Polymer Clay Faux Technique: Faux Abalone Bowl Tutorial

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create Faux Abalone with polymer clay. It’s a technique that can be manipulated to create many other faux shells which I’ll be showing in future.
Today I’ll show you how to create a bowl, but you can use the effect on pendants, collars, bracelets and many other projects.
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Sincerely Samantha Burroughs.

[@lizhummer1280]

This is a beautiful project! I love your tutorials; they are always packed with information.

[@leonanelson2444]

Your tutorials are always so helpful and filled with new technics. I love this bowl, so beautiful. Thank you

[@hollytucker3332]

Sister you are the queen of blue! You always make them look so beautiful 😍 thank you

[@MargaretSchindel]

This is just lovely, Samantha! I especially like the way you did the pearl mica shift backing.

[@SonyasCraftStudio]

Thank you so much sweetie for all your amazing videos!!! Your truly talented and inspirational!!!😍❤😍❤😍❤

[@catelaine8706]

It amazes me how intricate all your projects are....amazing!

[@mercedesgarcia3911]

Sooooooooo... Beautiful, like always thanks for sharing

[@leoluminary]

Beautiful !!!

[@maryskorstad2785]

Just beautiful!!! I always learn something new with each video you share. THANK YOU

[@memerrill007]

This is absolutely gorgeous! You do such amazing work, I'm constantly in awe of your creativity.

[@annmariebuus6988]

Pretty! Thank you.

[@demas5334]

Thank you for taking your time to make such detailed and useful tutorials. I like using a lot of these textures for the backs and structures of different awards that I make for my students. Making my own medallions and pin-back awards has been much more cost effective and the finished products are far cooler than anything mass produced. Again, thank you. You’re the best! :)

[@1tinac]

This is very interesting. Really love the bowls you create. Thanks for sharing.

[@rebeccafionacornel6558]

cool idea! i loved the idea.......and thank you for the awesome tips as well

[@CraigsOverijse]

I love the way you can just cut it into third or quarters by sight I would have to measure it shows your skill level. Thanks as always gorgeous and well filmed

[@nunawatson4307]

Awesome as usual Jessama, thank you for sharing.

[@maggiem4734]

Beautiful! 💕👍🏼

[@user-pv2uy8vt2d]

Nice blue. I feel the sea. And white shells. I'm sure you're always in the beautiful Mediterranean. Besides, your hands are very beautiful. You are a person from the kingdom of beauty.

[@deanablythe9394]

Wow! This is a beautiful piece, very well done 👍 thanks for sharing 😁

[@seara12hotmail]

Beautiful

[@gailresources8120]

Bravo!!! Exelente!

[@kristibbradshaw]

I would love to see the faux tortoise shell.

[@carrie7209]

Very pretty, Samantha! I love the look of the back.

[@tereo1166]

I am impressed! I Love it!

[@annietwemlow9967]

Just beautiful. I love to watch you work, it’s really inspiring.

[@ViKee010]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I am new to polymer clay and I’ve looked for different ways of making a veneer for vases and I love this. I had to watch it with the volume down because my husband is asleep. I shared it with myself which by the way is a great way of helping our VLOGers. Anyhow I will watch it again when I can listen and learn more. You’re awesome. Keep it up! 🤟🏼🤍

[@brendaroberts1550]

Beautiful, love watching you create .. ❤️🥰🥰🥰

[@bonniefaltz9505]

Always enjoy your videos which have given me the motivation to attempt new clay techniques. I have tried this one and it came out just as it should! Gave me confidence to try others. Thank so much.

[@elisabethquesne1030]

Bonjour à vous....c est magnifique comme toujours c'est superbe bravo 🍃🌹🍃😘

[@luziaraposo9544]

muito lindo!!! uma obra de arte!!! muito obrigada por ensinar, moro no Brasil

[@pagesartwork]

I must say you are both an excellent teacher & very talented artist 💜 I always enjoy your tutorials & I've learned soooooo much from you. You are the reason I've decided to try polymer clay again after playing around with it only a little bit about 15 yrs ago. One day a video of yours popped up in my recommendations about 6 or 8 months ago. I thought it'd be interesting to watch someone create out of clay. I've been totally obsessed ever since. I've been watching clay videos on YT constantly trying to learn as much as I could before investing in supplies & getting started in it. Before when I dabbled with clay, I knew VERY little about it. I burned everything I baked or I under baked it & it later broke. I quickly became very frustrated & gave up. This time, thanks to you & other wonderful artist I have a much better knowledge base to get started with. I now have a good supply & tool stash & I've just got to finish getting my work room set up. I'm sooo excited & I can't wait to get started. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge & talent 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@JessamaTutorials]

Wonderful. Why not join my facebook group? It will by much easier to answer your questions there if you have any. facebook.com/groups/jessamatutorialspolymerclaygroup/?ref=group_header

[@eileengavinlarsen4509]

Melanie...LOL, me too! Couldn't have said it better! Enjoy the journey!

[@grittykitty50]

Wonderful tutorial. Thanks for discussing some of the intricacies of mokume gane. While it is an easy technique where you can just fly by the seat of your pants (my usual method), it does take some thought to achieve sublime results like you have with this project. By the way, I love all of the faux techniques you have developed.

[@sandramccormick8326]

Hi Samantha. A little info for you... Pāua shell and Abalone shell are actually the same shells. Pāua is the Māori name given to three species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae, known in the United States and Australia as abalone, and in the United Kingdom as ormer shells.

