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How to make Polymer Clay look like Leather

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Tools and Materials
  • Brown Polymer Clay
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Roller
  • Blade
  • Ball Tool
  • Acrylic Paint
  • Paint Brush
  • Oven

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Sketch a few designs
on paper.

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Roll out the clay into
a thin sheet.

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Lay the sketch on top of the clay
and trace over the design.

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Leaving a light impression on the clay.

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Scrunch up some foil
and then bring it back out to shape.

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Lay the foil over the clay.

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Rub a roller over the surface,
in a circular motion.
Being sure to push the foil into the clay.

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Carefully peel off the foil.

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Cut around the shape.
Using a flat blade on the straight edges.
And a scalpel on the curved edges.

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Decide on what you want to write.

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I am using small letter stamps.

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As well as some hand written words.
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Scrunch the foil less to get a deeper
more obvious leather effect.

Use a variety of shapes and different browns
to achieve any type of leather effect you are going for.

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Use a flat blade screwdriver bit to create faux stitching.

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Or place a row of holes to add in real stitching.

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Bake them in the oven.

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Using a brown acrylic paint, that is darker than the leather.
Buff that into the low lying cracks.

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Using an even darker brown paint in the wording.

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You can create even more variation in leather looks,
by buffing in different tints or shades of brown.

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Metallic paint in the wording adds a fancy touch.

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Add some cording through the holes.

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Needle and thread for the stitching.

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Now that you know how to make your
polymer clay look like leather.
You can really personalize your gifts
or your handmade products.

I have lots more Polymer clay videos
over on YouTube
and I would like to see you there.

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