Silver Clay Hinged Bracelet

Hello and welcome to the Silver Clay Hinged Bracelet online workshop. I am so happy you’re here and I am delighted to share this lovely project with you. Initially it was developed for an international metal clay conference where I taught this class. It was well received and I thought I would share it as an online class too!

The conference was called SINTER and it was run by AMCAW, go check them out if you don't know who they are.

This online course has been developed with the silver clay artist in mind and hopes to make this process easy!

Who is this online workshop is for?

This is not a workshop for beginners. It assumes a certain level of knowledge of how to roll and texture clay and how to refine and finish a piece to a good standard. You should have a good understanding of shrinkage and how your kiln fires. If you don’t know how much your clay shrinks, then I suggest you do a test firing. As boring as that is, it’s a lot better than finding your clay hasn’t shrunk in the way you thought it would.

I also anticipate that you have working knowledge of a kiln and know how to programme one or at the very least know someone who does!

How this online workshop works!

• There is one project for you to enjoy.
• The project has its own depth set of videos to show you all aspects of the construction of the bracelet. The downloadable documentation is a partner to this.
• I will list suggested suppliers for tools and clay in this document.

You will learn

• To understand how important shrinkage is and how to create a silver clay bracelet that fits properly
• How to create silver clay links into a bracelet
• How to create a hinge
• How to create an attractive clasp that fits together well and holds the bracelet in place
• How to create a clasp closure
• How to set magnets well
• How to create a complicated clasp that requires to be exact in sizing, so that it sits together perfectly