Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.

Roll out a small sheet of Gold clay on the widest setting of the clay machine. Ink your stamp and lightly press onto the raw clay. We are NOT embossing the ink into the clay. Use your circle cutter to cut out the stamped clock. Bake as directed in a preheated oven. I sat down one evening and made dozens of these clock faces in Gold, Pearl and Copper clay to have on hand for projects like this.

1. Roll out a sheet of Copper Premo! Sculpey on the #2 setting on your clay conditioning machine. Use the ¾ inch cutter to make a circle of clay. To create the gear teeth, go around the edge of the circle using only ONE of the star points. Try to keep the cutter straight and make space your teeth evenly.
2. Use the smallest circle cutter to cut out the center of the gear or leave solid if you wish!
3. Create several sizes and colors of gears for your piece.

1. Roll out a sheet of Copper Premo! Sculpey on the #2 setting on your clay conditioning machine. Use the ¾ inch cutter to make a circle of clay. To create the gear teeth, go around the edge of the circle using only ONE of the star points. Try to keep the cutter straight and make space your teeth evenly.
2. Use the smallest circle cutter to cut out the center of the gear or leave solid if you wish!
3. Create several sizes and colors of gears for your piece.

Roll a small amount of Black clay out on the #2 setting of your clay conditioning machine. Cut a long, thin “jester” triangle that measures about 2-1/2 inches long and is about an inch wide at the base. Roll the tip to create the “bail” to string your pendant. Set aside.

1. Make a thin sheet of clay (about #3 on your clay conditioning machine) that is slightly larger than your baked clock face.

2. Set the clock face onto this sheet of clay and wrap the edges of the clay up around the clock face. Press out any air bubbles on the back of the clock face or around the edges.
3. Use the Super Slicer blade to cut around the top edge of the clock face, trimming the black clay to just the edge of the baked clay, creating a small black “frame” of clay around the clock face.

4. Trim the remaining clay on the key to about ½ inch and flatten the clay. Press the key into place on the left side of the framed clock face. Use the portion of clay you cut off to add the bottom of the key on the other side.

5. Press your gears into place on top and below the clock face. Press the bottom of the bail onto the top back of the clock face assembly.

Bake in your preheated oven according to the clay package directions.

You can brush a small amount of Pearl Ex on the top surface of your “gears” before baking to make some of the gears appear “newer” than others.