Comments on: Experimenting with Epoxy Clay https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/experimenting-with-epoxy-clay/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Susan Anderson https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/experimenting-with-epoxy-clay/#comment-353890 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:02:13 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=38721#comment-353890 This epoxy clay comes in a tube, it is used to make repairs on things- wood, metals, automotive, ect. You open up the tube and cut a small section, the center is black, the outer part is grey, you just keep kneading until it is all grey in color. Like I said it starts to harden quickly and if using a mold, it can be removed in 15 minutes, at which time it is hard enough to start painting on, but to completely cure, I would leave it at least 24 hours, if I were going to add a wrapped wire bail to the piece. I have drilled holes easily without breaking the piece after it has been sitting about 1 hour. Just another option of material to use.

I also am going to try using it as a cold connection in some pieces, where I want to attach metal to metal. I am thinking of placing a small, thin piece of flattened epoxy clay between the two metals, to see how well it adheres. Just haven’t gotten the chance to try that yet.

Rena- I like your idea of making simple pendants to sell at shows and this is what spurred me in this direction to see what I could make.

]]> By: sandi https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/experimenting-with-epoxy-clay/#comment-353871 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:43:23 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=38721#comment-353871 This must be a very different type of epoxy clay to harden in just 15 minutes. The epoxy clay used by Nunn Designs has about a 2 hours working time and can be used to ‘set’ items in the clay.
Your pendant turned out lovely! – like a architectural find.

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/experimenting-with-epoxy-clay/#comment-353454 Tue, 28 Apr 2015 09:49:14 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=38721#comment-353454 This looks like a lot of fun, Susan! And I like the bronze look of your painted pendants. Thanks for sharing your experience and tips for creating with epoxy clay – I’m putting it on my shopping list. 🙂

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