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Handmade Jewelry Help Please?
Ok...I really want to start my own business and I truly want to make handmade jewelry. The problem is...Not just beading string or whatever. I want to make my own creations (charms and stuff). For example, a sushi roll with a face....a cookie with a face.... a rice ball with a face.... yeeeah. My own ideas. (Preferably, make out of glass or metal or whatever like that...) How can I make this possible?
It sounds like what you're describing is what a lot of young women already do...that is to make their own little items ("cute" or "kawaii" in this case) from polymer clay, then use them for making jewelry. Polymer clay can also be made to look like metals or even have glassy surfaces, etc., though basically it is a synthetic "plastic" clay.
If you're interested in making things like that from polymer clay (brands like Premo, Fimo, Cernit, Kato Polyclay, and even the lesser-quality Sculpey or BakeShop, etc), check out these pages at my polymer clay "encyclopedia" site:
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/miniatures.htm
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/beads.htm
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/beads-holes.htm
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/jewelry.htm
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/pendants_cording.htm
http://glassattic.com/polymer/business.htm
If you truly want to make them from metal or glass, check out "metal clays" like Precious Metal Clay for example, or metal working forums and online info, or lampwork forums and online info. All those things will cost much more than polymer clay though for the supplies and equipment.
HTH,
Diane B.
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