{"id":3483,"date":"2011-01-09T21:34:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T05:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:30","slug":"how-to-make-rose-gold-color-in-metal-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/09\/how-to-make-rose-gold-color-in-metal-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Rose Gold Color in Metal Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mix copper clay and White Bronze clay at a ratio of 6 to 1, as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Roll a layer of copper clay, 6 cards thick.<br \/>\nRoll a layer of White Bronze clay, 6 cards thick.<br \/>\nPick a cutter or a straw and cut 6 identical shapes out of the copper layer and 1 shape out of the White Bronze layer.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3484\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-6-and-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-6-and-1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-6-and-1-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-6-and-1.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mix the cutouts together into a chunk. Roll the chunk into a flat layer. Roll the layer into a jelly roll and fold it in half. Roll it flat again. Repeat until the color of the clay is even.<\/p>\n<p>This clay fires at the same temperature as Quick-fire copper, bronze, and Pearl Grey Steel (see the <a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/Quick-fire_clay_instruction_manual.pdf\">instruction manual<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the colors side by side:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3485\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-all-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-all-5-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-all-5-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-all-5.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is the &#8220;rose gold&#8221; next to copper (copper on the right):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3486\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-copper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-copper-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-copper-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-copper-1024x631.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-copper.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here it is next to bronze (bronze on the right):<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3487\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-bronze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-bronze-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-bronze-300x190.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-With-bronze.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here it is in a pendant. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3488\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-Ocean-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-Ocean-View-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-Ocean-View-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/t-Ocean-View.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This piece combines Quick-fire copper, bronze, and Pearl Grey Steel. The sky is a gradation from Pearl-Grey Steel to bronze. The sun is &#8220;rose gold&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mix copper clay and White Bronze clay at a ratio of 6 to 1, as follows: Roll a layer of copper clay, 6 cards thick. Roll a layer of White Bronze clay, 6 cards thick. Pick a cutter or a straw and cut 6 identical shapes out of the copper layer and 1 shape out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9195,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions\/9195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}