By this point you may get the impression that all I ever create are hearts. I've been working on some other projects too. My newest series is a collection of sheet metal animals which I have hand-drawn and cut out. I then add polymer clay accents to create pin and pendants.
Here are a few in the early stages. I sketch the animals onto sticker paper (found at your local office supply store..look in the isle where the photo-paper is). Then I cut out the drawing and stick it to the metal. I used to just draw on regular paper and glue it to the metal, but it would always come off as I was sawing it. The sticker paper works much, much better. I use my jeweler's saw to cut out the outlines.
After I file and sand the cut outs, I texture the sheet metal, add some alcohol ink for color and polymer clay for accents. Viola! These two guys are ready for their finishing touches and to be put into their finished pieces of jewelry. The sloth will be a necklace pendant, and the unicorn I plan to make into a pin.
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