DIY Coral Sprig Jewelry – part 1

Coral, As you must read about in my last Lapidary information post is a fast becoming a rare commodity. But its beauty continues to fascinate. If you are looking for an economical way to create the look of coral for less, here is your answer – Create faux Coral sprig Jewelry.

Woh! this has been one heck of an over delayed post.  I made the pendant and earring months back but I somehow never found the time to format it into a tutorial and post it. Finally, here it is inspired from all the faux coral centerpieces and head gears that was so much “in” last season. A DIY tutorial on how to make Coral Sprig Jewelry..Since its a slighly long process – a deviation from my usual 5 minute DIY, the post would be long so I have split it into two parts. please bear with me

DIY Faux Coral Sprig Jewelry

Materials

– Solid 2 part epoxy – I used quarter of a packet Mseal Shipkar(White Mseal)
– Talcum powder + plastic sheet or surface
– acrylic Paint & brush 
-Diamond glaze
– 30g silver wire
– 3 jump rings
– 2 earring hooks
– Chain & hook for the pendant 

Here is the first part of the DIY where I show you how to use epoxy clay to make components. We will then finish then and turn them into jewelry in the next post

 

Method

1) Take equal quantities of both clays – resin and hardner
2) Put some talcum powder on your work surface and some on your hands to avoid the clay sticking on to your hands. Mix the clay following the instructions on the packet like folding and rolling
3) It should be one mid sized roll in clear offwhite color
4) Take a normal portion and roll it out to get the indicated shape. Using a needle or pin make a hole on the broad side
5) Roll out 2 more smaller branches and flatten their heads. While the clay is still soft (and sticky) press the smaller branches to the mother branch (main sprig). It will stick automatically on drying if you have mixed the clay right.

6) Make normal indentations on the sprig to make it look natural.Dip your hand in a bowl of water and run over the sprig to smooth out any imperfections and to get a glossy finish. Let it dry for the amount of time specified on your epoxy clay packet. I let mine dry over night
7) Follow the above (4 to 6) processes to make 2 normal sprigs (as identical as possible) for earrings. Let it dry

# TIP – Make all the components simultaneously as the clay will dry within 20-30 minutes max.

 Coral Sprig Jewelry

You can use the above technique to make any jewelry bead or component to be used in Christmas gifts for your Family. As Coral polyps live in colonies with branching structures, nothing says “Family” more than a coral sprig!

Click here for part 2 on making faux coral sprig jewelry
I hope you found it interesting
Cheers 

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One response to “DIY Coral Sprig Jewelry – part 1”

  1. DIY faux coral sprig jewelry – part 2 | Jewels of sayuri

    […] Steps 1- 7 Mixing the resin clay to make the component. Refer to part one of this post   8-9) Paint the sprig in Coral color. Since I did not have fabric/acrylic colors I used poster colors so I had to give around 4 coats for a nice opaque look. Let Dry. I used red Orange color for I wanted mine component to be in the “Traditional Coral color”. You could also distress the component with white/off white color if you prefer that.    10) Arrange the pieces on a plastic surface and Apply Diamond glaze liberally on the sprigs. Owing to structure and shape of the sprig, you might have to coat one area, let it dry completely and then do another. I had to apply 2 coats of DG all over for a good finish and it took me 8 hours   11)When I started coating I dint have the patience so I tried to turn over once the pieces were half dry. They got  struck to the surface and it was a mess. I had to sand it a little before proceeding with the next coat. So please have patience while it dries […]

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