Firing Ceramics With Metal

Metal clay firing is a fun way to make jewelry and metal sculptures.

Firing ceramics with metal.

I am playing with some multi media ideas. Metal trash cans work well as raku kilns for firing small batches of ceramic greenware. Before firing after you ve finished forming your piece the. Metal clay is sculpted and molded just like ceramic clay but turns into a solid metal after firing.

Currently i would simply create a hole for the screw fire the piece then add the screw and epoxy it in. From this idea a model is handbuilt using crank clay clay with lots of grog in it so it s less likely to shrink warp or crack during drying painted with kiln wash and fired to cone 7 in an electric kiln. Can i torch fire base metal clay. Ceramics are tough and strong and similar in some ways to stone.

Test out a few pieces first and learn how to use metal clay without a kiln before you invest in some of the more specialist tools. Firing clay transforms it from its humble soft beginnings into a new durable substance. They contain the fire neatly and have less risk of fire spreading than open pit fires. The model is needed to support the metal framework during the firing otherwise it would collapse.

In this guide from soul ceramics we ll walk you through some tips on firing metal clay. To fire metal clay without a kiln and with a gas hob here s what you have to do. But you need not be afraid if you test your kiln and the clay you will be using first to get to. Set the completed precious metal clay or art clay object on a heatable tile cradling it in a bed of alumina hydrate if the form is other than flat middle drawing above.

Yes art clay copper can definitely be torch fired successfully. Firing metal clay with your own gas hob at home is a simple process too. I know how to add metal to pottery after the work has been fired but can work be fired with metal already in it. It s not as straightforward as firing silverclay so watc.

Pieces of pottery have survived for thousands of years all because clay met fire. Jul 31 2005 9 25 metal fired with pottery. You can also leave ceramic ware in a can kiln to cool down so you are also less exposed to the fire.