Archive for the ‘Product Spotlight’ CategoryOct 27 This Wire Chain Drawplate is designed to smooth, shape, condense, work harden and lengthen wire chain without damaging the finish. Use with knitted, crocheted, woven and braided wire chain made from gold, silver, copper, permanently colored copper wire and flexible beading wire. Dawplates are available is several sizes and styles including Wire Chain Drawplates, Square Steel Drawplates, Triangle Steel Drawplates, Half-Round Steel Drawplates, and Round Drawplates for the unique look you’re looking for. Oct 21
At only 4″ tall, this round ceramic firing vessel is perfect for smaller firing boxes such as the Paragon Firefly and E9A, and the 6″ diameter offers plenty of firing real estate. Use with all types of metal clay that require a carbon firing. The high temperature ceramic material assures the inside of the kiln stays clean while allowing plenty of air circulation for reliable firings. Oct 13 The ceramic vessel offers mess-free carbon firing. The long-lasting, high temperature ceramic material is hotter inside than metal containers because the ceramic is porous. More oxygen gets in a ceramic container allowing for a lower firing temperature. Learn to fire and cool properly for long life of the firing vessel. Ceramic Firing Vessels are available in several sizes including small, medium, and large. Check out all our new Tool Demo videos in our Video Library! May 10 We have special offers, contests, surveys and more only available on Facebook. “Like Us” and get in on it! We also answer questions you have about your jewelry and our products! Share photos of your best work for everyone to enjoy! Join the community and click “Like” at the top of our Facebook page! This months Facebook special feature: You Ask. We Listen. You Win. What Do You Want? The You Ask. We Listen. You Win. What Do You Want? survey is full of open ended questions that allow us to better understand your needs. We will give 5 of you who take the survey and offer us your thoughts a $100 Cool Tools Gift Certificate! The only thing we ask is for you to be specific on all questions that apply to you! WE READ EVERY COMMENT and your insight helps us give you what you want! The more specific you are the better we can understand you! The drawing will take place in June! Hurry and get your opinions in! The survey is featured right on our wall. When you “Like Us” on Facebook all sorts of contests, surveys, specials, and chances to win are available to you! “Like Us” today! Aug 23 Cool Tools can be your new go-to place for learning all kinds of Metal Clay jewelry techniques. If you haven’t already visited Cool Tools Learning Center you might want to head on over and view some of these great worthwhile videos. At Cool Tools you’ll find several different types of technique videos to enhance your jewelry making skills. From Metal Clay Techniques, such as how to condition Bronze Clay to Metal Clay Ring Sizing, we offer the best advise and insights into creating quality pieces of jewelry. The Learning Center is such a great way to improve your jewelry making skills. Learn about Making and Using Bronze Clay Paste or making and using flexible Clay too. Our simple videos are clear and easy to understand so that you can master skills and concepts of each technique such as rehydrating BRONZclay and Silicone Mold Making. Cool Tools wants you to be the best jeweler you can be and have the most fun possible, learn a new technique today by visiting the Cool Tools Learning Center. Aug 13 One of the best resources to turn to for techniques and inspiration in metal clay are videos and books. Cool Tools provides you with the best selection of jewelry making Books & DVDs around. Whether you are looking to learn a new jewelry making technique or you want a book of inspiring projects you can follow along and make, our selection of Books and DVDs offers something for every style. Learn the techniques and skills you’ll need to become the jewelry artist you’ve always wanted to become with help from our hand-selected collection of jewelry making videos & DVDs. Find a ton of helpful information, lessons, and techniques. Learn from experts and inspired designers just by picking up a book or DVD and you’ll soon be handcrafting more beautiful jewelry and wearable art. Jul 23 A truly unique and advantageous part of our Cool Tools site is the valuable information we provide to beginners and advanced metal clay artists. Mardel Rein delivers an expansive learning center full of detailed information to get you started on Metal Clay artistry. The Cool Tools learning center provides resources, inspiration and expert advice on metal clay and jewelry making in silver, gold and bronze. We have video workshops featuring free, on-demand video libraries that give step-by-step instructions on making jewelry. Plus, we have detailed downloadable projects and product PDFs to help get off to a great start in Metal Clay. |