Art In Metal Clay

The dates for the 2020 5-day workshops are January 4 and January 11. If necessary, another date will be added in February. You can sign up here. The main topic is locket pendants – different mechanisms for constructing a box with a locking lid. Here are a few samples:

Recently I have been getting a lot of questions about firing different clays together. For your convenience, I have prepared a compatibility chart which shows possible combinations of One-fire clays and their firing schedules. You can also access this document by clicking on “Compatibility of Hadar’s Metal Clays” in the right-hand pane of this blog. Please let me know if you have questions about this chart or about other combinations.

On October 20, 2018 (Saturday, 1 p.m. Eastern Time) I’ll be giving a webinar with Alison Lee on Craftcast. I will be teaching how to make earrings with patterns of color (mokume gane) using three types of metal clay. The class will also show: How to mix the clay How to use an extruder How to make your own discs for the extruder How to load and program the kiln How to finish the earrings after firing How to use a slotted/split mandrel The class also includes two documents that