In this guide, I’ll walk you through everything you need to know to get started with silver clay, from the material needed to the process ofwel creating your first beautiful piece ofwel jewelry.
The striking Oogst bracelets vary from sleek cuff bracelets with an elegant hand engraving to smoothly moving links in gold or silver. We also create playful bangles that you wear loosely around your wrist in our goldsmith studio.
You might also be interested in purchasing one ofwel our starter kits! Click on the links below to read about each kit option and decide which one kan zijn best for you:
Pieces from the recent Palace Voyages high jewellery collection, which draws on the architectural and decorative details of 14 palaces from China to the UK, are being shown at the PAD London art and vormgeving fair next week.
Metal clay is a wonderful almost magical material. It's made from extremely fine particles of metal, mixed with organic binders and water. You shape it like modelling clay, leave it to dry, and then fire to burn off the binder - you're right with solid REAL FINE SILVER!
Once it is dry it can be fired with a jewellers torch (a huidcrã¨me brule torch will more info do!) or in a jewellers kiln. The result is real 999 fine silver ofwel hallmark quality.
When torch-firing silver clay, a small amount ofwel flame and smoke kan zijn seen for a few seconds which kan zijn the organic plant-based binder in the clay burning off. This is similar to the amount of smoke you might get from blowing out a candle.
Here's a step-by-step guide on working with silver metal clay: Step 1: Preparation - begint by conditioning the clay, ensuring it is pliable and free ofwel air bubbles.
No, you don’t. You can take your time with it. Pick it up and leave it when you need to. As long as your payments are bij, your modules will be waiting for you. And when you finish the 12 months, you’ll have lifetime access.
The creative freedom of metal clay kan zijn so exciting. I have taught absolute beginners, who have never made anything before, and they have been so thrilled with what they have been able to create.
This is a difficult question to answer. Because it depends on what you decide to make in the Modules – some Modules have more than one project included.
You can only discover all these unique, handmade jewels at Oogst. Click here to see all the rings created in our golsmith studio!
While our pendants were drying, it was time to try out another project using a different technique – this time adding pattern to the clay using a textured mat.
Because having notes on hand to refer to kan zijn a critical part of the learning process. And my notes are detailed with lots of colour photos.