Lava Ring By Angela B. Crispin Materials: Metal Clay Findings 8mm flared ring liner Art Clay™ Copper Gloves in a Bottle® barrier hand cream Isopropyl alcohol Jewelry concrete or a sculpting concrete and compatible colorant Tools and Supplies: Cotton swabs Coarse sandpaper (280 grit) Clay extruder with a 3.5mm round-hole shaping disc insert Plain white paper (optional) Ceramic tape/kiln shelf paper, such as Bullseye ThinFire paper (optional) Watercolor paintbrush Craft knife Silicone-tipped clay shaper, size 0 Dust mask or particulate respirator (recommended) Flexible sanding pad (fine grit) Protective eyewear (kiln/torch glasses to protect your eyes from infrared) Gloves Long tongs (for reaching into the kiln) Pickle solution Burnisher Bowl of water Heat-resistant firing surface (for heat patina, optional) Small disposable plastic container Measuring spoon Spatula Soft cloth or sponge Micron-graded non-woven polishing cloths (such as 3M™ Wetordry™ Polishing Papers - optional) Wenol™ metal polishing cream Winsor & Newton™ Wax Varnish or Nikolas Clear Lacquer spray (optional) Copyright 2015 Creative Fire by Metal Clay Artist Magazine Note: If your work surface, tools and/or supplies have been used with silver clay, be sure to clean them thoroughly before using them with copper clay (and then clean them thoroughly afterwards if you plan to use them with silver clay again). Alternatively, you can keep a duplicate set of frequently-used tools and supplies and dedicate them to copper clay use exclusively. Equipment: Toaster oven or other heat source for drying the clay (optional) Kiln with kiln shelves Rotary tool Fine polishing wheel for rotary tool made with Scotch-Brite™, e.g., Galaxy™ polishing wheel (red) Pickle pot Torch (for heat patina, optional) Copyright 2015 Creative Fire by Metal Clay Artist Magazine