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
$14.00
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
Laura Friedman made this
mica-covered book in Dan Essig's class Book of Micah
Cool historic fact: Ancient Greeks used sheets of
mica to protect seedlings from weather.
Have you seen my directions for drying flowers in the microwave without
special equipment?
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.
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):
10 ea. 21 gauge X 8.9mm OD
10 ea. 18 gauge X 6.6mm OD
10 ea. 18 gauge X 3.9mm OD
Sterling silver jump
rings
$10.50 / 30 rings
We have instructions for correctly opening and
closing jump rings in "The Muse"
Sterling Silver Use the tubes as spacers on your fabricated
metal work Book Front: Shows Sterling Silver
Crimps/Tubes holding copper decoration up above surface of cover
(see detail)
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!
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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.
Alcohol Inks These great dye-based inks create
a vibrant, polished effect on non-porous surfaces like glass, glossy
paper, dominoes, foil, metal, shrink plastic and more! Use with or without
Blending Solution. (3) .5 oz. bottles.
Alcohol Blending Solution
The Alcohol
Blending Solution was specially formulated to dilute and lighten the
Alcohol Inks’ vibrant tones. Not only is this solution useful for
lightening and blending the Alcohol Ink colors, it will also
remove them from slick surfaces, hands and art tools.
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 it's
scratch-free when you receive it. Enough for several small projects.
$3.00 (2)
This pin has a layer of
acrylic between the 2 pieces of metal. It's bolted together using our
great Miniature Hardware.
Foundations Charms (4 charms)
With a wry wink and a smile we offer these ladies' foundation charms. They
are brass-plated pewter and each has a loop for hanging. The backs are
finished so they have details on both sides.
$4.25 / 4 charms
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.
Classic Japan
Blossoms, a kimono and traditional sandals made from antiqued golden
pewter.
$3.50 / 3 ea.
Coiled Drops
These 3 silver-colored pewter drops look great hanging from jewelry, dolls,
bookmarks and more.
$3.50 / 3
Brass Beads
4mm Brass Beads
Smooth, round brass beads.
4mm Brass Beads
$5.00 / 50
2mm Brass Beads
Smooth, round brass beads.
2mm Brass Beads
$6.00 / 100
Gingko Leaf Charms
Pewter finished with an "antique copper" 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)
Antique Copper
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.
15% off $3.50 / 2 ea. $2.55
Back and Front
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!
15% off $3.50 / 3 ea. $2.98
Beading felt at work (click for larger image)
Colors vary. Please let us choose for you.
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.
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.
$2.25 (6)
Copper
Gold
Face Beads
These fun pewter beads have
holes going top to bottom.
There are
3 beads
in a package and they are great for hanging from fibers on your
journals
or sewing right into the stitches of an exposed- or
through-the-spine book. They look great as the heads on
metalsmithing and
clay doll projects. The faces come in gold, copper and silver
color.
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
Golden Skeleton Key
Great for tying onto your bookmarks. These are real brass-plated
keys,
not charms!
Christine Cox
2 3/4" long
15%
off $4.00/ 2
ea. $3.40
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.
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.
Krylon Leafing Pen
These are the BEST leafing pens! They dispense opaque metallic paint in your choice
of colors:
Copper
Red
Gold
Silver
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
Don't want your soldered charms to
be silver colored? Try a leafing pen and make them gold, red or
copper instead (not permanent-they will acquire a weathered look).
Red leafing pen can be used for holidays or all year long
Reminiscent of snow; silver leafing pen on
blue cardstock
