How Do You Use Silver Low Fire Art Clay?
Silver low fire art clay can be worked just like any other clay. Silver clay contains 99.9 percent pure silver mixed with clay. This allows you to, in effect, mold silver into any shape and then fire it, turning it back into a metal. Silver low fire clay can be fired at only 1200 degrees F. This allows many precious and semiprecious stones to be fired directly onto a clay object, which would not be possible if higher firing temperatures were required. Silver low fire art clay is much more expensive to purchase than standard clay. Metal clays also dry more quickly and so must be worked more quickly. Moisten the surface that you will be working on with a sponge dampened with water. Wet your hands. Place a lump of silver low fire art clay on your working surface. Shape your object the same way you would shape an object made from standard clay. Keep your hands and tools damp as you work. Press gemstones, obsidian or metal ornaments into your clay prior to firing. Make certain that any obje
