The illustration below is a drawing I created a number of years ago showing just a few of the easy ways that polymer clay pendants could be hung using various holes, loops, U shapes, tubes, etc. It was made for a kids' class I gave but most all the techniques are basic and used by experienced polymer clayers as well.
The tiny eye screws shown are seldom used, but eye pins are quite often used.
... NOTE: the most secure way to insert eye pins is actually to trim the shank to about 1/4", zigzag or bend or curve the shank, insert it into a hole you've made in the clay or better into a slit you've cut, then snug the clay back around the shank--no glue needed.
For much more info and details about flat-holes (holes in flatter pendants), loops, tubes, U shapes, foldovers/roll-overs, eye pins, etc, as well as about various cordings that might be used with polymer clay pendants, see the Pendants page of my polymer clay encyclopedia site:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/pendants_cording.htm
And for info about making holes through more-dimensional clay beads and pieces, both before and after hardening, see the Beads-Holes page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/beads-holes.htm
This seems to be the most I can enlarge the image, but you can enlarge it further by holding down the Control key on your keyboard then hitting the + (plus) key, or pinching out if on a mobile device.
The tiny eye screws shown are seldom used, but eye pins are quite often used.
... NOTE: the most secure way to insert eye pins is actually to trim the shank to about 1/4", zigzag or bend or curve the shank, insert it into a hole you've made in the clay or better into a slit you've cut, then snug the clay back around the shank--no glue needed.
For much more info and details about flat-holes (holes in flatter pendants), loops, tubes, U shapes, foldovers/roll-overs, eye pins, etc, as well as about various cordings that might be used with polymer clay pendants, see the Pendants page of my polymer clay encyclopedia site:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/pendants_cording.htm
And for info about making holes through more-dimensional clay beads and pieces, both before and after hardening, see the Beads-Holes page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/beads-holes.htm
This seems to be the most I can enlarge the image, but you can enlarge it further by holding down the Control key on your keyboard then hitting the + (plus) key, or pinching out if on a mobile device.
