Embedded Image Bracelet
Design by Barbara McGuire

Materials and Tools:

• Premo Polymer Clay, white, translucent, gold, black, copper
• Stamps
• Heat set inks (Inkredible),Gold pigment ink (Imprintz)
• Bone folder (for smoothing and blending)
• Polymer clay blade
• Roller
• Pasta machine (if available) for making thin sheets
• Card stock paper for baking surface
• Oven for curing clay

Directions:

• Stamp several images on a thin (#5- Atlas pasta setting) sheet of white clay. Stamp gold pigment ink on top of the original stamped designs

• Cover the stamped images with a very thin sheet of translucent clay (#6 setting - or as thin as possible). This embeds the transfer so you can touch it. Trim the piece.

• Cut a small sheet of images Cover the clay snake with the sheet and additional sheets of gold and copper.

• Trim the ends with a blunt cut and slip on the ring. Connect the bracelet together, joining with firm pressure. Stretch the bracelet gently to fit over your hand to test the fit. Use rocking pressure on the table to smooth the connected ends.