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What are the shipping rates and policies?		Subtotal Shipping Cost $0.00 - $40.00 $4.00 $40.01 - $60.00 $4.50 $60.01 - $80.00 $5.50 $80.01 - $100.00 $7.50 $100.01 - $150.00 $8.50 $150.01 + $10.00 All orders are shipped via the United States Postal Service unless other methods are requested. EXPRESS SHIPPING: If you select EXPRESS SHIPPING, $10.00 are added to your order and it will be shipped via Federal Express or United States Postal Service Express Mail. Shipping charges shown are for the continental United States and Canada only. SHIPPING NOTE: You should receive your order within 7-10 working days without any special service options (express or overseas shipping, etc.) or processing errors. I will contact you if there are any issues that need to be addressed before your order is processed or shipped. If you contact me by email, please be sure to give me a current and regularly checked email address. Please call us at 610-873-6654 EST for any questions or information about your order. INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: Additional shipping charges may apply. Please call or email inquiries about international orders to 1-610-873-6654 EST USA.
How do you make your sushi necklaces?		I make my sushi necklaces by hand, piece by piece out of polymer clay, usually Sculpy or Fimo. Each one is a tiny sculpture I make one by one. First I mix batches of color from the colored clays, calibrating the closest match to the actual sushi. I usually work from pictures. I also create specific textures using different colors of custom mixed clay. For instance, to make the tamago (egg sushi) I mix up 2 colors of yellow with streaks of white. For the wood grain on my Sushi Combo, I mix several custom gold colors together by rolling thin layers and bending and twisting theclay. Next I prepare the rice and nori (seaweed) to put together the sushi. I make each sushi much like the sushi chef makes them. I start with pieces of the ingredients and roll or press them together, then if necessary, wrap them in nori. I cut the California Roll beads from a long roll of the ingredients wrapped in rice. Last, I pierce each bead with a wire tool to make a neat hole. Then I bake them in a little oven for 15 minutes. When they are cool I string them on strong poly beading thread or fine chain and attach the clasp.
Where can I buy glass beads like you use in your Penrose Necklaces?		Stop by PenroseBeads.com for these wonderful handblown glass beads. They sell them by the pound. Tell them I sent you! Penrose Design Tel: (413) 229-7993 ricky@penrosebeads.com Ricky Bernstein 1504 Silver Street Sheffield MA 01257
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