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Roll two thin, uniform clay sheets and apply a precise stencil or silkscreen print to capture a modern halftone skull graphic. Once the printed layers are dry, cut the silhouettes cleanly and finish with elegant wire hooks for a matched, lightweight pair.
Large, graphic skull drops featuring a hot-pink halftone pattern, vibrant yellow skull silhouettes, and deep cobalt shadow details. Suspended from gold-tone wire hooks, these lightweight flat-slab earrings drape comfortably and make a bold statement.
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.
Matches the dominant hot-pink field behind the skull graphic.
Useful for the skull shapes and the brightest graphic 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.
Covers the blue shadow blocks that give the design its poster-like depth.
Matches the gold-tone hook read in the lifestyle image.
Needed for a clean hanging connection if you keep the plaques as separate drops.
Useful if you want the finished skulls to stay graphic and poster-like instead of glassy.
Needed for opening and closing jump rings cleanly during jewelry assembly.
Adhesives and attachment choices when the build needs them.
Optional surface products if you want to shift sheen, sand, or coat.
Treat the front as graphic surface work on a slab. Get the sheet thickness right, pull the screen or stencil cleanly, and only cut the final skull shape once the printed layer is dry enough not to smear.
Position a halftone skull silkscreen stencil over the raw pink clay. Apply a layer of yellow acrylic paint, followed by a cobalt blue layer for the shadow details, then gently peel the stencil and allow the paint to dry completely.
Dust your skull cutter with cornstarch as a release agent. Align the cutter over the dried paint design, press down firmly to cut the silhouettes, and pierce a hanging hole at the top of each skull using a needle tool.
Wipe away any excess release powder with a damp cotton swab. Bake the skulls flat on a ceramic tile, then let them cool completely. Seal the painted surface with a water-based polyurethane glaze like Varathane, avoiding solvent-based sprays. Clean your gold-tone jump rings and fishhook wires with rubbing alcohol before assembling.
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.
Graphic skulls and other bold printed slabs stay cleaner when the clay slab is even, the screen seals tightly, and the silhouette gets cut only after the printed surface dries.
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.
Custom range
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