{"id":524,"date":"2009-03-16T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T23:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:37","slug":"copper-clay-project-cinnamon-sticks-earrings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/16\/copper-clay-project-cinnamon-sticks-earrings\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Clay Project: Cinnamon Stick Earrings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When asked to give advice for beginners, it occurred to me that a lot of people are currently introduced to copper and bronze clay before having the chance to experience silver clay. When a student starts taking my classes as a beginner, I automatically start with silver. But is there a reason not to start with base metal clays, just because historically silver clay was there first? <\/p>\n<p>On the right side of the screen, with the Articles and Tutorials, you will find a project that can be made with just copper clay, or with a combination of the three clays. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Cinnamon Stick Earrings&#8221;, and is open to many interpretations. I hope it helps you get started. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  alignnone size-full wp-image-525\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/t-finished.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/t-finished.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Cinnamon Sticks Earrings\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-525\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--subscribe2--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When asked to give advice for beginners, it occurred to me that a lot of people are currently introduced to copper and bronze clay before having the chance to experience silver clay. When a student starts taking my classes as a beginner, I automatically start with silver. But is there a reason not to start [&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\/524"}],"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=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9301,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/9301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}