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Welcome to the Silver Clay Workshop Store
If you are just getting started with Silver Clay, I know you don't want to be inundated with hundreds of different, unfamiliar products. Therefore, I've put together a small selection of my best selling essentials, which are easy to work with and give brilliant results. To make life as easy as possible, the price shown here includes VAT, postage and packing. The price you see is the price you pay.
If you can’t find what you need here, let me know and I’ll add it to the store.
Silver Clay Workshop – Getting Started with Silver Clay Jewellery by Melanie Blaikie
Clear, full colour photos and detailed instructions accompany every stage of the 22 projects and techniques section. Whether you are a complete beginner or wanting to expand your skills, this book includes easy projects you can complete in a couple of hours as well as more advanced techniques such as adding gold leaf or creating hollow forms. A modern, stylish book and one of the very few on this subject by an English author.
Due to the weight of this item £2.00 p&p will be added to the book price of £14.99
10GRM Art Clay Silver 650 Slow Dry
This is the one I use for nearly all my classes and is the best buy if you’re a beginner. The ‘Slow Dry’ gives you a longer working time which is very helpful. From this amount you should be able to make a pendant & earrings, for example. Pop any unused clay back into the pack with a spray of water to keep it moist until needed again.
7GRM Art Clay Silver 650 Slow Dry
The ‘Slow Dry’ version is great for beginners as it gives a longer working time. With 7grams you could make a pair of earrings or a ring, for example.
10GRM Art Clay Silver 650 Paste
Invaluable for joining two pieces of clay, even dry clay. This pot is a wise investment as if you add any tiny pieces of clay that are too small to work with, then a few drops of water and so on, it becomes an everlasting paste pot ! Can also be used for painting leaves, bisque beads etc.
10GRM Art Clay Silver 650 Syringe
Great for decorating your designs. Rather like icing a cake, this syringe can be used to create artistic squiggles or random filigree work and with some practice, beautiful scrolls and raised textures. This pack contains a medium (green) nib, which is the size I find most useful for all types of projects.
£23.50
Stainless Steel Mesh
Probably the easiest way to fire your silver clay at home. Place the mesh directly over the ring on your gas hob or camping stove. Carefully add item to be fired (make sure it’s 100% dry), ensuring it sits in one of the ‘hotspots’. Leave for at least 5 mins. That’s it……! This pack also contains a handy mesh safety box to sit over the item whilst it fires.
£9.95
Gas Torch
An easy to operate torch. Can fire small pieces in 2 – 2.5 minutes. Supplied empty but easily filled with cigarette lighter (butane) fuel. NB You will also need a sturdy, heatproof surface to fire on – see the Fibre Brick, below.
£14.95
Ceramic Fibre Brick
A totally heat-proof, sturdy surface to put your dry pieces of clay onto before firing with the gas torch.
£6.50
Brush
A good basic stainless steel brush. Use this to brush your pieces after firing and begin the polishing process. Leaves silver with a lovely satiny sheen.
£4.50
Agate Burnisher
Work over your brushed, fired pieces with this burnisher to bring up a bright shine. This is a superior piece of equipment that is beautiful to hold and really satisfying to use. This is the most popular tool in my classes.
£10.50
Art Clay Silver Basic Book
This book is written by the people who created Art Clay Silver, so they know what they’re talking about! Contains great projects, suitable for beginners plus invaluable ‘Technical Tips’ pages which cover all the basics on working with Silver Clay, firing, setting stones, making rings etc. I sell lots of these at my classes and no-one has been disappointed!
£13.75
Starter Kit
This is a good, basic, no-frills starter kit. Everything you need to get going at home and nothing more – hence the great price! Kit contains; 7grms Art Clay Silver 650 Slow Dry, Metal Mesh, Rolling Pin, Tweezers, Wire Brush, Emery Board, Playing Cards and a mini pot of Playdoh to practice with!