Overall, when you’re working to form pieces, I’ve found CopprClay to be much more user-friendly than the PMC or SilverClay. When it’s time to fire them, that’s a bit of a different story. Copper will turn completely black if it oxidizes while firing. Therefore, it must be fired in a kiln, not by torch the way you can do with silver, and it must be buried in activated charcoal while firing too. Nonetheless, I was still pretty darn please with the results. You can read all the details of the firing at Firing CopprClay . When it comes to finishing the pieces, they all need to be brass brushed to remove any firescale, and then they can be buffed, polished, patinated, enameled, or a host of other treatments. Here’s a side-by-side of what the pieces look like before and after brass brushing. If you want to read more about my experiments in finishing, all the details are at Finishing CopprClay : Technorati Tags: mixed media , collage , assemblage , digital art , photography , altered ...