Metal Clay

Metal clay: Silver, Bronze & Copper to create your handmade jewelry

How to make metal clay jewelry? Metal clay is the basic material for making metal jewelry.
In clay or powder form, you can create metal elements such as silver, copper and bronze.

At Perles & Co, you'll find the best references on the market: Art Clay Silver, Art Clay Copper and Prometheus Clay, as well as all the accessories and tools to take your projects from start to finish.

What is metal clay?

Metal clay is a material composed of fine particles of metal: silver, bronze or copper, mixed with water and a non-toxic organic binder. Once moistened, it can be worked in exactly the same way as clay: hand-modeled, cut, textured or molded. After drying and firing at high temperature (using a special kiln or blowtorch), the binder disappears and the particles fuse together to create a pure metal piece, which can be filed, polished and finished like any other piece of handcrafted jewelry.

Essential accessories

To work with metal clay in the best possible conditions, you'll need ..:

• Siliconemolds for easy reproduction of complex shapes (floral, geometric, organic)
• Files and finishing tools to refine, drill and polish pieces after firing
• Polishing clay to bring out the metal's lustre
• Silver brazing alloys to weld parts together with precision
• Mandrels and drills for drilling jewelry before or after firing