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Design a single stepped flower tile as your geometric template, scaling it to create both the small toppers and the larger drops. Cut these shapes from rich pink sheets, inset the bright yellow centers, and link them with a short, centered silver chain.
These drop earrings feature a petite flower topper suspended above a larger matching blossom, both styled with graphic, stepped petals in hot pink and sunny yellow square centers. High-quality silver posts and delicate linking chains complete the design.
Use the list to check tool size, hardware placement, pad width, and slab thickness against the piece you want to make before you buy.
The color stock and clay body choices that carry the visible design.
This gets you close to the saturated flower petals in the image pair.
Use this for the bright center squares so the flowers keep the same sharp contrast.
A firmer polymer clay ideal for crisp details, pixel grids, and canes to prevent distortion during slicing and assembly.
A polymer clay safe glaze that seals the piece without becoming sticky over time.
What you condition with and how you keep the slab even.
Stencils, blades, and cutters for cleaner outlines.
Hole placement, bake surface, and oven check tools.
Posts, jump rings, chain, and connectors that finish the piece.
Matches the stud-top look and gives you a clean place to hang the flower drops.
Creates the short chain section between the flower topper and the larger drop.
Needed when the finished piece hangs from connectors rather than a single solid clay body.
Adhesives and attachment choices when the build needs them.
Optional surface products if you want to shift sheen, sand, or coat.
Build this as a repeatable plaque build. Cut one clean flower template, use it for both sizes, and keep the slab thickness even before you add the center squares. The chain drop is part of the look, so plan the top and bottom holes while the flowers are still flat and easy to mirror.
Condition hot pink and bright yellow FIMO Professional clay, then roll both colors into flat sheets of equal thickness, approximately 1.5 mm.
Cut two small yellow squares using a square cutter dusted with cornstarch. Wipe the joining surfaces of the pink bases and yellow squares with a damp cotton swab to remove any powder, then press the yellow squares into the centers of the pink flowers.
Pierce a connection hole at the top of each flower using a needle tool, ensuring it aligns perfectly along the vertical centerline.
Bake the pieces flat on an unglazed ceramic tile lined with cardstock according to the manufacturer's instructions, then allow them to cool completely.
Coat the front of the pieces with a water-based polyurethane glaze or UV resin for a high-gloss finish, avoiding sticky aerosol sprays. Once dry, clean your metal findings with rubbing alcohol and link the pixel flowers to silver ball stud posts using silver jump rings and two parallel strands of delicate silver chain.
Metal findings like posts, hooks, and jump rings may contain nickel or other allergens. If your wearer has sensitive skin, choose surgical steel or titanium findings and test any sealant or coating on a small spot before wearing.
Open these when you want more depth on a technique behind the build, not another supply row.
Your slab cracked at the edge or the cane squished because the clay was still stiff in spots. Condition until every color folds in a similar way, then do the fold test before you roll the working slab.
Posts can fail when the flat pad has too little grip or the back is curved. Compare visible loop-tops, flat pads, short ring paths, and balance-line marks on a sample before you make the final pair.
Custom range
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