Comments on: floating garden/dragonfly gems tutorial

By: Just Found 7/17/2009

Just Found 7/17/2009 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:33:13 +0000

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By: Arcillas líquidas | Polymermania

Arcillas líquidas | Polymermania — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:25:40 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:16:21 +0000

Thanks Annie! I was just admiring your tiles the other day.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:12:21 +0000

Hi Dana! I haven’t tried a photo in the bezel cup, but have put just a regular photo on a polymer clay base and covered with the fimo gel and it worked fine. I would suggest painting a thin coating of the gel in the bottom of the bezel cup and pressing the photo down and baking first, like I did with the foil in the tutorial. Then fill the bezel cup with the fimo gel and bake again, otherwise your photo may float up and not be level. This method should make great photo pendants/charms.

By: Dana Stone

Dana Stone — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:58:19 +0000

Your tutorial is most helpful. I am new to gel crafting. If I were to cut a picture , put it in a bezel cup (as you did your foil), fill it with FIMO gel and then bake it, will it come out good as a pictured pendant?
Thank you for your help.

By: Enkhene

Enkhene — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:25:15 +0000

Thank you very much. I will try it.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:44:08 +0000

Enkhene – You can heat the FIMO gel with a heat gun, you just have to be very careful because it has a lower curing temperature and will burn easier. You want to keep your heat gun a few inches away and keep it moving. After curing the FIMO gel is pretty transparent and just takes a few seconds with the heat gun to completely turn crystal clear.