Art Clay Silver Tutorial - Torch Fired Pendant with Garnet Cabochon setting

Creating a silver pendant with art clay silver and setting a garnet cabochon.
Includes
- Adding Water to the clay
- Stamping onto the clay
- Torch Firing
- Adding Patina
- Finishing

[@donnamoreno4113]

Very informative. Thank you

[@customcraft1]

Very informative. Thank you for explaining.

[@wendyambrose6126]

That was the best explanation/demonstration I have seen in a long time, thank you.

[@SteveErhardt]

Thanks Wendy

[@itsKirstyBartolo]

very informative and direct steps! thank you :)

[@kimreynolds742]

Nice work. Simple descriptions that are clear and easy to follow.

[@SteveErhardt]

Thanks, I'm trying to improve my videos

[@andrewfrost8866]

An excellent, clear and informative video Steve!

[@SteveErhardt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@trhyssa]

This tutorial was really helpful to me. I would love to see more silver clay videos from you, if you have the time please. Your instructions are so clear, thank you.

[@SteveErhardt]

Many thanks, I do plan to make a lot more jewellery making videos including silver clay

[@marciaeovino3584]

I have a couple packages of Artclay Gold that is several years old, unopened. Is it still usable?

[@karengrant8556]

How did you close/fuse the bezel? Can you just apply the paste or does it need to be soldered?

[@Paula-vk5yi]

Karen I would have punched a star in the heart exactly where I wanted the stone, then roll clay into a snake, wrap around the stone, wet the join seam. Let heart and stone dry, take stone wet bottom of clay and around the punched area, add stone over the punched area, I put a hole so light can come through the stone, let that dry then fire as usual. You can also cut out bezels with a cricket or silhouette. Don't need to go buy wire or solder anything! Makes things easy .

[@beverlyflowers6938]

It doesn't look to me like he soldered the bezel wire closed. It probably isn't necessary to solder it closed since you're going to cover the outside with the silver paste.

[@emmalumley646]

What are the little abrasive wheels called please? Thanks

[@anwengriffiths7476]

Hello! I can't seem to find any definitive answers anywhere, is it possible to create a bezel by pressing a garnet stone into a ball of silver clay and firing it? Or will the garnet not take the heat? Thanks for any advice you can give, very helpful video by the way, thank you!

[@SteveErhardt]

You should be OK with Garnet, I've cast lots in place with molten silver with no ill effect. Obviously there is always a risk though with natural stone that there could be some sort of inclusion or weakness that breaks with the heat so take precautions (safety glasses etc. )

[@anwengriffiths7476]

@@SteveErhardt Thank you so much for your advice! Appreciate it x

[@joliartshopjoli4219]

Thank you, very useful information

[@petegarza7538]

Needs to speak up 😂