It's cool, is what it is!
Apologies to an arty crafty people who have seen this stuff before, but I am intrigued. Art Clay Silver is a malleable putty made up mostly of pure silver particles, with added water and 'organic binder' (which with a name like that could be anything - the mind boggles, recoils, and boggles again). According to the sales blurb, it can be worked like ordinary modelling clay, but when fired in a kiln the water and binder are burned off, leaving something which is 99.9% pure silver.
Although a kiln (which I don't own) is recommended, there is a method described for firing it on a gas hob (which I do own - yay!). Strangely, though, using a microwave isn't mentioned...
4 comments:
Nice - I see they have the stuff in gold too - I don't know why, but I'm thinking this would be an interesting (if potentially deadly) way to wire up a home electronics project.
Very interesting. You could do some fun stuff with 2 different metals in an interlocking pattern.
You could make arrow heads to protect against werewolves, too.
Please don't show my wife! (She's on a jewelry making kick - I'll post some pictures some time - but anything that involves Filo or other modeling clay gets handed off to me.)
But, hey, great find!
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