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                                                                    Finger Print Jewelry - Part 1

                                                                    Wednesday, June 28, 2017

                                                                     

                                                                    How to produce and make Finger print Jewelry

                                                                     

                                                                    Tips

                                                                    •  Arrange all your tools and accessories before you start
                                                                    •  Lubricate your roller, work surface and tools
                                                                    •  Use thick slats / playing cards (5-4 cards thick) to allow enough clay for the finger to push into
                                                                    •  Leave enough edge to drill a hole for the jump ring to go through

                                                                     

                                                                    For this project you will need

                                                                    Clay

                                                                    Teflon sheet

                                                                    Needle tool

                                                                    Playing cards

                                                                    Casting Resin 

                                                                    Two part mold / silicone cold mold or Fingerprint Ink Strips

                                                                    Sand paper / sand block

                                                                    Shape cutter

                                                                    2mm Drill bit

                                                                    Hot plate

                                                                    Torch / kiln

                                                                    Brass brush

                                                                    Liver of sulfur / oxidation solution

                                                                    Polishing cloth

                                                                    Jump ring

                                                                    Tip. To avoid mold and casting resin part you can use our FingerPrint Stamp Service

                                                                    You can start creating fingerprints impressions in clay once you have the fingerprint impression captured in Silicone mold material. You can take the print directly from there.I prefer to create a postive copy out of the mold which will be  easier to work and manipulate.

                                                                    I do this with "Casting Resin". See instructions below* 

                                                                     

                                                                     *mix and pore the Liquid Casting Resin (Please follow instructions) into the silicon mold.  It usually takes 10 minutes to cure and turn into high detailed hard plastic that you press into your clay

                                                                     
                                                                    After approximately 10 minutes (depends on weather) the clear liquid turn into white hard material. Once fully cured it's ready to be used 
                                                                    Roll your clay between 4-5 cards thick (for silver clay) and 6-7 cards (for bronze and copper clay)  make sure the clay is clean and  smooth 
                                                                    Lubricate the white plastic impression casting and press it into the wet clay without applying too much pressure but still enough to make a good impression 

                                                                     

                                                                    Gently lift up and remove the impression from clay. As you can see in the picture, the plastic leaves a sharp, clear impression in the clay, better than if it was pressed aginst the silicon mold

                                                                     
                                                                    You can use a needle tool to trace and cut your own shape or use a cookie cutter to punch out the shape you like the fingerprint to be 
                                                                    Place your piece on the Hot Plate for 20 minutes until it's dry. Drill a hole in dry clay using drill tool  

                                                                     

                                                                    Sand your piece to your desired finish using sandpaper or sand block

                                                                     
                                                                      
                                                                      

                                                                    The fingerprint charm is now ready to be fired

                                                                     

                                                                     After the piece has been fired, use brass brush to remove the fire coating and then apply liver of sulfer or oxidation to emphasis the print, Then you can use the brush again or sand block

                                                                     

                                                                    Placing the fingerprint in tumbler isn’t recommended since the shots can destroy and wear off the impression

                                                                    But there is an alternative of polishing the prints in tumblers,  it require "covering" the prints with Clear Resin. 

                                                                    There are Clear resins that require UV light to cure and there are ones that they cure over time (in matter of couple hours) Whatever you choose. Just make sure that the resin is fully cured before putting the piece in the tumbler

                                                                     

                                                                    • Finger Print Jewelry - Part 2
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