Eye Pins in Polymer Clay So They Don't Come out
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- čas přidán 17. 07. 2013
- Video #402: Using the technique shown in this video, your eyepins will never come lose. No more missing charms!... More Info: www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?... Polymer Clay Tutor.
Topics Covered In This Video:
* Since many of you have asked how to add eye pins to polymer clay charms, so today I'll show you my tips and tricks for doing this.
* Many people just shove an eye pin into the top of a raw polymer clay charm and then bake it.
* Polymer clay does not actually bond to wire, so although the eye pin may hold for a while, it will eventually become loose and fall out.
* Some people will use glue or liquid clay on their eye pin to secure it. Although that lasts longer, it isn't the nicest looking or the most secure method for securing eye pins into polymer clay.
* I usually make all my charms from beads with the hole running through it. That way I can use a headpin instead of an eye pin and the charm will never come off.
* If you don't want to make a nice hole all the way through your charm, then the method I show in today's video, of bending and twisting the eye pin, is the most secure alternative
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Thank you sooo much for using subtitles for your tutorials!! This helps me so much as I am profoundly deaf and it's hard for me to follow many videos on polymer clay making instructions when they don't have subtitles. I've subscribed to you now! I love your friendly manner of talking and the way you explain things to make it sound so easy! :-) :-)
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@Joshua Idris Yup, I have been using flixzone for months myself :)
Hi Rodellene Lagsit Yes you can put your headpins in first before baking. I see you are from the Philippines... I hope that you and your family are OK. I know that your country has gone through a terrible tragedy and my hearts go out to everyone effected by the terrible storm.
Do the ones with the string on it burn in the oven if you put it in before baking?
the metal won’t melt or burn in some way?
Perfect! This is exactly the answer and tutorial I needed!
Brilliant Cindy! Thanks for sharing!
This works! Thank you so much for this answer and for having a great channel.
Yes, I will definitely use this trick. Thank you for explaining the refinements that you've developed to make the eye pin truly secure.
Fantastic info as new to polymer clay doing research before I start thanks so much.
I'm definitely going to give this a shot. Thank you for the idea. I was bending it and inserting it wrong, then having to take a piece of clay and gently (meticulously, and annoyingly) blend in a patch. It worked, but man was it a lot of extra work.
Thank you so much for making this tutorial! This is going to be so helpful when I finish my polymer clay jewellery pieces!
Will definitely. That turn at the end is the clincher!
Hi Cindy, I'm a new subscriber. I'm so glad you made this video. I'm definitely going to use this technique for eye pins. Thank you!
I will really use this! I made a whole lot of Clay Charms with a kit, and most of them have lost their eye pins. Thank you!
I wish we could still give 5 stars because this so deserves it! Thank you so much! This trick works perfectly. I used to make my charms into beads but I was having trouble getting the hole perfectly straight.
I cant wait to use this tip!!! Thank you
Putting a little hook on the end is a great idea Martha D!
How brilliant!!!! Very helpful & will definitely use this trick, thank you :D
Thanks for the tip ... I'm just starting out so this is very helpful!
Yes, will definitely use this method! Thank you. 😘
Hi amy chevalier, yup, Lisa's Poly Bonder would work great for already baked polymer pieces. It doesn't have to be baked to work. It's just capable of being baked if you need to use it that way. Thanks for commenting!
thank you so much for this video! i was having trouble keeping my eyepins in but now everything is great! :D
Thank you so much for this! I will definitely be using both techniques!!
I am definitely going to be using this trick! Thank you for posting this!!
This is a great tip, thank you Cindy! I will most definitely be trying this!!! Love your vids!
Can't believe I never thought of doing this before! I've been glueing mine in but, yes, they fall out. Definitely going to try this method. Thank you!
Thank you! Definitely will be using this
Great solution! I look forward to using your method!
Thanks...
It's my first ever time making charms so this video has been so helpful thank you. I wondered how they were going to hold. Now I have a handy trick. I will give it a try and let you know how it goes for me.
I will definitely us this wonderful trick. Thank you for sharing, love this idea. Your the best Cindy.
I will use your pinhead trick. Thanks so much for sharing !
Thank you for the tip. Will try it soon .
Yes, I'll definitely use this!
Thank you for this tip! I used this tip for my Christmas Charms I gave out as presents!!
Thank you for this. Great idea!
This was very helpful, thank you!
Thanks for the info. I'll be using this!
I am definitely going to try this from now on!!
Yes this is a great idea! Thank you!
I'm just starting to make small charms so this is an excellent tip from you Cindy thankyou from the UK
I will try this technique. Thanks!
I love your videos, they are very informative. Thank you so much!!
so I thought I knew it all and have made a lot of charms without the twist you do at the end .. makes sense and I can see how that would make them extra durable. ty for the tip!
just started using polymer clay and this helped a lot, thank you!
Thank you for the useful tutorial! I'm new to polymer clay and have just subscribed to your awesome channel. I'm wondering, how do you insert the pins into the finished unbaked piece without squashing it somewhat? I'm nervous about my hard work in shaping a piece to be wrecked if I press down hard on it to insert the pin.
Yes, I do this or something similar and it's a great, simple little technique!
