Art Jewelry - Torch Firing Metal Clay Video

Art Jewelry Magazine associate editor Jill Erickson shows you how to torch fire metal clay using a handheld butane torch. Visit www.artjewelrymag.com/howto for more information and videos.

just randomly came ...
just randomly came across this video... i purchased some silver metal clay over a year ago that i have yet to try out for the first time, and i guess i've been waiting because? i thought it was way more complicated and time consuming than this to heat. i was thinking it'd take like 20-30 minutes with a torch. i also wasn't sure what surface i could use... looks like a brick works just fine. thanks so much for this video! :D

WOW,? Thank you ...
WOW,? Thank you very much, great information!

You refer to the ...
You refer to the website to watch the video on how to test if PMC is dry before firing; it would be helpful if? you could provide a link since I cannot find this video....

Will this work ...
Will this work with? brass clay?

I'm saying " ...
I'm saying "sintering" (not "centering"). "Sintering" means the metal particles have been heated to a temperature just below the metal's melting point, creating a solid material. If the metal clay is not fully sintered, the piece will not be strong, because the particles will remain in? a powder form.

Hi - thanks, but ...
Hi - thanks, but you keep referring to "centering" and I? have no idea what you mean by that.

This is an? awesome ...
This is an? awesome vid. Thanks

I put my clay on ...
I put my clay on fire and touch it and my outside hand was a bit hot and inside not it just hot a bit, so it turn clay? so i did a art :P

if you go back and ...
if you go back and forth through the? video yu can see it changing peachy i really didnt come too this video im not into jewlery i got too it through a penny melting video he was just melting pennies :)

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Great video, thank ...
Great video, thank you but i am having problems with the underside of the silver being a? poorer quality once fired and polished, it looks a bit flakey!! Any advice??

Glad you found it? ...
Glad you found it? helpful!

Couldn't have said ...
Couldn't have said it better myself. If you're not using? a temperature-controlled kiln, the color of the metal is the best indicator of temperature.

You are more than ...
You are more than welcome.? Come visit our forum on our Web site to show off your creations. Hope to see you (and your work) there!

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thank? you
thank? you

Metal clay is a ...
Metal clay is a clay made up of tiny particles of metal (in this case, fine silver) held together with an organic binder. Once the clay is shaped, it's heated with a kiln or torch until the binder burns? off and the particles fuse together. It's a new and exciting way to work with metals!

you need to watch ...
you need to watch the video... the "peachy" colour of the silver indicates the temperature. the deeper red it gets the hotter it? is so need to keep it at the peachy colour, as she says.

Love? it!!! 5 star
Love? it!!! 5 star

hey! thanks for ...
hey! thanks for sharing such an awesome video! but i was just wondering,? how do you know the blow torch is at the specific temperature needed to fire the piece? Ive been searching for a torch but most go way over the heating limit required for PMC/Art Clay Silver! do you have any suggestions? =) please and thank you ^^

what is? metal clay?
what is? metal clay?

excellent demo?
excellent demo?

Very helpful. ...
Very helpful. Thanks for the Video.?