SPOKANE, WA, January 29, 2003 –New Art Clay Silver 650 is pure metal in clay form, and Rings & Things is very excited to add this easy-to-use, easy-to-fire metal clay to our line of jewelry supplies. Now you can create an amazing variety of unique, real silver jewelry and one-of-a-kind beads, with just a few tools. Art Clay Silver 650 is a pure powder of silver, mixed with non-toxic binders and water. When you fire it with a torch or in a small kiln (a very easy process), these binders burn off, leaving pure, 99.9% silver with extremely little shrinkage.

There are just a few tricks to using Art Clay 650, and Rings & Things offers a range of tools for learning them. We sell a one-hour video; 4 different books; and a starter kit complete with its own guidebook plus tools and torch. Plus, our on-staff Art Clay expert Kurt Madison, a certified Senior-Level Instructor, is here to answer your questions and explain techniques on our website Bulletin Board. (Just click the BULLETIN BOARD link on our website.)

Rings & Things has 3 pages full of Art Clay products in the new catalog mentioned above. Pick the form of Art Clay that’s best for the project you want to do: It comes in the form of standard or slow-dry clay; sheet; paper; standard, overlay, or concentrated oil paste; or precision syringe applicator. You’ll find descriptions of how to use each of these in the new catalog on our website, along with plenty of useful tools and lots of porcelain bisque beads and pendants you can "paint" on with Art Clay.

The possibilities for using Art Clay 650 will amaze you. Hand-make filigree beads, turn a real leaf into a silver pendant, design your own charms, become an earring maker...add it to your items made from glass, ceramics, porcelain, polymer clay, and more...you’ll see why jewelry crafters are so excited by this hot new product!

Rings & Things is a wholesale mail order supplier of jewelry findings and supplies, including charms, wire, tools, glues, polymer clay, Swarovski^® Austrian Crystal, display items, stringing and necklace supplies, pearls, beads (glass, metal, gemstone, bone, horn, fiber-optic, ceramic, old & new), and more! 248-page wholesale catalog available, $5. $50 minimum order. Website includes illustrated projects, hints, tips, eye beads, and more. Rings & Things has been supplying professional crafters and bead stores with jewelry supplies since 1972. Make it pro with Rings & Things! PO Box 450, Spokane, WA 99210-0450, 1-800-366-2156, http://www.rings-things.com.

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