I’ve always had an interest in the importance of objects, and how we can associate an object with a person, or an experience and use the object to fondly remember or access those memories. Jewe...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2024/04/09/the-longevity-of-ez960-metal-clay-an-ongoing-experiment/
…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 it...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2024/02/16/a-summary-of-cool-tools-metal-clays/
Silver clay is a magical material for creating unique and beautiful jewelry pieces. This clay is made from fine silver particles suspended in a binder, and when fired, the binder burns away and t...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2022/12/21/create-real-silver-jewelry-out-of-silver-clay/
While I usually create jewelry for my projects here at Cool Tools, one can only make so many rings before deciding to create a decorative dish or container to keep them in; so for this project, I...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2022/02/04/aureus-bright-bronze-clay-basket/
METALCLAYSTUDIO, located in Moscow, Russia is a unique creative space where that offers training in metal clay, as well as other kinds of metal working techniques. They also carry a variety of to...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2021/11/07/porcelain-metal-clay-at-the-metalclaystudio/
These experiments were brought on by a conversation I had with Cindy Pope at the Enamelist Conference back in 2019. Having met at the Cool Tools studio prior to the conference, she and I were dis...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2021/10/05/enameling-on-ez960-sterling-silver-metal-clay/
Cernit Polymer Clay is available at Cool Tools, one of few that offer this amazing product line in the United States. The polymer clay Cernit was born in the sixties, in Prague, in Czech Republic...
I love the new zodiac themed Jewelry Artist Element Texture Tiles, and how they offer so many different expressions of the zodiac symbol that they are representing. I wanted to take advantage of ...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2020/04/21/zodiac-little-treasures-box-by-karen-trexler/
Please note that we are currently still open during this time. As a small business, Cool Tools is a team made up of 11 people. Because we do not come in contact with the public as an online retai...
Joy Funnell is a Craftsman of the Guild of Enamellers and a Senior Art Clay Instructor, located in the UK. She works with Art Clay Silver, Enamel, glass and heat. She calls this ring “Rainbow D...
https://blog.cooltools.us/2019/12/05/ring-created-by-joy-funnell/