Draping jigs
Today I made some wire jigs on which to drape metal clay. I just learned this technique from Fred Woell’s workshop last weekend. The idea is that metal clay, draped over metal (in this case the wire),...
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Less than 2 months ago I asked the question, “How much is too much?” when it comes to paying for fine silver metal clay. The price of silver was $33.70 an ounce. I could not imagine that price would...
View ArticleBack to work with metal clay and a shout out to J.Fred
It sure seems like a long time. Maybe it was before Christmas that I last worked with silver PMC. I don’t even remember the last time I worked with bronze or copper clay. I got ready by straightening...
View ArticleHome from Haystack
Last week at this time I was busy in the metals studio at Haystack learning a bunch of cool new things from Chris Darway, like how to use an oxygen reduction flame to fuse 22 karat metal clay slip...
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