Polymer Clay 'Leading'

This Instructable will show you how to make a faux stained glass project using polymer clay as the leading that keeps it all together. I used scraps of shrinking plastic as my stained "glass" but you could use whatever you like as long as it's oven-safe and won't shrink.

I came up with this idea when I was curing some clay in the over and figured I might as well use some of the shrinking plastic that I had as well. Then I realized that I could combine the two things and have a great way to use up my shrinking plastic scraps.

The plastic should be shrunk first and then bonded with the clay. When the clay is cured with the plastic it will set and since the clay is baked at a lower temperature than the shrinking plastic was, there should be no problems.

This is a really fun idea and results in a very nice end product without the need for too much artistic skill. You can experiment with different colors of "leading" and could even try making designs or 3D objects like votive holders or trinket boxes.

Step 1

Materials:
-polymer clay
-shrinking plastic scraps
-colored pencils

Comments

[sunshiine]

Thanks for sharing your hard work!