Make FAUX Lampwork Beads that look like the real ones!

Make Faux Lampwork Beads with me using translucent clay, alcohol inks and UV resin!

In today's tutorial I'm going to show you a different technique to make beautiful, realistic looking Faux Lampwork beads. I'm going to use Glitter Alcohol inks and Clover green and Tropical green and also Sunbright Pinata yellow alcohol ink.


I applied Clover green and Tropical green inks and I'm going to finish up by adding some Sunbright yellow Pinata in some areas and then I'm going to decorate a sheet of white polymer clay with gold color metal leaf and cut out some thin strips of clay decorated with gold color metal Leaf. Trim off the ends of the polymer clay strip and use your heat gun to speed up the process of the ink drying. Then apply thin strips of clay decorated with gold color metal leaf on the beads.

I'm going to use a blade and a dotting tool to make embellishments for the beads and I'm going to put the beads into the oven for 45 minutes and I'm going to tent them with an aluminum disposable pan.

I decided to use UV resin to embellish some beads and to try out some silicon molds, so I put a head pin, a bead cap, a small bead cap with an interesting design, and then I put the bead inside the mold.

To fill a mold with UV resin, you just have to press a little bit on the sides and insert a droplet of resin.

After applying resin with a brush, I cured the beads with a nail art lamp, and then I used round nose pliers to make a double loop.

So, I invite you to watch the tutorial and get inspired to create!

Happy claying!
Mihaela

Here are the materials and tools:
White polymer clay
Tropical green alcohol ink
Clover green alcohol ink
Sun bright Pinata Alcohol ink
Gold color metal leaf
UV resin, UV lamp
Gloves
resin molds
Bead caps
Headpins
Round nose pliers
Pasta machine
Craft knife, rigid blade, dotting tool, round ball tool
Oven and oven thermometer


Happy claying!
Mihaela

Time stamps
0:00 Intro
0:32 Making the bead
0:52 Poking the holes
1:22 Coloring with inks
2:48 Making the strip decorated with gold clay
5:16 Applying the gold strips
6:15 Baking instructions
6:54 Using the resin molds
7:25 Pouring resin
9:30 Curing the resin
9:48 Inserting head pins and making the loop