Repurposed Furniture Caster Pendant

We recently moved a large sectional sofa from our den to our upstairs media room. Since it was originally on hardwood floors, my hub had placed furniture casters under the legs. My little pup chewed up a few, but I managed to save a few since I thought they would be perfect for creating such things as napkin rings, ornaments and pendants.

If you don't have some to repurpose, you can buy some pretty inexpensively from home improvement stores such as Lowes.

I used my Neopaque paints from Jacquard to paint the caster black. I painted a 1 1/2 circle black, waxed it, and then painted it white, using a sanding block to remove some of the white paint for a distressed look.

I then used this sweet swallow mold from a super cool supplier of molds: mad about molds.  

I used cernit clay to create my swallow. If you are unsure how to use these bisque type of molds, mad about molds has a really quick video demo you can view by clicking here.If you are unfamilar with Cernit Clay, it is distributed by Jacquard products and perfect for making both sophisticated and whimsical arts and crafts projects, including: miniatures, dolls, buttons, beads, jewelry, and for adding sculptural elements to any project.

I used an acrylic block to make sure the clay was pushed all the way into the mold. Then I used a plain craft knife to cut away portions of the clay.

Bake in an oven on a clay dedicated sheet at 275 degrees, about 15 minutes for every 1/4" of thickness.

I accidentally baked mine at 350 degrees for 30 minutes and got a burned, puffed up swallow. I ended up liking the effect so I used the piece anyway.

To finish the pendant, I drilled holes at the top and the bottom of the caster, inserted really large (like 18mm) silver jump rings and glued the circle and bird to the center.

I stamped sing in black Staz on and added a few beads and gem stones. I cannot wait to make a set of napkin rings with these!  I sure am glad we moved that sofa!

Live Life Creatively,

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 


 
 
 
  
 

Comments

[Rachel]

Nicely said Mel. Sofa caster cups can be very useful in protecting our furniture. We have spent our hard earned money to pay for our favorite items that is why we should also find ways to protect them. Here is a nice place to find addons for our furniture.

http://www.styledirectfurniture.co.uk/move-furniture-easily

[Dean S]

Moving a large sectional sofa to another place in the house, can damage the furniture and the floor if there is no magiglide installed and you are doing it all alone. By installing such tool, we can guarantee that our furniture will be protected at all times and we can be sure that our furniture will last long.

[Kathy]

just getting caught up on reading. very pretty. I love how you took something so ordinary and made is so beautiful!

[Castors]

Its interesting articles,i already enjoy read its.

[Castors]

Really nice and creative creation. I'm so impressed with the process on how you make it. I really enjoy your article.

[Veronica Goff]

beautifully done Mel!!