Customizing Buna Cord with Lumiere Paints
You'll need the
Buna rubber cord
that you want to paint, the colors of
Lumiere Acrylic Paints
that you'll use, something to use as a palette, clean paper and a sea sponge.
I'm using Turquoise, Purple and Blue, here, to match the colors in the mokume
gane pendant. Pour little puddles of paint onto your palette and lay the buna
cord on a sheet of clean paper, with more nearby.
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Dab the sea sponge into one of the colors and dab it onto the cord wherever you
want it. Use a different area of the sponge to pick up another color. Continue
this until you've used the colors that you want to use. You'll have to work
fast so that the paint doesn't dry while stuck to the paper.
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When the cord is as covered as you want it to be.....
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Flip it onto a sheet of clean paper and start on the other side. I've found out
since I took this picture that you get a more varied result if you go backwards
through the color sequence when you paint the second side.
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Disentangle the strands and air dry them for a few minutes, then lay them on
freezer paper or waxed paper for an hour. Cure at 250º for five minutes. The
paint is flexible and stretches with the Buna... you can even roll tight
o-rings over it without harming it.
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Click to see more detail.
These pendants and beads were made from the Natasha bead technique and a
variety of mokume gane techniques... some with Genesis Paints, some with
Genesis and Lumiere Paints and the new Variegated Foils, and one from just
layers of Premo! Sculpey pearl colors.
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Attaching pinbacks to cured pieces
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Attach your pinbacks where you want them with a drop of some kind of
cyanoacrylate glue. This will keep them from sliding all over the place in the
next steps.
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Put a couple of drops of TLS over the pinback and the clay next to it. Lay a
thin pad of coordinating or contrasting clay over the pinback.
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Use a piece of fabric (the green area is pale colored chiffon) to texture the
pad of uncured clay as you're pressing it into the back of the piece. Clean up
any excess TLS with a small brush.
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Texture around the edges with tools, sign your name, whatever you want. After
the piece is cured, you've added a nice little touch to the back and created a
bond that's very strong.
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