Art Clay® Silver Here's My Heart Necklace 

Great! Thanks for watching and happy creating.

Thanks so much and thanks for watching!

Lisa is a fabulous teacher! We love when she comes to the video studio.

So glad to help! We suggest that, for your first few pieces, you choose a "slow dry" formula. Slow dry silver clay gives you a longer working time, so you can experiment with it longer. www.firemountaingems.com/search/?keywords=slow+dry

How'd it go Julie?

I'm a little disappointed in Julie's husband here. Anyone else?

It has to do with how even the heat can be throughout the piece all at the same time. If the heat doesn't stay within a certain zone through the whole piece at the same time, it can split and crack as the water and organic materials burn off/out at different rates.

@FireMountainGems is this sterling silver, and can earrings or pendants be made with gems?

We do not currently have a class, but we have some other great metal clay tutorials on our RU-vid channel: www.youtube.com/@FireMountainGems/search?query=metal%20clay We also have more metal clay resources on our website: www.firemountaingems.com/resources/results?term=kwmetalclay&sortby=newest&hub=article&categorylist=articles

Hi Karen. No, metal clay cannot be baked.

We have a wide variety of metal clay products here www.firemountaingems.com/jewelry-supplies/supplies-by-type/metal-clay/?pageType=CLP

Larger pieces need a kiln. Some folks make multiple smaller pieces and solder them together, so that is also an option.

OK thank you!

They have microwave kilns now that are about 100$ those might be a useful tool if you don't want to invest in a traditional kiln

It sounds like your torch isn't getting the metal clay hot enough. Here's a video that might be helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LVXuuC5akQA.html

Yes it is! The mass must be small enough, for even firing. www.firemountaingems.com/resources/videos/fb06

This is really good news for me. My son bought me a beautiful sterling silver ring in 2004 when I was on chemo. I wore it on my left thumb and 9 years later I was visiting someone who had a just weaned parrot for sale. I was head over heels for her Hyacinth Macaw Mabel, probably the most beautiful bird I've ever had the honor of holding. She was gently feeling at my hand with her beak and little dry tongue, until she came up to my beloved ring. And I think she may have thought I needed her to remove it. It turned out with the ring smashed as flat as possible around the bone in my thumb. I stayed calm enough to gently get Mabel back up on her perch. And then 4 fully grown adults went about trying to save my purple thumb and flattened ring with the creases at each end. And now another 9 years later and another chemo under my belt, I think it's time I try to recreate my beloved ring. I just started looking into this as a way to make a ring and you've just answered the pressing question!

Thanks, sound like good advice.