You arrive. The table is ready. Tools laid out with care, stones, a small case. And at the center, a box containing a grey paste.
Silver clay is made of microscopic silver particles, water, and an organic binder. It works like clay. After firing, it becomes 999 fine silver. That's the magic of the material.
Here's how these three hours unfold.
1. Intention (30 min) Before touching the clay, you ask yourself a question: what do I want to make? You sketch quickly, you choose your stones. This moment matters. It shapes everything that follows.
2. Hands on the material (45 min) The step no one forgets. The first contact with silver clay — its texture, its softness, its resistance. You roll, texture, cut, assemble. The material guides as much as your hands do. A crack tells you that you moved too fast. A texture that holds rewards your patience.
3. The pause (30 min) Your pieces go into the kiln to dry slowly. Time to breathe, to talk over a drink. This suspended moment is part of the experience. You don't rush the material. You wait.
4. Firing together (30 min) The step that makes your heart beat faster. Torch firing happens in pairs: one heats, the other times. The piece must reach and hold a glowing peach-pink color. Too red and it melts. Still grey and it hasn't fired. This precise, almost ritual gesture is guided at every session.
5. The reveal (45 min) The piece comes out white and matte. Nothing that looks like silver yet. The brass brush will change that. With the first strokes, the shine appears. Gradually, the light comes back. You burnish. You set your findings. And there, in your hands, is something you made.
You leave with a piece of fine silver, shaped by your hands. Tucked into a Soa case, ready to wear. And something else, harder to name. The satisfaction of having slowed down, listened to the material, made something real.
Workshops take place in sessions of 5 people maximum. No prior experience needed.
