Metal Clay Magic

It's as easy to use as modeling clay. Fire it, and it turns to pure silver: It's metal clay magic! Nana Mizushima's playful approach shows how this fantastic medium allows anyone to craft items in silver. Features more than 25 imaginative, appealing projects for beads, earrings, pendants, bookmarks, pet tags, little boxes, origami, and more.

Silver metal clay is a fun and easy-to-use medium that can be shaped and manipulated like clay but fires to become 99.9% metal. This book shows the reader how to create beautiful pieces of jewellery without the need for an anvil or years of training.

Make professional-looking metal jewelry and accessories without investing in silversmithing tools, equipment and training, with this essential guide. Metal clay is a magical material: real metal in clay form that can be modelled and then fired to turn it into pure metal. It has taken the crafting world by storm in the past twenty years and its versatility and accessibility means it is used by professional jewelry makers and hobbyists alike. Metal clay is available in many different types—silver, copper, bronze and even steel. It can be sculpted, modelled, molded, rolled into sheets, cut into shapes, woven, braided and carved to produce an endless array of forms and effects. Equipment needed is minimal and you will probably have most of the simple tools in your home already. This book concentrates on silver clay which is the easiest kind to use because it can be fired without a kiln. After drying the clay, it is fired using either a small blowtorch, a gas hob, or camping gas and in five minutes or less the clay becomes pure 999 silver that can be hallmarked. This book will show you how to master all the basic techniques of working with metal clay while later chapters cover more advanced techniques. Twenty gorgeous projects are shown in detail with clear step-by-step photographs. There are pendants, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, charms, brooches, beads, cufflinks and rings and many of the projects give alternative ideas for developing your skills. Embellishment techniques are shown in detail from setting stones and gilding to enameling with resin, adding inlay, engraving, and oxidizing for luscious colors.

Helps readers create beautiful and intricate pieces of pure silver jewellery with no silversmithing skills and very few tools and equipment using metal clay. This book features photography, which demonstrates the techniques needed to set with stones, decorate with enamels, create textural effects using engraving and more.

Combine amazing metal clay with ceramics, enamel, wire, gemstones, and more * Create earrings, bracelets, pendants, pins, clasps, and more * Combine materials for unique textures, shapes, and finishes * Push the creative envelope! "Metal Clay: Beyond the Basics" is the perfect book for crafters with some metal clay experience who want to take their skills to the next level. With information on basic tools and supplies, plus beginning, intermediate, and advanced techniques for using metal clay and combining it with other materials, this book shows crafters exactly how to create unusual, distinctive jewelry. Detailed step-by-steps for 25 unique projects reveal techniques for incorporating sterling silver, ceramics, and enamel into metal-clay projects and how to use armatures, molds, wire, and cold connections. Go way beyond the basics with "Metal Clay: Beyond the Basics."

This book will appeal to artisans of all levels. A thorough introductory section helps readers prepare their workspace with information on tools, materials, and basic techniques for metal clay and enameling. Jewelry projects include earrings, pendants, pins, beads, and a ring. Easy-to-follow instructions are illustrated with clear, detailed photographs.

- Organic yet sophisticated jewelry for crafters at every level - Step-by-step directions build skills cumulatively - Lists of challenging techniques at the conclusion of each chapter Metal clay plus beads equal fantastic, one-of-a-kind jewelry...and that jewelry is "really" fantastic when it's from favorite author Irina Miech. Her designs for metal clay pendants, bracelets, rings, earrings, and other jewelry feature a stunning organic look that is both natural and sophisticated. "Inventive Metal Clay for Beaders" offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions for beaders at every level. Beaders will build their skills cumulatively, and will conclude each chapter with a list of challenging techniques.

A follow-up to Irina Miech’s first book, Metal Clay for Beaders, this book continues to explore the ways that beads, wire, and metal clay work together to create beautiful jewelry. Dazzling projects include pendants, earrings, and brooches, many with appealing natural, organic themes. Beading and metal clay basics included along with detailed instructions and step-by-step photography for each project.