Sushi Roll Earring Studs

This is my new handmade sushi earring studs. I made it to go with my Oishii Sushi Plate necklace.

What You Need:
Clay in white, green, black, orange, and brown (I use Amos air dry clay)
Earring studs
Super glue
Clean hands (no kidding!)
Patience (yep!)

How to (sorry, no pics):
1. First, make sure you have clean hands and clean surface to work on. You would not want your clay to pick up dust and dirt - especially when you're working with white clay. They are very sensitive.

2. Make a sufficient ball - sufficient enough to decorate your earlobe - out of white clay. Then flatten it. You will have a round white clay. If it's not round enough for your taste, shape the sides with your fingers. When your already satisfied with the shape, prick one side of the clay with a needle. This will be the "rice" side.

3. When you've got Step 2 done, proceed with covering it with "nori". Mix green and black clay so that you get dark green. After that, roll it until it turns into a nice thin stick. Then flatten it. The width should be as wide as the "rice" height. When you've got the measurement right, then cover the side of the "rice" with this dark green "nori".

4. Next step is to make the filling. Roll three tiny balls of green, orange and brown clay. Put this on the side which you have pricked with needles. Then press them lightly to make them rather flat.

5. You finally have one sushi roll. Proceed with another one. We all know that we have two ears, ne?

6. When you finally have two equal sushi rolls, wait until they are dry. Air dry clay's dryness depends on how thick the project is. But to be safe, wait until one night. This type of clay will turn into a rubbery, foam-like texture.

7. Once when they are completely dry, glue earring studs on them respectively.

8. Ta-da! You have your own handmade sushi earring studs.

9. Wear them with pride!


ps: This post is instructions for air dry clay. For clays like polymer or fimo, I think the instructions might be slightly different.


*UPDATE*


This is how it looks on my right ear. It's perfect enough for my taste. ^^