| I can't wait to get my hands into this stuff! Two main brands - Art Clay silver and Precious Metal Clay. Usually it is fired in a kiln but you can also do it with a hand-held butane torch. The original clay shrank about 30%, but the new formula only shrinks 10%. Check it out! |
Here is a link that might be useful: open directory metal clay links
Rosie- you probably could not because the china would not withstand the kiln heat without cracking. They suggest CZ's and lab grown sapphires/rubies for heat-resistant stones. Other things can be mounted with glue after firing the clay.
The china jewelry is easy. I break a plate and get the decorative area I want to rough size with tile nippers. Then I use my stained-glass diamond grinder to smooth the edges. Wrap it just like stained glass with the copper foil tape, clean & flux it, and run silver solder all around the edges until the copper tape is completely covered. You can add little balls of solder to create decorative areas or imbed curls of silver wire with beads or pearls into the hot solder. some examples in glass are on the link. |
Here is a link that might be useful: stained glass jewelry
This girl does some beautiful work and here she has created that look of china with her polymer clay and the PMC. Lovely!
Lia- you can order a starter kit and they send you an empty torch which you get filled locally. They are not more than a foot long. You can also get them fired at a local ceramic shop or maybe college art dept.
(I am very excited about taking a PMC charm bracelet class at Artiology this June!) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Shellie Brooks pin