[@HaylesGinge2O11]

Your skills never fail to amaze me! This is amazing and I will definitely be trying it out! You have such a calm and sweet presence its so nice watching your videos:)

[@user-iz2xe2tv2h]

สวยมาก.

[@monicatnielsen]

It would be nice if you would say every time you put the clay through the pasta machine the thickness of it. Either by mm or setting nr. Cause I’m confused about how thin it’s supposed to be after the skinner blend, when you make it longer. But like ur video, even though I would have liked abit more instruction/detail info. 😉

[@mariamicaela758]

¡¡Maravilloso!! Aunque no entiendo lo que hablas, te entiendo por tus fantásticas manos. Me encanta!! Eres un genio. Felicidades. 👍🏼🌹🦋🎶

[@persesrathert8324]

I'm not sure if it's the technology, but I couldn't discern any green. This was a very helpful tutorial especially concerning Kato clay. So many thanks for your hard work. The bottom mica shift was also so lovely.

[@user-wx7zl8fn7f]

Lovey bowl ... I've seen a few different faux abalone but this one looks the most real! I just tried finding the Simple Slicer ... based on their Facebook page, they've retired and are no longer making them!? Too bad as it was on my wish list ... perfect for slicing slabs :( !

[@adinaa6335]

Beautiful finish product.Easy to follow your directions. Can you share w us where can we find the slicer you use in the video,please . thank you kindly.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Sadly the people sell it have gone out of business.

[@adinaa6335]

Oh no. Indeed it is sad to hear. Thank you for the reply. Keep up doing such a beautiful tutorials. 🌺

[@ligiarocha1]

👏👏👏😘😘😘

[@scrapraquelnavas2059]

Como se hace la máquina de rebanae

[@lizzedwards5994]

Where did u get the slicer from

[@deborahguthrie8786]

Is the finished bowl food safe? If not how would you use it? You make such beautiful things and this is no acceptation.

[@rachelporter6077]

Polymer clay is not considered food safe. This type of bowl would be used to hold jewlery or small trinkets

[@juneharris8068]

What is the name of that slicer? And do you have a supply source?

[@JessamaTutorials]

It's a simple slicer. I had a look for it on etsy just now and the shop seems to have closed. I guess the next best thing is the Lucy Clay Slicer.

[@jeannekozuszek4666]

Can you use food safe mod pod gear on these?

[@andie2439]

If you mean the dishwasher safe mod podge, no. Its not food safe. If you mean the mod podge acrylic sealer, yes, but you need to let it fully cure (30 days). Most polyurethane varnishes are food safe once cured but check and be sure. Regular mod podge (brush on), including the dishwasher safe one, are not food safe!

[@bricarbajal8069]

Hi! Can you tell me how many lbs or kilos of polymer clay you needed to create this bowl?

[@JessamaTutorials]

I used around 4 oz of clay.

[@sherralieberry-majeski5972]

I love it. Is it food grade?

[@JessamaTutorials]

No. You can put wrapped food such as sweets or lollies in it. Fruit with a skin you peel away is also fine, such as bananas or oranges.

[@jeannekozuszek4666]

Where did you get the clay cutter? What is it called? I’ve searched Amazon and EBay and I can’t find it.

[@andie2439]

Search for clay tissue blades :)

[@lizzedwards5994]

If ur talking about the slicer she used to slice the block it’s called the simple slicer and someone else commented saying the makers of it are no longer making them according to their Facebook page

[@syndigriner-owens4351]

is the green and blue a mix? if so what is the ratio?

[@rachelporter6077]

6 parts pearl white to one part color

[@chilkakanika1456]

Beautiful as always! Is it washable?

[@JessamaTutorials]

Yes if done by hand. A dishwasher would break it over time.

[@chilkakanika1456]

In India we hand wash our utensils 😊

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

o/ I have an idea.. have you ever tried using kitchen roll paper to make a relief pattern on the surface of the clay? I wonder if that would work. Kitchen rolls have some very nice recessed patterns on like hearts and butterflies etc.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Yes. You could try getting a texture from that.

[@liletteautrey8481]

Excuse Samantha as you know I am new to polymer clay and I cannot under your 6 to 1 . What do you mean by it. Can you pls explain it briefly to me thank you. I love your work as usual darling. I am an old pensioner in confinement who is trying to get busy to avoid madness.

[@lizzedwards5994]

Six to one is a ratio for ever six of something u will have one of something else with a total of seven so six parts of one color to one part of another color u can google it and maybe get better explanation I’m horrible at fractions and bad at math lol that’s kinda the explanation google gave

[@DJMeCa]

You do amazing work!! Are you saying “skinner blint”?

[@JessamaTutorials]

Skinner blend. :D

[@DJMeCa]

@@JessamaTutorials I dug deeper into videos and got it. LOL. Thanks for putting up with my newbie-ness. Your stuff is amazing!!

[@sumachy]

Wet the paper and it should peel away

[@susanhiggins8973]

Instead of cutting squares and putting them together, what if you just roll out the log and use it that way? Would that eliminate the look of squares in the dish?

[@JessamaTutorials]

Yes, you can do that, but it would result in a different pattern.

[@susanhiggins8973]

@@JessamaTutorials What if you cut it in half and then rolled it out. Would the pattern be the same?

[@MHarenArt]

Booo hoo. That simple slicer is no longer available as far as I can tell.