r/metalclay

First experience with metal clay!

Got my pieces back from the kiln and I'm so excited to finish a cute ocean inspired set!
Bronze clay from cool tools.
- Top 2 stars will be dangly earrings
- Bottom stars will be a bracelet
- 2 seashell pendants made from a friend's mold of shells she found
- Shark teeth to be made into studs, also from a friend's mold she made from teeth I found

u/Wide_Crow_1743 — 10 hours ago

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How do you find the material cost of your pieces?

Hi! So I’m looking to sell some pieces I made with cool tools ez960 and I’m having a hard time figuring out the material cost. Ez960 is sold by wet weight in grams. I didn’t want to move my piece while it was wet for fear of messing it up, and by the time it’s dry it loses a lot of its water weight. After firing it’s lost water and binder weight, so I’m stuck wondering how much clay I actually used 😅

Is there some sort of trick I’m overlooking here?

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u/Regular_Concert_1086 — 13 days ago