Tombstone Pendants

When you say tombstone the person next to you (if freaked out easily) will usually turn pail at the very word or may just think your bonkers. Who talks of such things? Really!!. Well I do and love the macabre and spooky. I love Halloween and the grave yard settings. That's is what influenced these necklaces. Tombstones give that haunting feeling and that thought of what's on the other side,  I've tried to capture that feeling but encapsulate it in to something fun that every woman or teen girl would like (that's if they love the spooky side of life that is!) 

I grew up loving hammer horror films, Vincent Price films, a great love of Halloween, I was always drawn to rock bands who had that spooky feel to them example Alice Cooper, Gary Numan and good old ozzy, I'm not going to write every band or thing I like because I'd be typing until next year. Worlds longest blog haha!!.

These tombstone necklaces where easy as in making the basic shape of the tombstone, the rose and vines where the tricky bit. I used a powerful magnifying glass that I can attach to my work bench, If you ever want to make small detail in your jewellery and are just starting out get one it will be of benefit to your delicate work. When I'm making tombstones from polymer clay I like to add detail, such as cracks or shadows to the pedant it just gives a bit of character which adds more to the design than just a plain tombstone with R.I.P written onto it. Even using a small amount of cotton wool to make cobwebs on the tombstone is very effective, but don't bake the polymer clay with wool or the wool will burn!. I also use a glaze to toughen the polymer clay so that delicate pieces such as roses and vines don't brake when being worn. Another thing I try to make sure of when making jewellery from polymer clay, I make sure there are no finger prints in the piece of jewellery. No body wants to buy jewellery with a great big finger print on it!. If its not meant to be there get rid of it. I use a delicate cloth to smooth away finger prints and smooth out an uneven surface. 

Handmade tombstone made
from polymer clay

Handmade tombstone  from polymer clay

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Handamde from polymer clay
this one has a cool spooky skull