…Following PMC’s Exit from the Market PMC, Mitsubishi’s metal clay brand, rocked the metal clay community with its exit from the market. As the first metal clay, PMC made such a name for itself, many referred to all metal clay as “Precious Metal Clay” or “PMC” not realizing it was a specific brand. Its exit …
Check out this beautifully hand crafted necklace by Cool Tools’ resident artist, Karen Trexler! What I personally love about this piece is how you can see her fingerprints, creating a soft texture for the petals. Karen explains her process for creating this piece out of EZ960 Sterling Silver Clay below: I started this necklace with …
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We are delighted to support and introduce “The Artist Project Series” by Creative Fire. This series will feature 12 artists over the next year or so. Each artist will let us observe into their studio while they create a piece of art using EZ960™ Sterling Silver Clay. The first featured artist is Gordon Uyehara from Honolulu, …
My wife, Diane and I had the opportunity to attend the Metal Clay Artist Symposium 15-18 September in Winston-Salem North Carolina. We both had a great time! Diane took stackable ring classes with Barbara Becker Simon, and I took a Champleve / Cloisonné class with Pam East, who is a great teacher. Pictured is the …
Cloisonné Buttons Finished I had the great opportunity to attend the Cloisonné Enamel Workshop Master Class at the Bead & Button show under the instruction of James Carter. This was my first experience with Cloisonné. I have to admit, after looking at James Carter’s website, I thought I was in over my head! His pieces …
Artist Lisel Crowley has written a great review of our new EZ960(tm) sterling silver clay. Check it out below and here: Lisel Crowley News Over the past few months, (March, 2016 to June 2016), I have had the distinct pleasure of testing a fabulous new Sterling Silver clay. Created by Bill Struve and distributed by …
Here at Cool Tools there’s a wide variety of wildlife surrounding us. Here’s our local pair of Sandhill Cranes out for a stroll with their new colts. Baby Sandhill cranes are called colts because of their long, strong, well-developed legs. Video / Shop. Last Day..Spend $25.00 and get FREE Scratch Foam.
Spend $25.00 or more and get free scratch foam! Perfect for making your own unique texture. Enter Code: “SCRATCH” in the coupon code box during checkout. Watch our video on how to use this versatile product. Offer ends June 6, 2016 at Midnight CDT. Watch Video and Shop Here
We really enjoyed reading this blog post from the “PINK and GREEN MAMA” blog. It’s alway great to see young folks working with clay. See the original post HERE. Shop our alcohol Inks HERE. ALCOHOL INK ON POLYMER CLAY EMBOSSED PENDANT TILES This is one of those ideas that popped into my head randomly. It …
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