Book Description
The fabulous techniques, found here with instructions, lavish photos, and projects open up endless creative possibilities. Combine the clay with lampworked and fused dichroic glass or enamel. Make exquisite jewelry, sculpture, and carvings. Try a new liquid gold for coating silver objects. Among the glittering, gorgeous projects: an African Mask Pin, Groovy Flower Earrings and Ring; and Puzzle Piece Bracelet.
Creative Metal Clay Jewelry: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration FROM THE PUBLISHER
Imagine a material that looks and feels like clay and yet, when fired, becomes pure, solid gold and silver! That's metal clay, and here are the fabulous techniques and instructions, lavish photos and projects that will open up endless creative possibilities to every crafter. With this versatile product, metalwork becomes easier and faster, and it's simple to create meaningful gifts or add techniques to the forms you've already mastered. Combine the clay with lampworked and fused dichroic glass, enamel, and beads. Make exquisite jewelry, sculpture, carvings, and more. Try a great new liquid gold for coating silver objects. Among the glittering, gorgeous projects anyone would proudly show off: an African Mask Pin, Groovy Flower Earrings and Ring; Puzzle Piece Bracelet, and a Twig and Leaf Condiment Spoon.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Metal clay is a medieval alchemist's dream. Developed in Japan in the 1990s, it consists of precious metal particles combined with an organic binder and water to make a substance that looks and feels like potters clay. It is worked, dried, and fired like clay. Firing burns off the organic material leaving a fused piece of pure gold or silver. The piece can then be finished like any other metal. Wire, one of the first people in the United States to work with metal clay, gives detailed instructions for using it as a jewelry medium, with step-by-step projects for earrings, bracelets, and other pieces. Contemporary in style, these items tend to resemble cast pieces. This book on an interesting new craft belongs in every crafts collection. Literature Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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