By Tammy Garner
Attempt steel clay the short and straightforward way!If you need to attempt your hand at steel clay, yet you are intimidated by the point dedication or price, steel Clay in an afternoon is the e-book for you. simple innovations and greater than twenty-five basic, fashionable jewellery initiatives provide you with the proper advent to steel clay with out requiring you to lay our a fortune on new instruments and materials.Metal Clay in an afternoon gets you began with:Straightforward, basic initiatives. you are going to study every thing you must comprehend to make effortless yet beautiful jewelry, necklaces and bracelets utilizing a minimum quantity of steel clay. reasonably cheap instruments and strategies. you will not think the shapes and designs you may make utilizing instruments you possibly have already got on your home!No-kiln firing. each venture within the ebook will be fired utilizing a hand held butane torch rather than a kiln, and you may examine easy steps to getting professional-looking effects. Make a bit this afternoon and express it off this night! Take domestic steel Clay in a Day-- and permit the steel play commence.
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You have a setting ready for a gemstone, or, in this case, a faux gemstone. Polymer clay, a very versatile medium, is wonderful for imitating all types of materials. This project shows you how to make a faux gemstone out of polymer clay using a common spice you have in your kitchen cabinet. Now that’s a way to spice up metal clay! M AT E R I A L S 5½g low-fire metal clay metal clay slip or paste / " (11mm) diameter dowel rod or round spoon handle 7 16 lace doily translucent polymer clay ground pepper 1,000-grit wet/dry sandpaper liver of sulfur baking soda 2 glass containers polishing cloth 2 sterling silver ear wires basic metal clay tool kit (see page 17) basic jewelry tool kit (see page 34) 1.
If you do not have those items handy, burnishing with a stainless steel spoon will give the piece a nice finish. If you prefer a high-polished mirror finish, you will need to invest in a tumbler with stainless steel shot. Spoon Burnishing 1. BEGIN BURNISHING To acheive a higher shine, after brush burnishing rub the After the metal has completely cooled, wet the piece with soapy water. Use a soft brass brush to burnish down the metal particles. piece firmly with the back of a stainless steel spoon.
Allow the clay cylinder to dry completely, and remove it from the dowel or straw. 4. JOIN CLAY TO CYLINDER ENDS Roll metal clay to a four-card thickness. Dab the rolled metal clay with a nylon scrubbing pad for texture. Turn the clay over on your work surface. Brush a line of slip around one end of the clay cylinder. Lightly press the dried clay cylinder into the fresh clay. Using the clay cylinder as a template, cut the rolled clay. 5. SEAL JOINS Brush a thin layer of paste around the join between the clay cylinder and the clay disk.