Crafting Art History Earrings with Polymer Clay

Bringing the Earrings to Life

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: Bringing the Earrings to Life

Overview

“Last, but not least, you'll see how I prepare the earring for shipping. I'll also show you some examples of ow you can style them. ”

In this video lesson Chelsea Rodriguez addresses the topic: Bringing the Earrings to Life, 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

“On this lesson, I will show you how I prepare my earrings for shipping and how to style them. First, let's get packing. Let's get our needle. and the earring cards. So we can. Put our earrings in there. I usually get the earring and I kind of measure where the post is going to go. And then with my eye, I just know where to put the hole. It doesn't have to be perfect. Let's get our butterfly back. and also the silicon ones, both of them. Same thing for the Steri-Nite. This one is wider, so the holes... Are going to be a little bit further apart. from each other. Now, let's prepare our box wi...”

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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.