#silverclay

I'm currently busy packing all the orders, so here's a pic of a little experiment I did last week 😊 . This micro dragon is made of PMC, a kind of clay made of actual silver particles. When a PMC object is fired (at about 900°C), the organic binder burns away, and what is left is a pure silver piece 😍 I find PMC quite difficult to work with, since it hardens *very* quickly (it's more similar to traditional clay than to polymer clay, but it is also extremely heavy, due to the high specific weight of silver). The firing process is also rather tricky (the first dragon I sculpted last week ended up in an ugly blob of melted silver during firing, sigh 😭😭😭 this one is actually my second attempt!) . I've sculpted a few silver pieces some years ago, and I'd love to make a few more, but as you can see the final result is still far from perfect! I definitely need more practice (and obviously silver clay is expensive, since it's *actual* silver). What do you think of this? Would you like to see some wearable silver dragon charms? 😊

Custom Salmon Berry Necklace with Labradorite from last summer. Forgot to share! Thank you again 💚

I have been wanted to mess around with silver clay for a while and I was finally able to do. Especially with this pendant. I went to a gem fair and saw a Moon and Sun pendant and LOVED the design, but I was not able to get it…. so I decided to make it. Because silver clay is a little bit different from regular clay, and WAAAYYY more expensive, I decided to practice with regular clay. It took alot of tries to get the look I wanted.

But it still didn’t look right, then I came across this one pendant from this one artist, and it looked similar to what my style looks like, but his had the sun on the other side. But it did help to get the look of overlap I wanted. Oh and if anyone wants to buy it, it’s still there. and it’s SOOOO pretty.

In the end, this was my first try and my second, and BOY was there an improvement.