Metal Clay Beyond the Basics

Metal Clay Beyond the Basics by Carol Babineau aims to challenge and instruct you how to incorporate new techniques and materials into your work. 24 projects and step-by-step instructions teach you how to integrate sterling silver, ceramics, and enamel into your metal clay projects and to use armatures, molds, tube rivets, and cold connections.

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Author: Carol A. Babineau
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 96 pages; 400 color photos; ISBN: 9780871162502

Carol A. Babineau was born and raised in New England. Drawing, watercolor painting, sewing, and quiltmaking are some of the many ways Carol enjoys expressing herself and her artistic vision. She loves and learns from nature, reveling in the beautiful northeastern countryside that surrounds her.

She is an Art Clay Master Instructor, one of just 10 in the United States. She is also a State Juried Member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, a juried member of the Dunstable Artisans, a member of the Enamel Guild North East, and a PMC Connection Certified Artisan (Levels I & II).

Carol continues to share her excitement for metal clay through publishing and teaching. She has published articles in Art Jewelry and Bead&Button magazines, and she teaches from her studio in the Picker Building, Nashua, New Hampshire.

FOREWORD/How to use this book 4

CHAPTER 1 • EARRINGS 5
Silver Pod Earrings 6
Layered Triangle Earrings 9
Enameled Earrings 11
Textured Earrings with Peridot 14
Metal Clay and Ceramic Earrings 17

CHAPTER 2 • BRACELETS 21
Textured Segments Bracelet 22
Sliding Bangle 25
Framed Beads Bracelet 28
Chinese Knot Bracelet 31
Enameled Triangles Bracelet 34

CHAPTER 3 • PENDANTS 38
Molded Tree Pendant 39
Pyramid Dangles Pendant 41
Hollow Chrysalis with Leaf and Branch 45
Openwork Box Pendant 49
Spinning Bezel Pendant 52

CHAPTER 4 • PINS 57
Textured Copper Insert Pin 58
Flowing Rings Pin/Pendant 61
Monet Lily Pad Pin 64
Metal Clay and Ceramic Name Tag 67
Seed Bead Vessel Pin 71

CHAPTER 5 • TOGGLES & CLASPS 74
Lentil-shape Toggle 75
Leaf-and-branch Toggle with Ladybug 77
Double-strand Clasp 80
Button and T-clasp 83

Basics 86
A repair 89
Resources 94
About the author 95