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| Sedona inspired red rock southwestern bead necklace with a bit of "magical" Sedona Red Rock Dirt in the matrix. |
These beads were designed in honor of the Sedona, Arizona area where we live. My husband and I love the red rocks and often hike in them. The beads are designed to look like they are crafted from red rock, but are made entirely from artist-quality polymer clay with the addition of a tiny bit of "magical" Sedona red rock dirt embedded in their matrix. They are textured using coarse flint sandpaper.
Each bead is decorated using appliques crafted from a mix of PREMO and Kato polymer clay in homemade molds and adhered to the bead using a mixture of Translucent Liquid Sculpey (TLS) and Clay Softener. Tiny colored details are painted on using a mixture of TLS, Genesis heat set oil paints and colored mica powders. The tip of a "used up" ball point pen refill and also the nib of a Micron .005 pen are used as the "paint brushes". The turquoise tube spacer beads are made from a mix of various tints of turquoise clay formed around a knitting needle, cured and then cut apart.
They make a wonderful way to remember a Sedona vacation! Click here to see the entire "Southwestern Ornaments and Jewelry Collection:
MelodyODesigns at Etsy
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| Roadrunner and prickly pear cactus red rock pendant necklace. |
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| Kokopelli playing hearts from his flute red rock pendant necklace. |
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| Black horse and saguaro cactus red rock pendant necklace. |
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| Coyote howling at the moon red rock pendant neacklace. |
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| Butterfly and prickly pear cactus red rock earrings. |
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| Dragonfly and prickly pear cactus red rock earrings. |
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| Hummingbird and prickly pear cactus red rock pendant. |
