I’ve just finished my first dog tag necklace in metal clay, that was soo fun! It turned out to be a splendid idea to use the ball chain to my dog tag made with metal clay, and with the help of metal clay and letter stamps you can make any statement you want. A name or just a meaningful word is fierce on a chain necklace!
Have been waiting a few weeks for some sterling silver chains and findings ordered from Sweden, the ball chain was one of them. It was so worth the wait. They were very pretty I must say, and good quality too. A dog tag necklace like this can’t be a more personalized piece of jewelry!
Make Your Own End Cap
By accident I forgot to get sterling silver end caps for the ball chain, what a bummer. Now what to do, I can’t finish the chain… So I just sat there for a while and started thinking. What about making my own end cap, how would that be possible? I had bought some eye pins along with the sterling silver findings, maybe I could use them? And then it hit me: This is how to make end caps for a ball chains!
Bullet Chain End Cap Tutorial
- Fasten the “eye” on the eye pin to the last space between the ball on the chain.
- Bend the other end back towards the last ball, adjust the length of the eye pin.
- Finally shape another loop at the end of the eye pin and fasten it there next to the first loop.
- Flatten the pointy bow created by the eye pin. Left over wire from the loops are also wrapped around the empty space in the ball chain.
This is what the end caps would finally look like in the ball chain.
Supplies for Dog Tag Necklace
- Metal Clay for the pendant.
- Letter Clear Stamps to stamp the metal clay.
- Ball chain with clasp or make you own from the tutorial.
Dog Tag Necklace
4 comments
Cindy Lietz, Polymer Clay Tutor says:
Jan 2, 2010
Cool Zarah! I’ve never seen anyone make their own ends for ball chain before. Will have to try some of those!
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Marianne says:
Aug 10, 2010
That’s awesome… I never heard about metal clay before. Thanks to this post. You know I’m into crafting also. Just recently I’m addicted to polymer clay. But I find it hard to condition it. Maybe because of the clay I’m using which is air dry, the Makin’s Clay.
I’ve made my first project take a peek on it. and leave some comments/suggestions…
http://mpr-artsandcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/08/first-project-simple-name-tag.html
Thanks!
.-= Marianne´s last blog ..First Project- Simple Name Tag =-.
Zarah says:
Aug 23, 2010
That’s a wonderful project Marianne! Don’t let go of your creative side
Delta Grinnan says:
Apr 28, 2011
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