Great tip! I have such trouble getting my eye-pins to stay it! Have spent countless dollars on all sort of industrial strength glue/bake 'n' bonds etc etc but nothing would work. Started doing the 90 degree bend in my eye-pin but was still wriggling it's way out because there's still a gap in the clay from pushing it down, never thought to twist it!! Thank you, I will be trying this for sure!
Great tip! My girls & I have just started playing with polymer clay. We used some eye pins last night on some charms, but this will be useful for our future creations! Love your videos, thanks so much :-)
Super helpful! I will definitely use this brilliant trick! ♥♥♥
I will definitely do this! Thanks
Great idea! I'm going to also try it with swirl beads.
I really enjoy your tutorials. regardless of what anyone else might have said that was negative. I just started making jewelry with polymer clay. I will definitely use this trick. Thank you so much, and I look forward to more tutorials from you.
I will try it. Thanks for the tip
Yes! I will use this tip thanks!
That WAS helpful! I've been using headpins and I always have scraps when I trim them. I use the scraps but I bend them like you do before putting them in. I've seen a lot of people just put the eye pin right in and I shudder because I feel like it just isn't secure!
Yes, this was very helpful, I will use it on my pendants...Thank You...
I will use this for charms as well as other clay items that I will make. Great idea.
Thank you for the tip!
Thank You for this tip. I will try it.
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this~
I used to just stick the eyepin in :)) this is such a great help.
Hi Cindy. Thanks for this great tip and I certainly will utilize this technique. I made several charms and glued the eyepins in but several have come apart and I am afraid they all will eventually do that. Live and learn. Thanks again!
I use it all the time! Luv you!
A BIG problem for this newbie to clay now solved! In great thanks to you💝
Thank you so much for this video. I saw a lot of other videos & they used superglue or liquid clay, but i knew there had to be another way. I'm just starting with polymer clay and all your videos are amazingly helpful!
Thank you! It solved my issue with falling pendants!
Hi Chiara B, screw pins work well, but you should still secure them with glue after baking. Thanks for commenting!
Great idea. Especially turning the eye pin 90 degrees once inside the clay. Thank you.
Great tip! I plan to use it in my work. Thank you :)
Great tip! Thank you. It will work for pendants, too!!
Thanks for this super tip! I have had troubles as my eye pins used to pop out just after baking and my hard work going in vain.. I will try this from now on and secure my eye pin to the polymer clay! Thanks again!!!
You have an AMAZING channel. Just what I've been looking for. I subbed! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach others like me!
I'm going to try that, thanks for the tip.
Great help ma’am 🙌🏻 thank u so much for sharing it with us
I've used the bending technique for awhile but I never thought to turn the eye pin too. Seems like a simple thing and I over looked it. I will definitely give it a try from now on. It also saves me from using so many jump rings to get the charm to sit right. Thank you. :)
I will use it great tip
thanks...I love all your videos...very helpful.
Very helpful thank you love your charm by the way.
Excellent idea
I WILL! IWILL (in answering your question)!!!
Thank you for sharing..
Yes I will use this! I use head pins as well like you do. But when I first started out I bought a ton of eyepins because thats what all the girls on the videos used, but when mine started coming out I switched. I will use this tip so they dont go to waste. I hate wasting material. So Im glad I saw this, I even keep wire pieces I cut off and re-use every bit
great suggestion thank you
Thank you!
Getting back into crafting with polymer clay after a long hiatus, and I remember having issues with loosened eye pins. This will be a life saver! Thank you so much!
You are very welcome!
Thank you for showing us
thanks!! i will try it!!!
Thank you! I just bought clay and eye pins for my daughter and they kept coming off this was so helpful!
Oh my goodness, it seems to obvious now! Thank you so much for this!
Yes thank you for this!!!!
I'm totally gonna use this! Thanks for the video ^.^
Just wanted to say Thank You. I am recently disabled/retired and new to working with polymer clay and your videos have been a great help and inspiration. Your work is wonderful hopefully someday I will be able to do a fraction as well as you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to say that N Vega :)
Hi Patricia montiel rodriguez, patience is good and so is a light touch. You could always pop your piece into the freezer for a bit before putting in the pin. That would help you from squashing your piece in the process.
Yeah i would use it!! Thanks so very much!! :)
first time clay-er will try this on my charms for sure!
I will be using this technique. I made some earrings today and put the eye pin in with e6000, but, I like this and will try with the slight bend. thank you so much for your tips. I watch you all the time.
This is totally doable! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tip. I will try this with any larger charms I make. I usually work in a fairly smaller scale and have just glued the eye pins in, but I am not fully satisfied with this. Recently I have tried using a headpin instead, but have yet to master a neat loop at the top!
yes i will use this tip. thanks
Great tricks liked both ways
Hi DeeEll86442, making the wire zigzagged is a good idea. Thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful little trick! I'm going to be making my very first pendant soon and I was uncertain about how to properly anchor the eye pin. So glad I stumbled onto this tutorial! Thanks very much! :)
Hi dawn eliza desierto, One thing that you can do that will help you avoid squishing your charm while inserting the eye pin, is to put your charm in the freezer for awhile first. This will firm it up and keep you from squishing it too badly. Hope that helps!