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Pebeo Paints, Colorized Resin and Boho Style Jewelry! 12 New Projects to Create!
I think something people don’t understand about the Team at Nunn Design, is that they are not professional “jewelry artists.” All of the staff, including myself, have come from a variety of careers and backgrounds.
Team Nunn comes together quarterly to create. Everyone is encouraged (well…sometimes they are pushed) to try new things they have never done before. Often we will have new findings that the team will design inspirational pieces with and test out. We often become aware of products that would help the creative process be easier and better.
It is vulnerable to create. It is vulnerable to show your work. We feel that it is our duty to “be vulnerable” and to show our creative process. Shoot, it might give you permission to try something new too! And if we can make that process easier, we are “in!”
Here are the latest creations from our most recent Art Day here at Nunn Design. We hope that a project you see here will be inspiring and helpful in your creative process.
Beautiful Designs with Pebeo Paints!
Designer: Cheryl
Cheryl has really mastered the use of Nunn Design Resin with Pebeo Paints. The colors and patterns are beautiful! Didn’t they come out fantastic?
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- When asked, Cheryl said, “basically, I dripped some Pebeo Paints onto the Nunn Design Flat Tags and moved them around with a toothpick. Different types of paint provide totally different effect. For these pieces I used the Fantasy Prisme to create this honeycomb look.”
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- Flat Tag Grande Circle Eclipse (ftgce)
- Small Jumpring (jrs)
- Metal Beads Organic Flat Small Circle (mbofsc)
- Leather Cord 1.5mm Black (lc1.5bk)
- Metal Bead Faceted Round 4mm (mbfr4)
- Metal Bead Faceted Round 6mm (mbfr6)
- Metal Bead Faceted Double Cone (mbfdc)
Designer: Cheryl
Another great example of the Pebeo Paints!
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- Flat Tag Grande Circle Eclipse (ftgce)
- Metal Beads Organic Flat Mini Circle (mbofmc)
- Delicate Link Cable Chain (dlcc)
- Headpins (hps)
- Small Jumpring (jrs)
Designer: Cheryl
For this necklace, Cheryl applied stained glass Pebeo Paints on the base of a Nunn Design Metal Bead Organic Flat Small Circle and let it dry. Next she mixed Nunn Design Resin and applied a small amount over the dried Pebeo Paint (this creates a more translucent effect when the transfer image is applied). Cheryl then applied a Nunn Design transfer image from the Birds and Trees Transfer Sheets. Her final step was applying a couple drizzles of resin over the transfer sheet image creating a highly domed finish.
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- Nunn Design Resin (reskit)
- Castin’ Craft Opaque Pigments
- Metal Beads Organic Flat Small Circle (mbofsc)
- Leather Cord 1.5mm Black (lc1.5bk)
- Transfer Sheet Birds & Tree (tsbt)
Metal Punching and Assembly
Designer: Haylee
I love the boho feel and contemporary style of these pieces by Nunn Design Team Member Haylee. It is always great to see how other makers use the Nunn Design Findings Collection.
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- Metal Beads Organic Flat Small Circle (mbofsc)
- Flat Tag Grande Half Circle (ftghc)
- Hammered Flat Tag Mini Circle (hftmcs)
- Hammered Flat Tag Long Narrow Horizontal (hftlnh)
- Ball Head Pin (bhp20)
- Delicate Link Cable Chain (dlcc)
- Lobster Clasp 11.9mm (lc11.9)
- Small Jumpring (jrs)
Designer: Haylee
In this piece, Haylee created a fun pattern of findings incorporating use of our fairly new Hinged Bails.
