Gold Premo! Sculpey clay - 5-6 ozs per bracelet will be sufficient

Poly Tools Pro Clay Cutters - I use the 1 inch square, called "H" on the paper(see below).

Clay dedicated pasta machine, Sculpey Super Slicer blade, bamboo skewers (or long needles), jewelry elastic

READY?

The Computer Work:

Use a tape measure to select the length bracelet you would like.  I use 8 inches so that it is a little loose and I can wear it above my other 8 million bracelets.  The ladies in my office like 8 inches also.  If you have a small wrist or like a snug bracelet, simply adapt the length and the size photo you use.

You need to select either a landscape image or 8 individual images (okay, yes, you can do 2 each of 3 or 4 images also).

For the individual images:

Crop each image to one inch square.  My original images are at 400 dpi, but yours can be a smaller resolution.  Print the images out on PnS and set aside.

Roll a sheet of clay out on the widest setting of your pasta machine and fold and roll the clay so that you get a long narrow sheet of clay that is at least 8 inches long and about 2-3 inches wide.

Position your skewers or needles to be about 1/2-3/4 inch apart and press them into this sheet of clay.  Remove the needles and this will be your channel for threading the elastic through the beads.

Roll a sheet of clay out on the widest setting of your pasta machine and then set it down 2 clicks to a smaller setting.   Cut out each image and peel and stick your images to this sheet of clay, trimming each image with 3/8 inch of selvage.

Finally, roll a final sheet of clay through on the widest setting of your pasta machine.  This will be the sheet we use to cut the frame. Use your cutter to cut out a square of this clay and then trim the square with about 1/2 inch all around on each side, so it sort of looks like a golden slide mount. 

Position one of your photos on it's sheet of clay on the channeled clay and lay the frame over the photo.  Place a sheet of paper on top and gently press the layers together.  

Trim each side as close as you can, taking care to keep each edge even with each other and the other beads you have already created.

Clear the channel with your needle tool and BAKE!

After baking and cooling, string the lower holes with the elastic and trim, leaving 2-3 inches on each side.  String the upper holes and trim, leaving 2-3 inches.  Tie off each end and trim the elastic.

If you wish, you can seal your paper image with the Pearl Ex Varnish and use a heat gun to dry and harden the varnish.  It will also bring out the mica in the pearl clay and make it glow!

For the landscape image:

Duplicate the image

I don't actually print it as one image, I use the Photoshop ruler and pull out guides to mark the one inch segments and then crop to make 8 individual prints. That way if I need a #4 square, I'm sure I have precisely the same image.

If you don't want to use photos, try using fancy papers or wrapping papers in the frames.  You will have to carefully glue the papers down before baking.  I recommend that you use Crafters Pick "Ultimate" glue.  It bakes very well.

I've photographed each bracelet below all the way around the bracelet.  Click on a small image to make it larger. THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE SAME THREE BRACELETS. Click on the left and right arrows to navigate the gallery. (Pssstt.. I'm not supposed to tell you that this is Koji's wrist!)

Here is the cutter set and I've marked the one I use

Watch the colors change in the sky as the bracelet rotates

This is my beach in the Winter

I've converted this photo to appear like a chalk drawing

I love to photograph flowers and alter the images

this bracelet goes with any color

My technique for altering flowers will be in an upcoming magazine article

this is from one of my brother's images from Venice. This view looks like abstract

Ahh, now there's a familiar Venetian image!

The colors are just tremendous

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Here is the cutter set and I've marked the one I use