{"id":4490,"date":"2011-11-08T20:46:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T04:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=4490"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:28","slug":"changes-in-product-line-new-products-and-new-distributors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/08\/changes-in-product-line-new-products-and-new-distributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in Product Line, New Products, and New Distributors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a message to all our customers and distributors. In order to align all of our Hadar&#8217;s Clay\u2122 products, a few changes will be introduced to our product line (and to <a href=\"http:\/\/store.artinsilver.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hadar&#8217;s Online Store<\/a>) in January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>1. Traditional (Flex) Pearl Grey Steel XT and Traditional (Flex) Rose Bronze will be added to the product line and will be available in 50 gram jars. These represent the <strong>Traditional<\/strong> (not Quick-fire) variety of Hadar&#8217;s Clay\u2122 Pearl Grey Steel XT and Hadar&#8217;s Clay\u2122 Rose Bronze. It is the most suitable variety for making flexible clay. For a demonstration, please watch the video below. Full instructions can be found in my book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/store.artinsilver.com\/cobhaofmeclt.html\"target=\"_blank\">The Handbook of Metal Clay: Textures and Forms, 2nd edition<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2CWz065GHh8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4504\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Tie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Tie1-144x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tie\" width=\"144\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Tie1-144x300.jpg 144w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Tie1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4530\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flexible-Steel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flexible-Steel-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Flexible Steel\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flexible-Steel-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flexible-Steel.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. A Sampler Kit containing one jar each of Traditional (Flex) copper and bronze (50 grams each), and Traditional (Flex) Pearl Grey Steel XT and Rose Bronze (25 grams each) will also be added to the product line.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4510\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flex-Kitnew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flex-Kitnew-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Flexible Clay Sampler\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flex-Kitnew-300x192.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Flex-Kitnew.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Quick-fire Steel XT<\/strong> will be replacing the current Quick-fire Steel and will be available in 50-gram jars. This is an improved product, stronger than the earlier version, and can be fired at a lower temperature. <strong>Most important: unlike the earlier version, it can be fired with other metals in the same piece.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4533\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Skyline.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Skyline-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4533\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Skyline-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Skyline.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. The functions of Pearl Grey Steel and <strong>Pearl Grey Steel XT<\/strong> will be merged, and Pearl Grey Steel will be discontinued. All of the applications of Pearl Grey Steel can be achieved using <strong>Pearl Grey Steel XT<\/strong>. Additionally, Pearl Grey Steel XT has the advantage of being suitable for use on its own with no additional metals.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4546\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Cracks-ring-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Cracks-ring-21-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cracks Ring\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4546\" srcset=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Cracks-ring-21-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/t-Cracks-ring-21.jpg 974w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both Quick-fire Steel XT and Pearl Grey Steel XT shrink 28% by volume. Both are strong on their own and fire nicely with other metals. There are slight differences between them, and choosing which one to work with is a matter of personal preference. <\/p>\n<p>When the product changes go into effect, the Instruction Manual and Hadar&#8217;s Online Store will be updated accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>5. We are pleased to announce two new distributors, in Mexico and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada: <\/strong><br \/>\nArt Clay Canada<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artclaycanada.com\/\">artclaycanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mexico (as of January 1st, 2012): <\/strong><br \/>\nArt Clay World Mexico (website currently under construction)<\/p>\n<p>and <\/p>\n<p>Mineralia Stores<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Mineralia.com\">www.Mineralia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A list of all our distributors can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/distributors.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>6. As of January 1, 2012, all Hadar&#8217;s Clay\u2122 prices will be increased by 10%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a message to all our customers and distributors. In order to align all of our Hadar&#8217;s Clay\u2122 products, a few changes will be introduced to our product line (and to Hadar&#8217;s Online Store) in January 2012. 1. Traditional (Flex) Pearl Grey Steel XT and Traditional (Flex) Rose Bronze will be added to the [&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\/4490"}],"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=4490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9435,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4490\/revisions\/9435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}