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What is polymer clay jewelry? Polymer clay jewelry is the hottest and newest fashion statement catching on like wildfire. Polymer clay is a sculptable material based on fine particles of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) suspended in plasticizer - but it can be used much like clay. What makes polymer clay special is its versatility. It comes in dozens of colors, and you can blend clays together like paints to make your own colors. The clay's pliability and ductility lets artists use techniques from glasswork, textile arts, and sculpture. Handmade jewelry from polymer clay produces exquisite one-of-a-kind beaded jewelry. A wide variety of styles and colors are available with our polymer clay jewelry.

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Why Buy Polymer Clay Jewelry. Unique, Individualistic, one-of-a-kind. Less Costly. Durability, Versatility, Lightweight. Sophisticated art form, wide variety of styles and colors. Many techniques available from glasswork, textile arts, and sculpture. Variety of effects, translucent, iridescent, glow-in-the-dark. Not only attractive, stand out in a crowd. New fashion statement catching on like wildfire

Some 75,000 years ago, in a Stone Age cave overlooking the ocean, someone collected shells and bored holes in them, producing the oldest known evidence that humans had fashioned a handmade jewelry ornament. The word "jewelry" is used to describe any piece of precious material (gemstones, noble metals, etc.) used to adorn one's self. Other readily available natural materials used to make the first handmade jewelry include animal teeth, bone, various types of shells, carved stone and wood. Most likely, handmade jewelry started out as a functional item used to pin articles of clothing together and was later adapted to a purely aesthetic adornment.

The humble and ubiquitous bead was the must-have accessory of the ancient world.  Throughout human history, handmade jewelry came in all shapes, colors, sizes and materials. Both men and women wore the beaded jewelry as protection from evil and as a symbol of wealth and status as well as for adornment. The sensation of handmade jewelry swept across the ancient world like wildfire, beginning with the Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the Indus Valley civilizations. Their beadwork was spread across the western world by Phoenician traders, ending up on the finest Mycenaean and Roman jewelry.

Gemstones, in addition to their use as beaded jewelry, were regarded by many civilizations as miraculous and endowed with mysterious powers. Different stones were endowed with different and sometimes overlapping attributes. Gemstone beaded jewelry has played a significant role throughout history as in one’s birthstone, healing abilities, mystical powers, and wedding anniversaries. Vestiges of such beliefs persist in the modern practice of wearing gemstone beaded jewelry.

Today, thanks to the versatility of polymer clay, our polymer clay jewelry can now simulate any and all of the materials and techniques for beaded jewelry that have been used throughout the history of mankind to fashion handmade jewelry.