Many have spent countless hours watching and laughing at people desperately searching for ghosts. So, making Ouija-board jewelry out of polymer clay makes perfect sense, especially with readily available materials.
This article will guide you through the process of creating your own unique Ouija board earrings.
Gathering Your Supplies
Here's what you'll need to get started:
- Polymer clay
- Silicone Ouija-board mold
- Earring findings
- Jump rings
- Pearl X (optional, for metallic effect)
- Paintbrush
- Butter knife or clay tool
- Needle-nose pliers or jewelry pliers
A silicone mold is recommended, as sculpting can be challenging. You can often find silicone molds in the same aisle as polymer clay at craft stores. A set of earrings will require two earring findings and two jump rings.
Some of the supplies - including earring findings and jump rings - are sold in large quantities. You can always share supplies with a friend, or make your own little jewelry factory in your living room. I personally like hoarding all of my craft making supplies for doomsday.
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Step-by-Step Guide to Crafting Your Earrings
- Gather your supplies and make sure your workplace is clean.
- If you’re using Pearl X, which can give a nice metallic effect to your piece, dip your paintbrush into the powder and tap off the excess. Then spread it around the mold. This gives more dimension to your design.
- Knead your clay and use just enough to put into the mold. This will take some experimenting, but I found it was better to mold thinner pieces in order to have it hang properly from my jump rings.
- Pop the design out of the mold. If you’re using a silicone mold, it should just pop out. If there is excess clay around the edges of the design remove it with a butter knife. Or if you’re super fancy you can use some sort of clay tool.
- Poke a hole where you want to attach the jump ring. For my Ouija-board earrings, I tried both the top center of the board and then to the top right of the board.
- Bake your clay pieces according to the directions on the package. Make sure you don’t overbake the pieces or they may become somewhat fragile, and if you listen to the packaging there may be issues with fumes, too.
- Attach the jump ring to the clay design and then attach to the earring finding. For this step you can use needle-nose pliers, but this is a bit difficult as they aren’t the most delicate of tools. You can also use your fingers if it really comes down to it. Ideally though, use a pair of jewelry pliers. If you’re feeling extra ambitious, or have jewelry wire on hand but not jump rings you can coil jewelry wire and use it to attach the clay piece to the earring finding.
These Ouija Planchette wooden earrings feature the mystical charm inspired by the enigmatic Ouija board, making each one piece distinct.
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The History and Mystique of the Ouija Board
Spiritualism became very popular during the 19th Century. The American Civil War was one of the bloodiest conflicts in the nation’s history that resulted in excess of 750,000 fatalities. Soldiers perished far away from home.
Their bodies left on distance battlefields due to lack of means for recovery. When loved ones perish, it is their family and friends that are left grief stricken and engage in a plethora of coping mechanisms. Seances and trained mediums were sought for attempts to reach lost loved ones.
The Ouija board was developed during this 19th Century focus on spiritualism for the comfort and need to communicate with lost loved ones. Seances were even held and practiced in the White House by First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln of President Abraham Lincoln’s White House. The Ouija Board was created to facilitate the communication with the spirit world.
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Read also: Enigmatic Ouija Board
Read also: Enigmatic Ouija Board