I sculpted more miniature food rings last week for my personal jewelry collection, and one in particular, a bottled drink ring, required a bit of sculpting experimentation. I’ll show you what I ended up doing to create the piece here.
For starters, I sculpted the base of the bottle, minus the cap, out of polymer clay. I also added two discs of clay to the top to create the lines on the neck of the bottle.
The tricky part involved scratching the word “Snapple” into the surface of the clay with a needle tool. It required a lot of patience and slow, deliberate movements (and I practiced on a piece of paper first to get used to the motions). I used a toothpick to create the dimples covering the top portion of the bottle.
Once the bottle was baked, I placed it in a plastic cup, anchoring it with polymer clay, and I poured Smooth-On mold material into the cup.
Colored resin was poured into the mold once it cured, and I left the resin to set overnight.
The bottle cap was made from a piece of polymer clay dotted with white paint, and I made the label out of paper and glued it to the bottle with Mod Podge. Then the entire piece was sealed with a craft gloss with water- and UV-resistant properties.
Here are some pictures of all of the mini food rings I made for my own jewelry stash.
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May 1, 2014 at 6:54 am
They look amazing! <3
Really good work, seriously 😀
May 1, 2014 at 11:55 am
Thanks, Rupa!! 😀
May 2, 2014 at 7:46 pm
You’re not selling any of these? 🙁 lol
May 2, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Hey, Angie! Afraid not. Since they all contain copyrighted images, they’ve got to stay in my personal collection. 🙁
May 2, 2014 at 10:08 pm
Wow!! I’m really impressed. 🙂 Your gorgeous textured (and translucent) Snapple bottle makes me wonder if you’ve ever thought of making mini Depression glass or milk glass?
May 2, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Oooooh, that is such a good idea, Lisa! I’m already picturing a set of milk glass vases and other glass pieces in the Nutmegs’ kitchen. 😀
May 5, 2014 at 6:57 pm
So exciting!! I’d love to see anything you make along those lines! 🙂 (Well, I love to look at everything you make, period, but this gets me especially happy.)
May 6, 2014 at 12:38 pm
😉 Thanks, Lisa! And I’m so glad you came up with this idea!