Jewellery Making Supplies Blog

Get it while stock lasts!! When you spend £50 or more online at Cooksongold you get our Bear at the Bench for FREE! When you place your order, just enter “FREEBEAR” into the e-voucher code field to claim yours!! The 10″ cute bear loves soldering, hammering, polishing, can give good hugs and relax with you during weekends!! He is ideal as a Christmas present for your friends, family or even as a Christmas gift for your customers. He can also stay and help out in your own workshop! To learn more about taking him home for FREE click here!  Alternatively, you can also purchase our Bear at the Bench for ONLY £4.99 (Was £9.99) by clicking here!

Did you know that our little companion now also has a Facebook page? People are following him in his adventures and having fun with his give-aways! Last time he was playing “hide and seek” on the Cooksongold website. Find out what he will do next: Become a fan to be one of the jewellers to enjoy his experiences!

P.S. We also have a Facebook page: like Cooksongold for even more fun and competitions, hints and tips on jewellery tools, jewellery making techniques, share your artwork and see others jewellers’ designs and so many more!!

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UPDATE: Starting the 15th of March until the 31st of March 2011 you can try Reflections Silver Wire and Sheet for the same price as Standard Silver*. Click here to learn more about this promotion and start browsing through our fabulous range of  fire scale, tarnish- resistant silver.  Still looking for reasons? Keep reading and find out why we’re all so enthusiastic about Reflections Silver.

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Today we have launched the NEW REFLECTIONS SILVER COLLECTION!! You might have seen it on our website, but I wanted to give you some more information on this great new alloy!

We have over 100 (117 to be more precise) products including: Reflections Sheet, Reflections Wire, Reflections Finished and Loose Chain.

Here are a few reasons why I think you should try Reflections:

• It has enhanced tarnish (the discolouration of metallic surfaces)  and fire-scale (dark coloured copper oxide – forms when sterling silver is heated in the air) resistance when compared to standard silver
• It is age harden-able up to 90-110 Hv
• It can be easily processed using standard existing jewellery manufacturing processes
• It has 925 purity
• It is excellent for stamping, drawing, spinning and rolling.

However, there are several processes that you should pay attention to when working with Reflections alloy: soldering should be done in a darkened area, test first when hot enamelling and do not use for fusing (although it is possible to produce a weak fuse joint). When remelting use at least 50% fresh 50% scrap mix.

If the new collection caught your eye,you can click here to download a PDF copy of the Reflections mini catalogue or altenatively go here and order a FREE brochure! It is all free, you might as well have a look! We have also added a Reflections Technical Centre to our Knowledge Base and we hope this will answer some of your questions regarding the new collection.

Are you already thinking of your first art piece you could design with reflections? Do you need more details to convince yourself? – if so, do not hesitate to call or email us:

Telephone : 0845 100 1122 or email Birmingham.sales@cooksongold.com

This week ONLY at Cooksongold there’s OVER £500′s worth of Dremel PRIZES to GIVEAWAY! For your chance to WIN simply add ANY Dremel product to your order by Tuesday 17th August Midnight and you will be automatically entered to WIN 1 of 10 prizes! So what are you waiting for? Click here to enter the Dremel SALE NOW! Alternatively, click here to learn more about this fantastic prize.   

There's over £500's of Dremel Tools to WIn at Cooksongold

As if that wasn’t tempting enough, this week we’re also offering up to 15% OFF our entire NEW range of Dremel Tools and Drills with prices starting FROM ONLY £23! Can you afford to miss out on this fantastic Dremel SALE? Click here to view our range of discounted Dremel tools NOW!

Cooksongold are delighted to announce the introduction of our NEW range of Dremel drills and tools. We’re stocking a full range of Dremel bestsellers from the lightweight 300i Rotary Drill Kit for priced at just £44.99 to the versatile Dremel Versflame butane burner for just £35.99, not forgetting the portable Dremel Project Table priced at only £26.99, plus much much more. Click here to view our entire range of Dremel tools. Alternatively, click here to order FREE copy of this month’s Summer Sensation mini catalogue packed with our bestselling Dremel tools.    

NEW Dremel Tools range at Cooksongold

We’re starting July with a bang with our spectacular 4 day freepost event. All UK orders over £50 will receive freepost – helping you save £££’s on everything especially our tools and machinery. Freepost expires on Sunday Midnight so what are you waiting for? Place your orders online NOW.

