Bracelets have always been my favourite type of jewellery but I realised with a shock that I rarely make them. This tutorial shows the different steps on how to make a cuff out of polymer clay. It also shows how to make the bracelet blank and shows how the soft-in-soft polymer clay technique works as used for the pattern on the outside.

After baking a piece I get flustered on how much I should do to finish it. I ask myself, 'Will it make a significant difference to wet-sand each piece from 400 grit to 1200 grit, polish and varnish it compared to just varnishing it?' I've spent many hours agonising over this and figured the best way to resolve my indecision is by approaching it in a (reasonably) scientific manner. Experiment.

Techniques used:

• Water image transfer onto polymer clay
• Covering polymer clay with gold/silver foil
• Assembling a bracelet with elastic

The taming chaos bracelet tutorial shows how to make and assemble polymer clay beads for a bracelet. It uses a soft in hard polymer clay technique.