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I'm Back!
This entry was posted on 11/2/2009 2:02 PM and is filed under Musings.
I have been away a looooooonnnnnggg time........and now I'm back. I have been playing with some interesting new things such as copper metal clay. It is a dry powder that I add water to and mix until it is nice and soft and squeezable. Then I can mold it and stamp it and....and... you get the idea. It is similar to silver metal clay. After I fire it in a kiln the binder burns out and the copper metal sinters ( sort of like melting but different) and it is 99.9% copper metal.
This is a pendant I made from a stamp I made. It is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
The frame of this pendant is made of copper metal clay. The cabochon is made of polymer clay and the cord is made with a Japanese braiding technique called kumihimo.
The copper metal clay I use was developed by Hadar Jacobson, a jewelry artist from Oakland, California. You can learn about it here Hadar Jacobson. I have Hadar's first two books and I refer to them frequently. They are the best references for all the metal clays that I have found. She is now experimenting with steel metal clay. Awesome!
I have been playing with lots more stuff but this is probably enough for now........maybe more than enough!
This is a pendant I made from a stamp I made. It is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
The frame of this pendant is made of copper metal clay. The cabochon is made of polymer clay and the cord is made with a Japanese braiding technique called kumihimo.
The copper metal clay I use was developed by Hadar Jacobson, a jewelry artist from Oakland, California. You can learn about it here Hadar Jacobson. I have Hadar's first two books and I refer to them frequently. They are the best references for all the metal clays that I have found. She is now experimenting with steel metal clay. Awesome!
I have been playing with lots more stuff but this is probably enough for now........maybe more than enough!