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| Happy Birthday Wendy |
I used an old button I bought from the last Stitch & Craft Show I visited to make a mould out of quick setting modelling clay. Once the modelling clay became hard, I pressed the Silver Art clay into it - making the back concave to reduce the overall weight.
I left it in the mould overnight, taking it out the following morning and after a quick sand with ultra fine sandpaper, fired it on the gas hob for 8 minutes.
Once fired and cooled, I brushed off the white coating with a wire brush and painted the leaf petals with some Gold Art paste that Bob & Scott, my husband and son bought me last Christmas. Left it to dry for 1/2 hour before firing the pendant again, this time for 5 minutes.
I followed the same procedure as before, removing the white coating with the wire brush, then carefully sanded it with ultra fine sand paper. Using the burnishing tool I made the whole piece shine beautifully. Last step was to drill a hole, fit a silver loop and add the chain - and et voila:
I used a scrap of felt to make the small buttoned pouch.
I had another attempt at the process with a larger button, but this time for some reason the Gold Art paste didn't fix to the silver ribbon pattern. So - I used some sulpurising solution to give it an antique feel:
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