{"id":7131,"date":"2013-12-17T22:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T06:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:23","slug":"meet-hadars-clay-champagne-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/meet-hadars-clay-champagne-bronze\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Hadar’s Clay\u2122 Champagne Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January 2014 we will be releasing a new clay called High-Fire Champagne Bronze. It is a champagne-colored metal which fires at high-fire schedule.<\/p>\n

Do we really need yet another metal clay? I say yes, and here is the reason: those of us who like colorful mixed metal jewelry have been limited so far to combining two metals only: copper and steel (at high-fire schedule) or copper and bronze (at mid-fire schedule). Steel could be added to a copper\/bronze combination at mid-fire schedule only in tiny amounts (to create mokume-gane patterns), or it would not sinter. On the other hand, bronze could not be added to copper and steel at all at high-fire schedule, because it would over-fire.<\/p>\n

Champagne Bronze is meant to rectify this situation. Since it is high-fire, it can be added to copper and steel without limiting the amount of steel and with no need to lower the firing temperature.<\/p>\n

\"Collage<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This new clay can also be fired on its own. After firing it is strong and can be hammered flat; rings can be hammered around a mandrel.<\/p>\n

\"Trillion\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Champagne Bronze will be available in a 100-gram jar as well as in a combo package containing 50 grams each of Champagne Bronze, Quick-fire Copper, and Low-shrinkage Steel XT<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Many metal clay users are attracted to mixed metal jewelry but hesitate to try it because it seems too complicated. High-Fire Champagne Bronze makes it much easier. It fires in one session, at the same temperature as copper and steel, and shows a good contrast with them even without the use of patina. For this reason, it is suitable for both beginners and experienced users of metal clay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Champgne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Three-metal<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The three-metal combo package comes with firing instructions and a link to two free projects for beginners, which will be posted here with the release of the product.<\/p>\n

A separate Instruction Manual for Champagne Bronze will be linked in the right panel of this blog and on our Online Store.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Shadow<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Assembled\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Collage\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Book<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Bricks\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In January 2014 we will be releasing a new clay called High-Fire Champagne Bronze. It is a champagne-colored metal which fires at high-fire schedule. Do we really need yet another metal clay? I say yes, and here is the reason: those of us who like colorful mixed metal jewelry have been limited so far to […]<\/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\/7131"}],"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=7131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9373,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7131\/revisions\/9373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}