Teacher and Artist Martha Biggar teamed up with Creative Fire and Cool Tools to create this beautiful celtic cross. Martha says, ” I’m really enjoying working with Cyprus Copper for several reasons: nice color, ease of firing, lower temperature required, and flexibility!” Check out Martha’s step by step process here. If you are interested in …
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Our next artist featured in the Artist Project Series by Creative Fire is the amazing Armelle Burbaud, a talented artist living and working near Paris, France. For this project, Armelle uses FS999™ Fine Silver Clay to carve a beautiful peacock for a ring. For Armelle’s in depth step by step process, and more about her, …
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And so the Artist Project Series with Creative Fire continues on! Ann Davis, an artist and teacher in the Washington DC area created this unique “Columns” pendant using FS999 Fine Silver Clay. This was her first time using FS999, and she loved it! She said, “it’s easy to work with, doesn’t seem to stick as …
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We are happy to share the new Artist Project Series with Creative Fire using FS999™ Fine Silver Clay! A River Runs Through It: Pendant by Deb Steele Our most recently featured artist for the Artist Project Series with Creative Fire is Deb Steele. This beautiful piece is designed with 3 boxes that the artist can …
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Our most recently featured artist for the Artist Project Series with Creative Fire is Trish Jeffers-Zeh. Trish says, “Art has always been my saving grace to release pain, anxiety and express my feelings as prayers or meditations, for idle hands leave too much room for overthinking.” For the Artist Project Series, Trish found inspiration from …
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Sales of FS999, our Cool Tools branded fine silver metal clay from Metal Adventures, were suspended in November of 2018 as a result of customer comments and feedback. The reasons for this were two-fold. One, the clay in its wet form, was too dry for some artists, and depending upon moisture levels, could sometimes crack …
Join our Facebook Group on Facebook, Cool Tools Creations! Because we get the wonderful opportunity to share our products with artists around the world, we are eager to see what you’ve been up to in the studio, using Cool Tools Products! This group is a place for artists to share their creativity, inspiration, advice, questions …
My mother’s 60th birthday was coming up, so I wanted to create a necklace for her, with a sentimental meaning. My plan was to create a pendant shaped as a cloud out of fine silver, with the words “Sweet Dreams x60” located on the back side. The cloud was to be enameled white on the …
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Developed by artist, instructor and metal clay enthusiast, Cindy Silas, Cyprus Copper Clay is an excellent base metal clay medium for jewelry, crafts, sculpture and models. Offered in lump (wet) form, this clay is water-based, air dries and fires to .999 pure copper. Economical, easy to form, fire and finish, the fired clay presents as …
📣 Sneak Peek Alert! 😍 Cool Tools is excited to release and promote Cyprus™ Copper Clay, a new metal clay body from inventor and metal clay enthusiast, Cindy Silas. Cindy is a metal clay certified artist, enamelist, teacher, graphic artist, a Saul Bell finalist, and now adds to her list of accomplishments, an inventor of …