1. Measure softened clay, hand roll, and place into one of the channels of the base.
2. Place the top onto the base and slide back and forth.
3. Pierce beads with supplied pins, remove top and suspend for baking.
Tips for using the Professional Bead Roller System
1. A small amount of clay can be placed anywhere on the base where the top will contact it. That clay will act as temporary “glue”, holding the top in place over the base during piercing.
Important: Clean that clay off before you roll the next bead.
2. To swirl color on oval shaped beads, use multi colored clay, or add a tiny strip of a contrasting color to a shaped bead and repeatedly re-roll the bead in the roller in ONE direction.
3. Sliding the tip of a pin along the horizontal line where the top meets the base from the center towards the pin-hole can assist finding the pinhole for insertion.
4. Holding a bead by its pin to add texture or to re-shape can be done without touching the bead. Re-roll in the re-roll portion of the roller if necessary. Re-shape the bead with small flat object if desired.
5. To move a bead on a piercing pin without touching the bead with fingers, make a hole in a small piece of card stock or paper with a bead piercing pin. Run the pin through the hole in the paper and use it to move the bead.
6. Lay bead-piercing pin lengthwise in roller base. Roll formed bead over it to create grooves in bead. Secure each end of pin laid in the base channel with a tiny spot of clay.
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