Pendants

[Kelly]

What thickness is proper for a jewelry pendant?
I've made several, and I think they are all too thin. Then I made a thicker one and it bubbled up in the middle~don't know why that happened.
Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Kelly

[Sheryl]

The bubbling is from an air bubble, if you get air trapped inside the clay when you bake it the air expands and makes a bubble. It's happened to me a few times. Run your clay through a pasta machine or roll it out a few time to work out any air bubbles in the clay.

[Kelly]

I figured that was the case, but I had run it through the pasta machine. Cut out the shapes, put it together and really thought I had pressed out the air, guess not. Still looks interesting though with the bubble. Just not something I can use, :(
Thanks!

[Tressa]

I usually make my pendants 1/4 inch thick. But I suspect everyone does something different. To get a uniform 1/4 thickness I roll out a sheet of polymer clay on the thickest setting on the pasta machine. Then slice the sheet in half, stack them, and gently roll them with a roller to combine them.

[Kira]

What kind of clay are you using? Premo can be durable at extremely thin measurements. Some clays, such as SculpeyIII, are too brittle to make a thin pendant.

[Kelly]

Good info to have. I use all different clays really. Right now, whatever is on sale. Thank You!