Crafting Art History Earrings with Polymer Clay

Baking, Sealing, and Adding Posts

A course by Chelsea Rodriguez, Artist and Art Historian

17 students

Audio: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese

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About the video: Baking, Sealing, and Adding Posts

Overview

“So, you have the design ready, what's next? In this lesson, I'll talk about how to bake, seal and finish the artwork to get it ready to become an earring. ”

In this video lesson Chelsea Rodriguez addresses the topic: Baking, Sealing, and Adding Posts, which is part of the Domestika online course: Crafting Art History Earrings with Polymer Clay. Craft art history-inspired polymer clay earrings, mastering sculpting, color matching, design techniques for unique wearable jewelry.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson, we're going to talk about baking, sanding, and finishing our pieces. When it comes to baking, The very first important thing is that you need to know how your oven works. You need to know how long it takes to reach a certain temperature. Polymer clay On each package, it comes with the information on that specific type of clay. For example, And Sculpey, which is the one I use the most, is usually 275 degrees Fahrenheit, 130 Celsius. 30 minutes for 6 millimeters. Which is usually, you know, the size of my designs. Now, you need to know how long it takes your oven to reach that...”

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Course summary for: Crafting Art History Earrings with Polymer Clay

Level: Beginner
17 students
4 units
13 lessons (2h 25m)
5 downloads

Category
Craft
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, DIY

Chelsea Rodriguez

A course by Chelsea Rodriguez

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Artist and Art Historian

Chelsea is an artist and art historian specializing in transforming iconic paintings into wearable miniature art. Through her brand, Venus de Chela, she creates handcrafted polymer clay earrings inspired by masters like Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Pablo Picasso.

With a background in art history, her work bridges classical art and contemporary craft. She reinterprets well-known artworks into detailed, small-scale pieces, combining color theory, texture, and sculpting techniques to translate paintings into a wearable format.