Step 1
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Condition and flatten each color of clay to the second thinnest setting (#2) on the pasta machine. Stack clays in this order: FIMOŽ
Soft Translucent, Easy Metal Gold, FIMOŽ Soft Metallic Gold, FIMOŽ Soft Metallic Copper, Easy Metal Gold, FIMOŽ Soft Black.
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Step 2
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Trim stack evenly. Pass through pasta machine on thickest setting (#7). Cut stack in half and repeat this process three more
times. Press texture deeply into stack to manipulate the layers of color below.
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Step 3
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With your PolyBlade ends bent upwards and held only at a slight angle (almost flat), begin shaving off paper-thin slices of the
texture. Repeat shaving until the desired mokume gane pattern is revealed.
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Step 4
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Cut out a 2" circle from mokume gane sheet of clay. Bake at 265°F for 30 minutes. Allow to cool.
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Step 5
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Flatten Black FIMOŽ to a #7 (thickest setting). Double this thickness. Cut out a 21/2" circle.
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Step 6
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Smear a thin layer of Liquid FIMOŽ to the back side of mokume gane circle. Lay the mokume gane circle inside the larger circle
and position as desired. Roll a very thin even black log and wrap around the mokume gane circle giving it a nice edge. Roll a
1/16" log eight inches long. Fold in half and twist. Wrap around the outside of the black circle.
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Step 7
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Roll a 1/2" black ball into a 1" log, taper to points at both ends. Press one point to the back, looping over to the front, press. Cover
point with a small-flattened ball.
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Step 8
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Bend a 1" piece of wire in half.
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Step 9
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Pendant Latch: Press into bottom center of pendant.
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Step 10
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Flatten a 1" ball. Use scrap slices of mokume gane to decorate the top of this ball. Poke large hole in side. Bake both pieces at
265°F for 1 hour. Let cool.
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Step 11
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String all three strands of cording through the loop on the pendant. Glue ends into hole on latch. Loop opposite ends. Remove
wire from bottom of pendant. Add tassel and replace. Glue to secure permanently. Apply gloss varnish.
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Mokume Gane Pendant
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