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Capture the brilliant look of copper with this amazing leaf. Cut small strips and place on the Graphite Paddle. Then roll a hot bead over it to pick up the palladium leaf. Layer clear or light colors over leaf for remarkable effects! Can also be added to fusing, resin casting and polymer clay projects. A 3-3/8" square sheet makes approximately 50 beads. Sold in books of 25 sheets.
Step-by-Step: Adding Metal Accents to Beads
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1. Roll hot bead in leaf or apply leaf to bead with tweezers.
2. Use tweezers to burnish entire surface of leaf onto bead.
3. Return bead to the cooler part of the flame to fuse the leaf.
From "The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking" #6546.
Polymer bead with metallic accents by Julia Converse Sober. From "The Art of Jewelry: Polymer Clay" book #6982. Leafing project by Buth Young. From "The Art of Gold Leafing" DVD #7744D.
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Polymer Clay
