For a burst of brilliant color in your metal clay jewelry, try enamel. Cloisonne is a traditional decorative technique for enameling on metal, where small compartments (cloisons in French) are created by attaching fine wires to a backplate. The compartments are then filled with kiln-fired vitreous enamel, applied as finely ground particles of glass by a method of wet packing. Syringe type metal clay offers the perfect tool to easily construct cells in complex patterns onto a metal clay support. Continue Reading
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Fun Demos at CHA
New from CHA, this is a great product that will change the way we transfer pictures to all kinds of material. Perfect for transfering to polymer clay, metal clay (patterns for piercing), to fired metal, and clay! I’m very excited about this new product and all of its possibilities. Continue Reading
Lora Hart: Muse Personality
Lora Hart shares everything from what she’s working on now to where she finds her muses in this very inspiring interview. Continue Reading
Creating at CHA
I look forward to attending the show because it takes me out of the usual environment of my industry (jewelry tools and supplies) and places me in an environment purely based on creativity and materials (not techniques and tools). I’m also presented with materials not normally used in jewelry creations. Continue Reading
Barbara Becker Simon – Master Muse Challenge #47
Barbara said "For this project I wanted to bring back a syringe technique I played with in 1999 when I made my first metal clay fish bead. I had just finished a cake decorating class and saw the kinship between the pastry bag and tip and the syringe! Yikes, that’s eleven years ago and I think it’s still a fun texture; hope you will too!”
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Donna Penoyer – Master Muse Challenge #46
“The word ‘piercing’ in metal work, though most often referring to what one does to sheet metal with a jeweler’s saw, instead reminds me of pushing a nail or skewer through something, such as in the making of those punched tin lanterns that cast patterns of light on the walls. When I got this assignment, my imagination immediately went toward a lantern shape, in the round, which I thought would make a lovely pendant and a challenging piercing experiment.
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Lora Hart – Master Muse Challenge #45
Lora shares with us a quick synopsis of the steps she takes to create her pierced metal clay brooch. Continue Reading
Compass Words 2011- The Magic is on the Paper
Maybe you made a New Years Resolution and thought it would stick this time. It’s the 10th, and perhaps you’ve already experienced failure. Or maybe it’s actually working this time. What will you do to keep the momentum going throughout the year? I’ve given up these silly traditions associated with failure and pixie dust. Instead… Continue Reading
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