Claim FREE P & P this weekend

How’s this for a tempting offer?

Purchase any Swarovski product and be entered into a prize draw to WIN a trip to Austria including a return flight for two and tour around the world famous Swarovski factory.  

Need some inspiration?

Why not check out some of our NEW ranges including our Swarovski pearls, charms, pendants, shapes and clasps. Alternatively, click here to view our bestselling round and bicone beads from only £1.58 per pack.   

WIN a trip to the Swarovski factory

Click here to learn more about this fantastic Cooksongold competition including terms and conditions. Also, click here to get your FREE copy of this month’s Colourful Spring catalogue packed with NEW products for the jeweller including our ever expanding range of individual cold enamels and kits and beading materials as well as our new Swarovski crystal lines.

Click here to shop Cooksongold bestsellers including sheet, wire, solder, wedding ring blanks, jewellery tools, findings, gemstones, chain, PMC and much much more. Click here to view our top 10 bestselling products online at Cooksongold.com.

Check out our NEW long awaited Jewellery Making Forum at Cooksongold.com. Simply take 30 seconds to register, then go wild! Join the conversation, start a new thread, make new jewellery contacts, ask a question and stay in the know! These a just a few reasons why you might want to join Cooksongold’s NEW Jewellery Making Forum.

NEW Jewellery Making Forum from Cooksongold

And if you needed another reason to join the jewellery industry’s NEWEST and FASTEST growing community, simply post a comment for the opportunity to WIN one of 20 jewellery mystery prizes. Also remember, the more posts you place, more likely you are to WIN one of these fantastic prizes, or maybe  two! (Please see the forum for terms and conditions).

To coincide with the exciting launch of our NEW forum as part of the ever-growing Cooksongold online community, why not follow us on twitter if you aren’t already. Make sure to stay in the loop and recieve daily tweets (posts) 7 days a week from Cooksongold including industry news, jewellery hints and tips, technical advice, data sheets, NEW product launches, competitions, offers and freepost events. 

Follow Cooksongold on twitter

Our twitter following currently stands at over 1,200, so don’t miss out, follow Cooksongold today. If you aren’t already on twitter or don’t know what it’s all about, click here at learn what twitter is and why it could be good for you, and don’t worry – it only takes 60 seconds the register your own account – it’s easy!

Don't miss out - Join 1,200 other followers

If you would like to share your thoughts or have a question regarding our NEW Jewellery Making Forum or our twitter site, please don’t hesitate to post a communal question or ask us directly
 

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We’ve all been fans of silver clay since we launched our range of Precious Metal Clay (PMC) last year, but since this launch we’ve been inundated for requests for Art Clay. We’re now pleased to say that Cooksongold is stocking both Art Clay Silver 650, alongside Precious Metal Clay (PMC).

So what is ART CLAY? Art Clay is a precious metal clay which looks and feels like ordinary sculpting or porcelain clay with fine particles of pure silver mixed with a non-toxic organic binder. The binder burns out during firing, leaving a pure silver item. It is an amazing material which gives the artist the freedom to create an object in clay, which when fired results in a pure, fine silver piece. The skill set required is more that of a model maker/sculptor/designer than those normally associated with a professional jeweller.

This Art Clay is known as Silver 650, simply because it can be fired at 650°C. In fact at this low temperature it can be fired with sterling silver, dichroic glass and natural stones. This 650 version of Art Clay is slightly brighter than other clays. It shrinks by around 8% to 9%. Fire at 650°C for 30 minutes or 780°C for five minutes. Only use the higher temperature if the piece does not include sterling silver or glass. The object must be dry before firing.

Our Art Clay range includes :

• Art Clay – the main product used for creating your piece.

• Art Clay Slow Dry Clay – ideal for intricate modelling,

• Art Clay Paste – for gluing parts together and repair work & for texturing

• Art Clay Syringe – used for fine decoration

• Art Clay Paper – great for folding or embellishment

• Silver Oil Paste – used after firing to repair cracks or glue fired pieces together

If you are new to Art Clay why not take a look at our Art Clay Starter kit which includes clay, DVD and a 12 page instruction book plus a selection of essential tools all for only £36.95!

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A COMMENT, POST A COMMUNAL QUESTION OR ASK THE COOKSON TEAM A QUESTION

Art Clay Starter Kit, click here