Polymer Clay TV video episode #51 – how to make clasps with embedded magnets
// April 25th, 2008 // Vodcasts
We’ll show you our two different takes on how to embed tiny but strong rare earth magnets into your clay. I pushed mine into the clay and baked them right in, while Ilysa made impressions in the clay to fit the magnets and glued them in after baking. Either way, adding magnets to your clay is a fun new way to create an easy but strong clasp. Ours are a bit chunky because it was our first time trying out the technique, but I could see how with some practice you could make some really interesting magnetic items with your clay.
We’ve added in some other tidbits of footage from our travels this spring. Enjoy! And don’t forget to visit Polymer Clay Classroom for two full projects using magnetic clasps to make necklaces.
One more thing- be sure to come back on Sunday to view and upload pictures of this week’s bottles of hope in our Sunday guestbook.
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Hi!
First thank you very much for all of your interesting videos and tutorials!
Now a question: Are these magnets neodymium magnets? If so it might be of interest for you that this kind of magnets lose their magnetism if you bake them in the oven with your clay.
Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet
It happened to some of my magnets. After this experience I just make a hole for the magnets and bake it without and attach it again after baking. (I hope this makes sense for english is not my native language!)
Kerstin