Thanks for your help, Emma! Yes, it's sterling silver wire. Sounds like it
should go ok. If it doesn't stay in there, I guess it'd be like using a
mandrel to make the hole, so that'll work too since I was going to wrap the
wire afterwards.

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"E J Ralph" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 16:59:19 -0400, "Beadbimbo"
wrote:

I've never done anything with polymer, but have a couple of pieces that
I've
either bought or received as a gift.

I wanted to try something, where I wanted some silver in the clay. Can I
just bake the clay with the silver in it? I'm assuming that after it's
done, it's too hard to be able to get a silver wire through the clay?

The stuff I have is Fimo, if that makes any difference. Also does it
shrink
much?

THANKS! I have no clue what I'm doing, so this first attempt may be a
disaster.


forgot to add to my last post - if you are using silver wire, it can
be baked into the clay, but will not actually bond with it. So, you
will need to just remove it and glue it back into place with a little
superglue (cyanoacrylate) after baking - unless the design is such
that it is kept in place structurally of course.

Emma