Sunday, March 3, 2013

Faux Amazonite from Polymer Clay


Amazonite is a green variety of micro-line feldspar, and it's a nice semi-precious stone for jewelry.  I recently saw a necklace I wanted to copy, but when I found some Peruvian amazonite beads, they were a little out of my price range.  So I came up with faux amazonite using polymer clay.  Here is a picture of my first batch of beads.
You can see that my beads are a little darker, and a little more turquoise in color.  They were lighter before I baked them, but I like the deeper color.  I also experimented with some rust colored inclusions, which I like.

Below are some photos of real Amazonite




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