Copper clay

Firstly, I must apologise for the delay since my last post, but between health issues, our annual 'summer' holiday (I use the word advisedly...

How to Get Started With Precious Metal Clay Jewelry: In this project I am documenting my first experiments with precious metal clay jewelry and am going to share some of the tips and tricks and tricks I have learnt along the way as well as some of the things I've realized do not work well, which I lea…

Copper fretwork, and Textured, Freshwater Pearls, and Copper chain

Copper carbonate can be used as a wash over bisque fired ceramic clay. You can see how dilute it is in this video. I brush it on and then… | Instagram

Ann shares the idea of creating a Maths Image Talk where pictures are used to provoke mathematical discussions. It's an extension of Number Talks and one that appears to work well in the classroom. This blog showcases the potential of this image from a polymer clay beading pin to provoke a lively maths discussion.

BAD 2013 61/365 , a photo by markasky on Flickr. Brooch # 61 of 365. Mesh fused on to burned copper with fossilized sand dollar setting.

Guest blogger, Helen White shares step by step instructions on how to engrave your own designs onto copper clay.

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I pulled an old post from my blog to share with you today. For those of you unfamiliar with Copper Clay I thought you might enjoy seeing the process. Copper firing, basically from start to finish. There can be variations in the firing schedule of pmc, this is the one I've been using on my Copper work and it's worked well for me. Here are the pieces all molded and shaped and filed and ready for the kiln. First phase of firing is open shelf, 15 minutes at about 650 degrees. This is what they…