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| Large Mica Pieces The pieces are large and clear: they average 25 square inches each. You can use them as windows in book covers or even whole pages in a book. They are safe for rubber stamping, enameling, kiln firing, and embossing. Sandwich photos or dried flower petals between the sheets. Cut them with scissors or a guillotine cutter (thinner pieces bubble less during cutting). Use them in collages, paint on them, write on them, eyelet them (the Japanese Screw Punch is perfect for making holes in mica). I've even seen mica used in beautiful soft soldered lamp shades. The light shows through the mica for a muted effect.
1 oz. or more mica I use our mica for firing enamels in my kiln. It's perfect for flat pieces (without counter enamel), and for plique-à-jour. Preheat the mica in the kiln (without enamels) before using it the first time. This releases any air bubbles. -- Christine Cox |
Cool historic fact: Ancient Greeks used sheets of mica to protect seedlings from weather. |
Each package contains a minimum of 1 oz. large mica piece(s) which can be used as-is or can be easily split into thinner pieces. Some of the pieces are long and thin and others are more square. Please let us choose for you. There may be small imperfections such as spots, discoloration, etc. Please consider these artistic opportunities.
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Sterling Silver Jump Rings Eventually we all need a jump ring. Use one from our assortment package. Each bag contains 30 sterling silver rings, in 3 sizes. They are the perfect sizes for attaching charms and dangly things to your books, chainmaille, jewelry, everything! Use them as bails on soldered items, patinate them in liver of sulfur, and more. A studio standard. Sawn for accuracy. Each bag contains (open size):
Sterling silver jump
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We have instructions for correctly opening and
closing jump rings in "The Muse" |
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Sterling Silver Crimps/Tubes (~50) Yes, they are the perfect crimp beads when you use our Crimp Pliers to close them, but we're excited because they are great to use as tubes to lift one piece of metal up above another (see photo). We have these in copper too! If you are making rivets, these are perfectly sized for 20 Gauge Wire. $8.50 (~50)
Copper Crimp Beads (~50)These copper crimp beads are much better quality than what you usually find in craft stores and they are made from solid copper. They work perfectly with our new Crimp Bead Pliers and can also be used as spacers to raise one sheet of metal above another for a layered effect (see above). We have these in Sterling Silver too! $4.00 (~50)
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Copper-Plated Lobster Claw Clasps For all of your copper necklaces and bracelets, these large, easy-to-handle antiqued copper-plated pewter clasps are perfect.
Copper-plated pewter clasps |
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Alcohol Inks
Acid Free | Permanent | Quick Drying |
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Tuscan Garden Red Pepper, Mushroom, Oregano |
$10.25 (3 bottles)
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Miner's Lantern Rust, Stonewashed, Pitch Black |
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Alcohol Blending Solution
Acid free
2 fl. oz. Bottle
Precision Tip Use with Alcohol Inks
$5.00
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Wooden Alphabet Tiles All the rage for scrapbookers, altered book artists, stampers and everyone else who wants a little reminder of America's favorite word game. Two full alphabets + extra letter and picture tiles are ~1/2" X 1/2" X 1/8". They even have the Scrabble® scores on them! $5.50 |
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| Acrylic Sheets | |
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1/16" thick 5" X 5"
Acrylic Sheets
(2) Clear, thin acrylic for layered items; book windows, fabricated metal brooches and necklaces, etc. Use them for book covers and sew with a Coptic stitch! It's protected in cling plastic so that's perfect and scratch free when you receive it. Enough for several small projects. $3.00 (2) |
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This pin has a layer of acrylic between the 2 pieces of metal. It's bolted together using our great Miniature Hardware. |
| Beads, Cabochons and Charms | |
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The Royal Charms Two crowns and a tiara made from antiqued golden pewter. Use for charm bracelets, dolls, bookmarks, royal weddings and more! $3.50 / 3 ea. |
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Classic Japan Blossoms, a kimono and traditional sandals made from antiqued golden pewter. $3.50 / 3 ea.
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Coiled Drops These 3 silver-colored pewter drops look great hanging from jewelry, dolls, bookmarks and more. $3.50 / 3 |
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4mm Brass Beads Smooth, round brass beads.
4mm Brass Beads
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2mm Brass Beads Smooth, round brass beads.
2mm Brass Beads
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Gingko Leaf Charms Pewter finished with an "antique gold" plating. The stems are cleverly curved to form a closed loop for jump rings, fibers or a bail. Approximately 5/8" X 3/4" each. $3.50 (3) |
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Copper Plated Pewter Tear Shaped Drops They are the perfect finish to a brooch, or pendant or to dangle from a bookmark. They are made from copper plated pewter. $3.50 (5) |
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Funky Pewter Drops
(2) Two drops (1 5/8" long) for finishing up your funkiest work. They have ahand-hewn look to them and will be useful in so many projects. Copper plated pewter.
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Antique Gold Colored Pewter Drops (3) Looking for the perfect finish for your brooches, earrings, pins, bookmarks, etc.? Consider finishing it with our drops. You get 3 in a package. I can just picture these as legs on dolls too!
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Beading Felts Indispensable when working with small items like beads and jump rings, these Beading Felts keep things from rolling away. They are just padded enough to allow for easily picking up tiny items. Best of all, they are completely portable so you can take them with you from room to room or from state to state (and they make great packing material for the other things you have to take on trips). $1.25 ea.
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Summer Dress Charms What fun! These charms will make you want to dance. Three charms that look like 3 different styles of summer dresses. They're made of pewter and the finish is called antique gold. They are 3-D so they look great from the front or the back. $3.50 (3) |
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Hand Charms You get 6 pewter charms in either copper or silver finishes. Each package contains 3 right hands and 3 left hands. Use them in assemblage, artist dolls or hang them from a journal or bookmark. |
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Face Beads
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Copper $3.50 / 3
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| Knotting | |
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Knotting Awl Sure, it's the perfect tool for tying knots between pearls but its small size and very sharp point make it great for so much more, including bookbinding! This is one of those must-have tools that you'll use over and over. $4.00
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Golden Skeleton Key Great for tying onto your bookmarks. These are real brass-plated keys, not charms!
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Omni-Gel It's a transfer medium. No, it's for oil painting effects. No, it's a glue. Omni-Gel is a wonderful medium (a heavy liquid) that can do so many things! My favorite use is for transferring images onto glass, leather, metal, wood, almost anything! It is much thicker than acrylic gel medium so the transfers are much, much more durable and easy to handle. Easy to use and the effects are incredible. 8 Fl. Oz. Instructions on bottle. 10.50 Find out how to do an Omni-Gel transfer onto glass.
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I love Omni-Gel! The cover of this book was made by transferring (with a hot, flat iron) the image (from an ink jet print) to a piece of glass. Then the glass was soldered to the cover of a Petite Metal Journal cover. The pages are the novel Peter Pan, which we sell as a Book in Sheets. |
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| Krylon Leafing Pen These are the BEST leafing pens! They dispense opaque metallic paint in your choice of colors:
The chiseled tip allows for either broad or fine lines. Use them to highlight the edges of cards or to paint wood. I like to use them to add sparkle and drama around the edges of each page layer in our Christmas Star Book Kit. They work for so many things because the paint is heavy and opaque and because they are made with real metal. Keep out of the reach of children. Follow instructions on package. $9.00
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