Studio Forty - Ange J Lee, Poynton Videos
Videos by Studio Forty - Ange J Lee in Poynton. Art, Illustration, Jewellery and handcrafted items by Ange J Lee
So I had a bit of a play with some copper clay earlier on in the year, first time I've used it, despite having this stuff hanging around in my studio for years. I decided to make some yoni pendants, and make one in silver clay at the same time so I could compare the process. I have to say I was a bit sceptical about hand firing the copper clay because I was told it can only be fired in a kiln, but the packet said small pieces can be torch fired...so it was time to put it to the test.
The clay itself is sticky and difficult to get as smooth a finish as with silver clay...so I was prepared to have to do a fair amount of refining, filing and polishing.
It blackened up really bad during firing and got a lot of fire scald, so it had to spend some considerable time in pickle and then LOTS of polishing to get it to the stage in the video. I'm pretty pleased how it came out....not perfect...but pretty darn good for a first attempt!
At the end of the day, whose yoni is perfect anyway?!...all are wonderful and individual 😉 🥰
For future makes I think I'd prefer to kiln fire and have it in a firing box, in fibre or charcoal to eliminate as much scald as possible and cut down on the cleaning up required afterwards...but it's fun to know I can make more dimensional sculptural pieces from this fabulous metal.
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So I had a bit of a play with some copper clay earlier on in the year, first time I've used it, despite having this stuff hanging around in my studio for years. I decided to make some yoni pendants, and make one in silver clay at the same time so I could compare the process. I have to say I was a bit sceptical about hand firing the copper clay because I was told it can only be fired in a kiln, but the packet said small pieces can be torch fired...so it was time to put it to the test. The clay itself is sticky and difficult to get as smooth a finish as with silver clay...so I was prepared to have to do a fair amount of refining, filing and polishing. It blackened up really bad during firing and got a lot of fire scald, so it had to spend some considerable time in pickle and then LOTS of polishing to get it to the stage in the video. I'm pretty pleased how it came out....not perfect...but pretty darn good for a first attempt! At the end of the day, whose yoni is perfect anyway?!...all are wonderful and individual 😉 🥰 For future makes I think I'd prefer to kiln fire and have it in a firing box, in fibre or charcoal to eliminate as much scald as possible and cut down on the cleaning up required afterwards...but it's fun to know I can make more dimensional sculptural pieces from this fabulous metal.