Gold and jewelry have gone together since the beginning of time.  The downside of using gold clay is the cost. The retail cost of gold metal clay is currently $280 for 3g, or $93.33 per gram and silver clay is $2.60 per gram.

A good compromise is the application of small amounts of gold on silver.  This can be done in several ways. The purpose of this class is to discuss several of the ways of adding a decorative gold veneer to silver.  The following methods will be taught in this class:

1. Keum Boo – the Korean method of fusing gold foil to silver with heat & pressure.
2. Gold Paste – coating the silver with a small amount of gold paste and firing it.
3. Gold Plating – the method of electroplating the silver with a gold plating system.

Students will make three small pendants on the first day of class and fire them.  On day two, gold will be applied to the pieces using the three methods listed above.  Finally the pieces will be burnished and a jump ring will added to each piece.