Under The Sea Polymer Clay Medallion Tutorial

How to Make My Under the Sea Polymer Clay Medallion Step by Step

• To start with, you will need a sheet of Premo rolled out on the thickest setting of your pasta machine.
• Dust each side with cornstarch.
• Texture half the clay with your chosen texture stamp - I am using my Sand stamp from JessamaDesign.
• Texture the other half with your chosen image stamp - I am using my Nautilus stamp from JessamaDesign.
• Cut out the nautilus using a circle cutter.
• Lay the same cutter over your textured clay and roughly trim 1cm around the outside with a frilly outline.
• Lay your Nautilus in the middle and trim until you are happy with the size.
• Use the same cutter, place over the Nautilus and cut a circle from the textured clay.
• Apply Swellegant prep to both pieces using a brush.
• When dry use a piece of coarse sandpaper to tap along the edges of your donut to roughen the edges up a bit.
• Lift up your pieces gently with a tissue blade, and lay on two separate pieces of deli paper.
• Add Swellegant to your Nautilus - I am using Bronze, Copper and Brass. Add in thin coats. Start with the bronze leaving a few white patches. Fill in the gaps with copper. Add a touch of brass in the last open space, and add some over the other areas.
• Leave to dry. Add a second coat and a third if necessary.
• Add Swellegant to your textured donut. I am adding Iron.
• Leave to dry. Add a second coat and a third if necessary.
• While your second or third coat is still wet on your Nautilus add your Gold-Green Verdigris Patina. I am just dropping it on with a wet wipe, and dabbing. Cover with the wet wipe and leave for an hour.
• While your second or third coat is still wet on your textured Donut add your Rust Patina. I am just dropping it on with a tissue, and dabbing. Cover with the soaked tissue and leave for an hour.
• Remove the coverings and allow to dry for 20 minutes more.
• Highlight the Nautilus with Swellegant Brass.
• Fit your two pieces together.
• Place a textured piece of clay on the back and trim using a craft knife.
• Use coarse sandpaper to press lightly around the edges.
• Bake for an hour at your brand's recommended temperature.

• Make three copper wire spirals.
• Texture both sides using a ball hammer.
• Buff them up using a polishing cloth.
• Add a small amount of Tiffany Rust into a cup and drop your spirals in. Leave for about an hour to antique them.
• Remove them, and dry them. Return the leftover Patina to its pot and rehammer the spirals.

• Cover any white areas with brown paint to tidy the edges.
• Cover the back with Swellegant prep and allow to dry.
• Cover with a full layer of Swellegant Copper. Make sure to do the sides too. Allow to dry and then add a second coat.
• While the second coat is still wet, dab on a few spots of iron.
• Place on a tissue and pour a small amount of Tiffany rust onto the back. Move around with a skewer.
• Leave for half an hour or until completely dry.
• Re-highlight the Nautilus with some more brass.
• Seal the front and back with Swellegant Sealant.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• You can apply a light layer of Renaissance wax and buff if you like.

• Use a pin drill to drill three holes along the bottom of your medallion.
• Put a copper jumpring through each hole.
• Cut three pieces of copper chain, one longer than the other two. Attach to the jumprings with the longest piece in the middle.
• Add a wire spiral to the bottom of each chain using a jumpring.
• If you have some, attach some open shells randomly on your chain pieces.
• Use your pin drill to drill a hole through the top of the medallion opposite the middle bottom hole.
• Put a jumpring through the hole and attach a bail.
• Cut three pieces of suede in colors of your choice.
• Place all three pieces in a cord end and crimp together.
• Slip the cord ends onto the loop of an eyepin and cover with a cone.
• Create a loop with the excess wire.
• Plait your cords and pass them through your bail.
• Finish off the other end in the same way.
• Use jumprings to attach your clasp.