Metal Clay Jewelry

Metal clay jewelry making is a popular way to make jewelry. You can find metal clay kits to make your own metal clay jewelry and precious metal clay jewelry. There are metal clay techniques to help you make the best metal clay jewelry you can. You can purchase precious metal clay beads or hand crafted metal clay pieces to supplement your metal clay jewelry. There are also precious metal clay artists you can learn many metal clay techniques from. Metal clay art has its own styles.

Why is metal clay good for making jewelry?

Metal clay is ideal for making certain types of jewelry because of the properties of metal clay. Metal clay is incredibly malleable which means that metal clay can be quickly textured. Metal clay allows you to make large jewelry pieces without the weight of cast objects needed with other ways of jewelry making. Metal clay can be sculpted in the same way as regular clay.

What is metal clay made of?

Metal clay is made of water, an organic binder and particles of precious metal such as silver and gold.  

Metal Clay kits

When making metal clay jewelry, especially when you are new at it, buying metal clay kits may be a good way to start. In the metal clay kits, you will have slow fire metal clay to start making your metal clay jewelry. You will also find a variety of knives such as plastic knives and craft knives needed for hand crafted metal clay jewelry in your metal clay kits. Depending on how big your metal clay kits are, you may also find a wonderful range of material that has texture to hand craft your metal clay jewelry. Kiln with pyrometer, clean soldering pad or terra cotta saucer as well as vermiculite or alumina hydrate soldering kit are often included in basic metal clay kits to get you started in metal clay jewelry making immediately.

How to add texture to metal clay jewelry?

There are many techniques to add texture to metal clay. You can use pretty much any object. All you need to do is press the object with texture into the metal clay until the imprint is deep enough on the metal clay. You must make sure that the metal clay is moist enough when you texture the metal clay but do not over moist it.

Does metal clay shrink?

Yes, metal clay shrinks. After heating metal clay in the metal clay jewelry making process, you can expect metal clay to shrink about 28% from its original size.