I prefer Art Clay Silver because it’s completely reliable and I know what to expect. I haven’t tried any of the new ones (I just don’t feel the need).

@Marte Phillip I did attend a class in France with an American teacher years ago. We used bronze and copper. Pieces were fired in carbon. Nothing worked - she blamed the kilns; the sea level (we were near the beach) and queried where we’d bought the clay. Most of us had bought it directly from her. She was rude and didn’t even thank the host or the person who made use a wonderful lunch each day. I knew someone who’d done the same class in the UK so I asked and the same happened there. I did a wonderful Art Clay Mokume Gane certification course in the Netherlands and it was completely the opposite - we all made successful pieces (and I ended up with green cuticles from the copper). I did use the art clay copper when I was teaching the diploma courses and taught a couple of different people the Mokume Gane - it’s a very long time ago (more than 10 years - before I moved house). I haven’t used the copper for years and not tried any of the other metal clays

@Elisabeth Walcher it’s gorgeous

@Alice Watton I found the base metal clays tricky although I haven’t tried any of the recent ones. Copper makes my fingers turn green ☹️

I have the Prometheus Pro 1 (and I’ve had quite a few over the years). I had the bigger Prometheus Pro7 but one of my friends bought it from me because she teaches a lot of enamelling classes (so she wanted 2). I do enamelling and silver clay

Where are you Patricia?

@Tony Bülow no Tony, sorry. He cut out and engraved the big copper backplate and enamelled it. The figure was cast at Ravstedhus and then the piece were assembled and guilded - again by Flemming at Ravstedhus. I haven’t seen the actual thing and I can’t remember where the museum is. They have made smaller ones to sell too. I did do some Art Clay Silver classes there (before Brexit). Tom Lundsten teaches enamelling there occasionally (he’s from Koge)

Hvis du skal til Keramik Festival i Skælskør den 10 juli, så kik ind på museet, Algade 2, hvor du kan se det nye krucifiks, som jeg har været med til at lave. Jeg vil være på museet fra kl. 13, og kan fortælle om, hvordan det blev lavet. I can’t read this but just took it from Tom’s description and it is from 2 years ago I think. The cross will still be in the museum

A flux of some kind is useful to keep the join clean when you’ve prepared it. I think it stops it oxidising before the solder has flowed and made the join. I don’t use paste solder - I don’t like the ‘fumes’ that come off it and I find it more difficult to estimate how much to use. With a little ‘chip’ of the strip solder you know exactly how much you’re using. I use borax flux - it comes in a solid cone and you grind it in a dish to make a ‘fluid’. Are you in the UK (I know you can’t buy it in Denmark).