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- Hammered Flat Tag Small Circle (hftscs)
- Bail Hinged Loop 6x4mm (bhl6x4)
- Metal Bead Faceted Round 6mm (mbfr6)
- Jumpring Small Thick (jrst)
- Delicate Link Cable Chain (dlcc)
- Lobster Clasp 15mm (lc15)
- Large Jumpring (ljrs-b)
Designer: Haylee
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- Beadcap 11.5mm Acorn (bc11a)
- Hammered Flat Tag Mini Circle (hftmcs)
- Flat Tag Large Inverted Triangle (ftlits)
- Ball Head Pin (bhp20)
- Delicate Link Cable Chain (dlcc)
- Jumpring Small Thick (jrst)
Designer: Christee
Our Small Circle Flat Metal Beads have a nice hole to fit Leather Cord through. Christee threaded the beads through with leather cord and then used Ribbon End Leather Connectors to finish, creating a nice boho pair of earrings!
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- Metal Beads Organic Flat Small Circle (mbofsc)
- Ribbon End Leather Connectors 5mm (relc5)
- Leather Cord 1.5mm Black (lc1.5bk)
- Earwire (ewc-b)
Pigment Powders, Pebeo Paints and Cold Connecting
Designer: Christee
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- Earring Post 8mm Circle (ep8c)
- Flat Tag Small Marrakesh (ftsms)
- Castin’ Craft Opaque Pigments
- Nunn Design Resin (reskit)
Designer: Christee
Our Grande Circle Eclipse Flat Tags have a smallish hole, at 1.5mm, so Christee used a hole punch to make the holes bigger to fit our Small Thick Jumprings. Then she made a hole in the flat tag to fit an earring through as a beautiful design element. Neat, huh!
Learn the Techniques!
- How to Punch Additional Holes in Nunn Design Flat Tags
- Make These Bitsy Earrings with Colorized Resin
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- Flat Tag Grande Circle Eclipse (ftgce)
- Earring Post 8mm Circle (ep8c)
- Small Kidney Earwires (ewks)
- Castin’ Craft Opaque Pigments
- Powdered Pigments (jpps1-b)
- Jumpring Small Thick (jrst)
- Nunn Design Resin (reskit)
Designer: Christee
Learn the Techniques!
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- Earring Post 8mm Circle (ep8c)
- Castin’ Craft Opaque Pigments
- Powdered Pigments (jpps1-b)
- Nunn Design Resin (reskit)
Designer: Heather
These earrings, by Heather, made use of our Eye Clasp in a new way. She bent them to loop around the Open Frame as well as to carry the Small Organic Drop as a dangling element!
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Designer: Heather
Heather discovered how well our Half Circle Flat Tags fit inside a Wire Frame Circle, and she wire-wrapped them into place. Simple, yet elegant!
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Love all the designs! I have had the Pebeo paints for months but haven’t taken the time to create with them yet! Great job Cheryl! You are very motivating:) Joan
“I think something people don’t understand about the Team at Nunn Design, is that they are not professional “jewelry artists.” All of the staff, including myself, have come from a variety of careers and backgrounds.”
You don’t know how much I need to read that. Thank you so much. One of my biggest obstacles is myself. I don’t have an art background, even though I’ve always done arts and crafts and can get lost for hours doing them. But I feel like a fake trying to sell my jewelry without the “credentials”.
Thanks for the inspiration (both on the inside and outside).
I am curious about the first piece you show above (Cheryl’s). You kind of allude to it but I wasn’t sure – did she put resin over the top of the paints after they dried?
I’m glad that you found that statement helpful. It makes me sad to hear that people have bought into the belief that they are not “real” or “good enough” at their craft because of this reason or that. There is so much tied to ego that is so not helpful in the creative process.
You are right…you are the only one that can challenge your beliefs and choose to believe differently.
Cheryl did not use resin over the paints. I haven’t explored this technique, so I’m not an expert, but I did ask for a couple of Cheryl’s pieces to “bang around”. The paint didn’t chip and it felt very very durable. She has worn other pieces for a couple years and has not had any issues. I’m more inclined to want to put resin over the top, but Cheryl has chosen not to.
Happy 2023 question: Has anyone tried using the Pebeo paints on epoxy clay -raw, cured?
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