The Art Clay Club is a comprehensive on-line resource about Art Clay: silver 650 clay, slow dry clay, slow tarnish clay, water paste, oil paste, overlay paste, syringe clay, paper clay, gold clay, gold paste, gold foil, and cork clay. It discusses:

Buying and using Art Clays: Aida, distributors, resellers, shopping, delivery charges, and storage; the techniques used for shaping, drying, firing, and finishing your work; and suggestions about starting or running a business.

Choosing and using tools and accessories, including: electric kilns, kiln shelves, kiln paper, precision jewellery and craft tools, pliers and cutters, rotary tumblers, magnetic polishers, shot, grit, mini-drills, mandrels, triblets, UK ring guages, files, scribers, rollers and spacers, texture sheets, moulds, abrasives, glues, and safety equipment.

Assessing the value of classes, masterclasses, workshops, or Art Clay Level 1 or Level 2 teacher-certification courses, before booking them; making the most of your valuable class-time; and subsequent discounts, services, and support.

To learn more about working with metal clays, buying and using kilns and tools, or choosing a course, transfer to The Art Clay Club, using the The Art Clay Club link above the menu bar near the top of the page.

The Art Clay Club is a free, on-line, information resource about Art Clay. You don't have to register, log on, sign up, or remember a password. It's not a shop.

To look at the pop-up photo, hold your mouse over the zoom button below: you don't need to click.

Art Clay Silver Flower By Hilary Bowen.

This internet resource is provided by Cherry Heaven, an international distributor, on-line shop, and support centre for kilns, materials, tools, and tumblers. It's not a bead, ceramics, crafts, glass, or metal-clay home-business, selling a few things to a market niche.

As it's on-line, there isn't a paper catalogue or a price list. However, you can mail or call a technician about kilns, power supplies, public area safety, a special project, business ideas, home diagnostics, repairs, or reselling opportunities.

Cherry Heaven is a shop in Corfe Castle village, in Dorset, South-West England. The surrounding countryside includes green farmland, dramatic cliffs, pretty cottages, historic buildings, sandy beaches, protected coves, open heathland, hill-top panoramic views, and peaceful villages. And lively seaside resorts. To look at some photos, use the dorset link.

Cherry Heaven is an EU distributor for Paragon Kilns, and has been commended for an outstanding performance as one of Paragon's top-selling distributors over 2007 to : a pleasing outcome since the UK is only one third the area of Texas and one fortieth the area of the US.

Paragon Industries started as a family business in 1948. It's now the world's leading manufacturer of electric kilns and furnaces, and has built over 420,000. The 4,800 square metre site, in Mesquite, Texas, USA, has over 70 full-time staff.

During manufacture, every kiln is checked at every stage by a technician and signed-off before shipping. They're simply but robustly engineered, and you're buying a comprehensive, versatile, safe, low-cost kiln: a kiln with a future.

Paragon kilns conform to the demanding UL 499 standard in the US, and are CE Marked for the EU. Paragon is Greek for Model Of Perfection.

The Kitiki Studio provides a comprehensive Art Clay educational programme, as classes, masterclasses, workshops, and Art Clay Level 1 and Level 2 certification courses. If you're interested, mail or call.

The on-line shop link is below the menu bar near the top of the page, on the right: you won't have to create an account, register, log on, look up your membership number, remember a password, sign up, join a club, or agree to be emailed. And the total won't be more than you expected because VAT and UK-mainland delivery are included.