Marie, my dear friend whom owns The Stamp Act, and I are in the works to develop some really cool new classes.  We will be introducing some new BronzClay classes in the next couple of weeks, keep checking our calendars or sign up for our newsletters.

The Stamp Act class calendar

Broken Branches class calendar

Here are pictures of our first BronzClay pieces :

We were amazed at how many pieces we were able to produce with a 200 gram packet of BronzClay.  Last night was our first firing., we still have 2 more firings to go.   If you have Bronzclay and are not sure how to program your kiln, Mardel of Cool Tools has a wonderful video on her website on how to program your Paragon SC-2 kiln.

For a firing schedule for the BronzClay, here is Mardel’s instructions.

Bronzclay was released to the market in July 2008 at the PMC Conference.  It is still very new and changes are sure to come. Last night I fired the pieces using the guide to fire at 500 degrees every hour and then hold for 2 hours at 1550 degrees.  The firing took about 5 hours in total.  This morning I was like a little child on Christmas morning, I could not wait to open the metal container and find my new pieces.  I highly suggest purchasing a metal mesh colander to pour the coal and bronze pieces into.  It was not easy digging through the coal to find the very tiny pieces.  I also suggest doing this outside so you don’t get any black coal dust in your studio.  You will also need to designate separate files for your BronzClay.

Here’s a list of must have tools:

Your favorite Metal Clay Tool kit

BronzClay - is only for sale at the time being at Rio Grande.  It comes in 2 sizes 100 grams and 200 grams.   Soon you will be able to purchase it from Cool Tools and Whole Lotta Whimsy.

Coal and firing container or coconut and firing container

BronzClay Pan Removal Fork - I could only find this at Rio Grande.

Fire proof gloves

3M Sponge Sanding Set

Pink Nail File

3M Polishing Papers

Textures

And you are on your way to some fabulous BronzClay.  Keep a look out for our new classes in the next couple of weeks.  We’ll have a BronzClay Basics Class, BronzClay Hollow Forms, and a BronzClay Altered Book class.