350,0:00:39.320 out that way which is very handy.
0:00:39.320,0:00:43.380 I've got assorted shapes and sizes of
Swarovski chatons.
0:00:43.380,0:00:46.560 I also have more than just one size
available when I'm doing a project like
0:00:47.230,0:00:48.539 in case you get to the end
0:00:48.539,0:00:52.300 if calls for a little bit larger or a
little bit smaller of a chaton.
0:00:52.300,0:00:56.570 I've got an applicator tool. This is a Magic
Pick. It allows me to pick up my chatons
0:00:56.570,0:00:58.050 very easily.
0:00:58.050,0:01:01.250 I've a pair of gloves here for when I mix
my clay.
0:01:01.250,0:01:05.570 We have a full video showing how use
crystal clay. How to mix it up
0:01:05.570,0:01:09.370 and all the nuances of it. If you want an
more in-depth explanation of crystal
0:01:09.370,0:01:12.880 clay and how to mix it please refer
to that video. I'm going to show you to do it
0:01:12.880,0:01:16.150 here real quick and we're going to fast
forward through all my mixing
0:01:16.150,0:01:23.150 till we get to the actual project.
0:02:07.050,0:02:10.700 Now that the crystal clay is all mixed
up I have it in a ball shape and I'm going to
0:02:10.700,0:02:13.259 take the size of the bead core
right here.
0:02:13.259,0:02:16.749 Now I want to transfer that onto
that. To do that
0:02:16.749,0:02:18.859 I'm going to take it in my hands
0:02:18.859,0:02:21.429 I'm going to roll it
0:02:21.429,0:02:28.429 into a longer cylinder shape.
0:02:30.979,0:02:35.859 Tap it down lightly so it's
just a little bit flatter.
0:02:35.859,0:02:42.400 I want it to be approximately the width
of the bead core itself.
0:02:42.400,0:02:45.139 I'm going to take my gloves off
0:02:45.139,0:02:48.779 just because it's a little bit harder to
work with
0:02:48.779,0:02:51.529 with the gloves on.
0:02:51.529,0:02:56.439 Place that into the channel
0:02:56.439,0:03:00.179 carefully
0:03:00.179,0:03:02.139 work it around
0:03:02.139,0:03:05.039 pinching it as I go.
0:03:05.039,0:03:08.249 You have an hour to an hour and a half
work time with crystal clay once you've
0:03:08.249,0:03:09.479 mixed it.
0:03:09.479,0:03:14.919 So don't worry about rushing this
process.
0:03:14.919,0:03:18.699 I like the delicate little
detail in there on the edge of the bead
0:03:18.699,0:03:20.499 core so I don't wanna
0:03:20.499,0:03:23.379 go over that edge.
0:03:23.379,0:03:26.559 Just pressing this into place
0:03:26.559,0:03:31.139 gently pulling at it but I don't wanna
actually drag it because crystal clay
0:03:31.139,0:03:35.139 might show some cracks if I do that.
0:03:35.139,0:03:37.109 Once I've got it all the way around
0:03:37.109,0:03:43.999 to smooth it out I'm going to roll it between
my fingers.
0:03:43.999,0:03:47.099 I can see where my seam was so I'm
just gonna
0:03:47.099,0:03:52.679 keep working with this area until I feel like
it's smoothed over.
0:03:54.759,0:03:58.749 Again roll between my fingers
0:03:58.749,0:04:00.839 I wanna make sure
0:04:00.839,0:04:04.819 you look at it from the side and I want to
make sure there is no big bulge. That it's not thicker on
0:04:04.819,0:04:05.849 one edge
0:04:05.849,0:04:06.840 then the other.
0:04:06.840,0:04:11.719 Feels pretty even.
0:04:11.719,0:04:15.200 I'm happy with that. SO now what I'm going
to do is apply my chatons.
0:04:15.200,0:04:18.949 The Magic Pick comes with this handy
little
0:04:18.949,0:04:20.869 pad. It has a piece of tape on it
0:04:20.869,0:04:22.169 so it's sticky.
0:04:22.169,0:04:25.800 That helps to make my applicator sticky
or stickier and
0:04:25.800,0:04:31.620 so I can easily pick up my chatons. So
I'm going to take one chaton
0:04:31.620,0:04:35.289 and just going to carefully
0:04:35.289,0:04:39.590 press it into the clay just so that
that edge of the chaton is slightly
0:04:39.590,0:04:42.199 below the edge of the clay.
0:04:42.199,0:04:43.949 You can do whatever pattern you want.
0:04:43.949,0:04:50.949 I'm going to apply these on an diagonal.
0:04:57.279,0:04:59.440 There is no wrong way of doing this
0:04:59.440,0:05:02.409 as long as you get the edge of the crystal
0:05:02.409,0:05:06.039 below the edge of the clay you're going to
be fine. You come up with the a whole of
0:05:06.039,0:05:11.460 patterns, whatever you like.
0:05:11.460,0:05:14.160 I'm actually going to do a second
row
0:05:14.160,0:05:15.989 of the same color
0:05:15.989,0:05:18.820 right next to the first.
0:05:18.820,0:05:20.670 I'm just trying to hold it right on the
0:05:20.670,0:05:25.370 hardware, just on the metal so that I'm
not touching that clay.
0:05:25.370,0:05:30.110 I'm going to rotate it again and switch my
color
0:05:30.110,0:05:33.120 and I'm just going to keep following my pattern.
0:05:33.120,0:05:35.219 You're going to do that all the way around
0:05:35.219,0:05:42.219 your bead.
0:05:47.610,0:05:51.240 I've gotten back to basically where I
started. I got this one gap. I can
0:05:51.240,0:05:53.160 do one more row of one of the colors.
0:05:53.160,0:05:56.389 I could do the
darker kind of orangey color or the the lighter
0:05:56.389,0:05:59.879 gold or I can use one of my larger stones.
0:05:59.879,0:06:02.629 and looking at that that's going to going
to be a little too large.
0:06:02.629,0:06:06.269 This why I have a lot on hand when I
play with these things. I think I'm going to
0:06:06.269,0:06:08.409 go for the darker color.
0:06:08.409,0:06:09.620 So one side
0:06:09.620,0:06:13.459 will have just a little bit more of the
darker color
0:06:13.459,0:06:17.229 and that is totally fine.
0:06:17.229,0:06:19.590 It's going to look great.
0:06:19.590,0:06:26.590 We'll pretend it's part of the design.
0:06:30.639,0:06:34.029 There you go. And when you're all
done what I suggest you do is
0:06:34.029,0:06:37.469 as your setting these you can kind of
feel that the clay is shifting a little
0:06:37.469,0:06:38.679 bit
0:06:38.679,0:06:40.400 so slightly go
0:06:40.400,0:06:43.360 over the top.
0:06:43.360,0:06:46.549 If you do this light enough you're not gonna
get fingerprints in there.
0:06:46.549,0:06:49.650 I'm going to roll it again very very gently.
0:06:49.650,0:06:53.930 I want to make sure all those chatons are
set.
0:06:53.930,0:06:57.689 And I would suggest you let this dry
in a upright position
0:06:57.689,0:07:01.209 overnight before you start working with
it again.
0:07:01.209,0:07:04.339 And there we go. You have a beautiful
0:07:04.339,0:07:05.949 custom done sparkling bead.
0:07:06.339,0:07:10.949 Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading
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