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  • Last Post by Terry Brake
    November 29, 2010

    Silver Clay

    ritu sangal - November 28, 2010 - 5 replies
    I have Silver Clay for over a year now. I have read up a lot about it on the net but am still nervous to try. Can you help me with a few answers. I have Art Clay Silver 650 - 20 gms
    1. Do I fire on the trivets used for enamelling?
    2. Can  vitreous enam...
  • Last Post by Trish White
    November 28, 2010

    USING ENAMELS OF METAL CLAY

    Trish White - November 26, 2010 - 17 replies
    I would love to hear back from all of the Metal Clay artists who are using enamels on Metal Clay, as I am having great difficulty with the change in color of my enamels on the metal clay. I applied a Japanese lt. pink transparent and it came out of the ki...
  • Last Post by Ann Davis
    October 20, 2010

    Using silver clay to make bezel settings

    Tina Carvalho - June 4, 2010 - 8 replies
    Long ago (it seems) my husband and I had bits and pieces of a traditional metalworking setup, torches, solder, etc., but never a rolling mill. We packed it all away when we moved 12 years ago, and only started unpacking it a couple of months ago. In l...
  • Last Post by Ann Davis
    October 20, 2010

    Riveting

    Trish White - June 3, 2010 - 7 replies
    I love new tools and gadgets that will make my jewelry experience easier.Metal Clay Findings - www.metalclayfindings.com has come out with a 
    riveting system that will pierce holes and set rivets without drilling or hammering.
    Has anyone applied this too...
  • Last Post by Tina Carvalho
    June 6, 2010

    First attempt at enamel on copper clay

    Tina Carvalho - June 6, 2010 - 0 replies
    Well, actually it’s my second attempt. The first time I put a bit of red on Art Clay Copper I was stunned at how dark and ugly it was! I had never enameled on copper of any kind, so I had no sense of how the colors would look.

    My neighbor’s mango tr...
  • Last Post by Trish White
    June 3, 2010

    Gemstones For Metal Clay

    Trish White - June 3, 2010 - 0 replies
    Click on: www.artjewelerymag.com/reference