Gemstone in polymer clay.

Hello, a quick update and look at a gem in polymer clay and some silver work and "The World's Most Beautiful Gem" competition update. Thanks for watching.

[@TonysGemDesignswithGCS]

Great Update Cliff. I have been the same, busy, busy. Must pull my finger out and do a video or two myself. Will be interesting to see the competitions stones.

[@Ciceroinvencoeseartes]

Excelent Congratulations for the work friend 👍🤝👍🙏🙏🙏

[@isabel425]

The clay looks stunning!

[@tonywild1963]

Think this will be an interesting series about using silver and polymer clay with your gems cliff. Welcome back and congratulations on passing your test. Have a good week

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks Tony

[@tgfcujhb7583]

Long time 👍👍👍

[@VintageTimeGems]

Yes...

[@offyarocka]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!!! Ive been looking into silversmithing and recently discovered metal clay!!!!! You can get this crazy clay in precious and non precious metal. There is a silver clay that you can set with just a blow torch, the others you need a kiln to fire it. Once the clay has been fired it can then be worked as a metal.

[@BrokigSilver]

I wanted as I see Off Ya Rocka already has written, tell you about Silver Metal Clay. It can be fired with cz's and sapphires and diamonds with not so much inclusions. But you can easiliy build up your setting by pressning the stone into the clay, moving around just a little to cover up for the ~10% shrinkage. When the basic shape is done and the clay is dry you can carve out prongs if you like using a small carving tool. You can combine with a thin brush adding a small amont of water making the carving easier and/or to smooth the surface. In silver clay you can add wet clay on dry continue to build up a design. It must be completly dry before firing. It is better to make it a bit to small than big. You can mill the setting after it is fired and polish before you set the stone. Fine silver (999/1000) is a bit weak, but can be work hardend a night in a rotary thumbler. I like the look of your setting, but such a nice stone is worth at least a silver clay setting. 😍

[@johncarruthers5552]

Good to see you back. I'm looking forward to seeing the gems entered in the competition. Has Jaws got a job yet ?

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank John.

[@rajabgemsandjewellers1600]

Good Work and That Stone Is Gorgeous is that amethyst I just Love Amethyst Stone Even I Have Many Stone Like Opal Amethyst Aquamarine Emerald Ametrin

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank you

[@billanominous7979]

I watch Tims adventures and was curious about what he calls duds can they be cut or there no value.Also his spinals. He doesn't appear to give them much value

[@TonysGemDesignswithGCS]

I asked him a while ago and he hadn't decided. I have cut Victorian and Tasmanian black spinels, nice but are opaque. But a magnificent polish, I cut them in rosettes, came out nice.

[@canadiangemstones7636]

You can cut duds, but they don’t look like much, so little value unless you like ripping suckers off on eBay, lol. Black spinel can cut a neat stone, but opaque, and typically small, so low value compared to the reds and blues.

[@reinpurgiel6758]

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[@gvi341984]

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