What is Silver Clay?

I use silver clay to make jewellery. The silver clay that I predominately use is Art Clay which is produced in Japan by a company called Aida, but there are makes.

The silver used for Art Clay Silver is 100% recycled.

Aida collect waste and recycle it into pure gold or silver (99.99%), platinum and palladium.

Old X-ray plates and film negatives, circuit boards and other used silver from the car industry were used. It is an absolutely fascinating process!

Once the silver is recycled it is turned into bars, which are then laser blasted into micron sized dust, which is mixed with organic binders and water to turn it into magic!

This gives us Art Clay Silver - the clay-like material which is in fact pure silver. We can shape it just like modelling clay, and once fired, we're left with real silver!

So, it feels like moulding putty, but once you've dried it and added heat you are left with real, pure, fine or sterling silver. Alchemy! Magic!