Jewelry, inspired by Nature
Technical aspects and characteristics of soldering precious metal clay jewellery
Exactly one year ago I finished my first bronze clay project. Even then it was clear that bronze clay is a different piece of cake compared to silver clay. So how will embeddables for bronze clay behave? First thing: be … Continued
Is PMC Standard really THE most difficult silver clay to solder? If you like challenges, try to solder PMC Pro. Soldering is inevitable if you want to integrate (semi)precious stones into your pieces. Or even larger CZ stones, because owing … Continued
Soldering fine silver from precious metal clay to sterling silver can be quite tricky. Metal clay silver is porous and it sucks… literally, it sucks solder. Instead of flowing along the weld, solder just permeates through fine silver surface, contaminating … Continued
In the beginning I found soldering very difficult. The process looked so easy in these great You Tube tutorials: How to solder silver jewelry and Soldering metal clay with Tim McCreight. Of course, the easiest skill is the one you have … Continued
Precious metal clay is a wonderful material: it allows even an inexperienced jewelry maker to put together a jewelry piece without soldering. The easiest way is of course gluing together elements of unfired silver clay. But how do you assemble … Continued