Skillet of Bacon 'n' Eggs Earrings
Introduction: Skillet of Bacon 'n' Eggs Earrings
Wake up in the morning and put on a pair of skillet eggs 'n' bacon earrings to greet the day! Novelty earrings are the rage, and these will definitely catch people's attention. You can make them yourself and then people will notice them even more because of how radiant you will be while you wear them.
*In this Instructable I have tried to include polymer clay instructions and air dry clay instructions. I will have polymer clay steps marked with an asterisk and in bold.
Supplies
1. Clay (air dry or polymer clay) in black or grey, white, yellow, and translucent
2. Clay tools (roller, stylus, knife, workspace)
3. Small round cutter (optional)
4. Nail polish bottle with a smooth top
5. Eye pin
6. Acrylic paint in sequin black or iron black (if you are making a cast iron skillet, OPTIONAL)
7. Small brush
8. Soft pastels in rust red, brown, orange (or you can use diluted acrylic paint in the same colors)
9. Gloss Varnish (I use Duraclear Polyurethane ) *OR Liquid Clay
10. A toothpick or pin
11. Earring hooks
12. Round-nosed pliers
Step 1: Skillet Base
The first step is the skillet.
Condition the clay by kneading it in your hands and rolling it out several times with the clay roller. Once the clay is pliable, roll out the clay thinly, but not so thin that it wants to tear. This will be the frying surface of the skillet.
With the round cutters or with your knife, cut out a circle that is bigger in diameter than the top of the nail polish bottle. 95
(I placed my nail polish bottle upside down on the clay so that I could make a pretty even circle by tracing around it with the knife.)
Center the circle over the top of the nail polish bottle and press it down around the top. Leaving a bit for the skillet's rim, trim around the top of the nail polish bottle so that you have a little flat bowl shape with nice smooth edges.
*POLYMER CLAY: You can preassemble the entire skillet and breakfast platter BEFORE baking, or you can bake as you go. I have marked steps where I think baking would be advisable if that is how you choose to do it. If not, just go through all the instructions until you are finished with the project, then bake it.
Step 2: Skillet Handle
Take a bit of your black/gray clay and make it flat. Place the eyepin on top of the flate shape and meld the clay over the eyepin. The eye pin inside helps to strengthen the handle of the skillet.
I roll the clay over the pin to make it cover it. I cut off any excess from the end (because there will be some).
Once you have smoothed the clay until there are no visible seams, cut the clay snake just a tiny bit beyond the end of the pin that is inside the clay. Now you have the handle. With a pin, or the stylus, or a toothpick, poke a hole in the handle right where the eye of the pin is. Make it go all the way through so that you can hang the earrings.
To attach the handle, place it against the skillet bowl that is on the nail polish bottle and using the stylus or another tool, smooth the two together to form one piece. If you can, make the pin going into the bowl part of the skillet because that will reinforce that join. If you can't, don't worry about it.
Now the skillet is pretty much finished. Take it off of the nail polish bottle carefully. You will have to kinda press it back into a circle shape after removing it because that will make it slightly warped. Using a tool (your choice), smooth the edges of the skillet bowl so that they are not rough from where you cut the clay.
*POLYMER CLAY: Pre-bake the skillet for sure if you are planning on painting it. If you want information on how to bake polymer clay, please see <PERSON> over at the Blue Bottle Tree
Or set aside to dry, depending on your clay type.
Step 3: Paint the Skillet
This step might not be necessary depending on your original clay color or how happy you are with the original color.
After the skillet has dried or been baked, paint it with the acrylic paint. I wanted to paint mine because I have this color called "Sequin Black" or something like that, and it reminds me of the way cast iron kinda glistens.
Step 4: Egg Base
On to the egg (p.s: I hate eggs). 95