[Jewelry making - Article 00752] - Re: [Orchid] Student's basic tool set

[T.A.Masters]

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Tina,

    I just returned from Tucson. While there I visited the Art Clay
    Booth and signed up for their Free class. 

    the class was taught by a certified instructor. there were four
    students at the table. Each one of us had a complete set of tools to
    work with and were given a free package of 5 gr. of Art Clay Silver. 

    We were shown how to make use of all the tools before we opened the
    packets. There were agate burnishers, files, rollers, textured
    patterns, stamps, and free dichroic balls, just off of the top of my
    head. We followed instructions to roll out the clay and do what we
    wished. I decided to texture roll my material and then slice it down
    the middle to make a pair of earrings. When the first steps were
    completed, the pieces were put into a dehydrator to speed up the
    drying process. We were then given the opportunity to torch fire our
    pieces to turn them into the first stage of solid silver. 

    When cooled we used the files to smooth out rough edges and the
    agate burnished to bring up the fine silver glow. My earrings turned
    out very well and I have received many compliments on them. 

    Art Clay was honoring their distributors and not selling in
    competition with them. This indicated quite a bit of integrity. They
    had lots of products at this booth. Unfortunately their distributor
    was not well stocked at all and did Art Clay a disservice. 

    I have a lovely pair of silver earrings containing 5 gr. of Art Clay
    Silver and two dichroic beads, final cost? Zero. Quite a different
    story from yours. Look for and demand integrity from all you deal
    with. It is your money. You should feel good about spending it and
    the value you receive. 

Terrie

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