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Silver Artichoke Pendant

Project designed by guest Sherri Haab.

Imagine handcrafting your very own silver jewelry designs! Now it's possible with silver clay and great project ideas from guest Sherri Haab.

This project is reprinted with permission from pages 75-76 of Sherri's book, The Art of Metal Clay.

Materials:
cork clay
PMC+ Silver Metal Clay
toothpick
olive oil balm
water
Teflon sheet, roller, playing cards
teardrop shaped Klay Kutter 3/8"
needle tool
fiber blanket, kiln shelf and kiln for firing PMC
brass brush, burnishing tool and polishing cloth
chain for hanging

Figure A

Steps:
1. Make a cork clay core in the shape of a teardrop. Insert a toothpick into rounded bottom of the teardrop shape core to use as handle. Let the cork clay dry (figure A).

2. Roll out a sheet of metal clay about 1mm thick (three playing cards thick). Cut out flat teardrop shapes with a teardrop-shaped cutter. Cut as many as you can fit out of the sheet of clay. Keep the clay covered with plastic wrap to keep clay moist.

Figure B

3. Start at the pointed end of the cork clay core. Apply the teardrop shapes next to each other, slightly overlapping with the pointed ends towards point of core form. Use water to attach the pieces. Make a vertical mark in the center or each teardrop shape with a needle tool (figure B).

Figure C

4. Continue adding teardrop shapes in rows, each overlapping the last (figure C).

5. Remove toothpick.

Figure D

6. Finish covering the core with a round pad of clay on the top of the bead (figure D).

Figure E

7. Make the "stem" of the bead with a tapered piece of fresh moist clay. Quickly coil the tapered end of the clay into a loop before the clay starts to dry. Attach the thick end of the stem piece with slip to the top of the bead (figure E). Decorate the pointed end with a small ball or clay.

8. Fire the bead on a fiber blanket in the kiln at 1472-degrees farenheit for 30 minutes.

9. Finish the bead with a brass brush, burnishing tool (figure F) and polishing cloth until shiny (figure G). Hang the finished bead on a chain.

Figure F

Figure G

Resources
PMC Silver Metal Clay
Rio Grande
Albuquerque, NM
Toll-free Phone: 800-545-6566
Website: www.riogrande.com

The Art of Metal Clay
by Sherri Haab
Watson-Guptill Publications, 2004
Order this title from Amazon.com.

PMC, cork clay, books, supplies
PMC Supply.com
Website: www.pmcsupply.com

Guests
Sherri Haab
Author and Metal Clay Instructor
Sherri Haab Designs
Springville, UT
Phone: 801-489-3885
E-mail: sherri@sherrihaab.com
Website: www.sherrihaab.com
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