Utah’s Cody Craynor has been on a mission. “I’ve basically been on a quest to create the perfect chevron bead. Why settle for sloppy beads?” he asks.
PCD last looked at his faux trade beads three years ago. His methods are mighty close to perfection and I’d like to know what he’s taught himself.
Let’s let Cody know that we’re watching and we’d love to learn from him. He says he’s never shared his methods (or met another polymer artist) but he’s open to the idea.
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Great beads.
Wow! He does beautiful work! Love his color choices, patterns and quality of work!
Very precise which seems to be a trait in the male PC artists. Love the colors.
Beautiful work, Cody….we have a (VERY) loose band of PC folks here in SLC, so if you ever want to meet other artists and enthusiasts, we’re here! We tried to start a guild, but none of us wanted to be or have presidents, regular meetings, etc. (lol!), but a few times a year we get together at Sugarhouse Studio. Kudos for perfecting the Chevron — it’s perfect!
No point in my trying to learn what this guy knows. He is a perfectionist; I am not. I have never seen such beautifully executed beads — the striped ones are not to be believed. He is a true master and it’s a pleasure looking at his beautiful, flawless work.
Beautiful! I have tried to think how to do something similar and could only come up with meticulously hand shaving bits off the clay (which in my case would be messy!) or turning them on a lathe AFTER baking. But I never actually tried.
Chevrons – beautiful beads. But it is very difficult for them to come up with the right jewelry design. I did not. My beads were left alone(((…
Wonderful beads! So perfectly and precisely done, excellent selection and combination of colors! I really enjoyed watching the beads and analyze them a little!
Cody, awesome work. I’m from Utah also, well, originally. Currently in Rigby ID.
Perfection! You are very talented
Cody, these are fabulous. Love them.
Denise
Cody, Wow! Love the colors and the crisp designs. You are quite accomplished. Sorry you haven’t met another PC artist, there are a bunch of us out here. Keep working on those beads, they are great! Beckie
These are the best polymer chevron beads I’ve seen….we need a tutorial.
I’d say these are turned on a lathe
These are gorgeous!! Cody, you have perfected this method! Beautiful colour combinations and so precise!!! It would have been difficult to guess that these beads were hand made polymer bead had they not been on PCD!!!
I’m thinking exacting thickness, perfect joins, a good strong bake and a lathe.
Thank you for all of your kind comments. I’m exploring ways to best share this approach further. I look forward to seeing all of your work each day on Cynthia’s blog. Hasn’t she created such a fantastic resource?
Beautiful chevron beads Cody, you will meet lots of polymer clay artists here!
great work!! ^^
wow, what precision! they are very beautiful, so are those on your home page! like the colors!
The Chevron bead is unique. I like the symmetric stile.