Holly GageApr 3, 20238 min readFire-in-Place Cultured Opals Find New Compatibility With Base Metal Clays and Aussie Metal Clay With great success, Michael Galvin Jade Reed, and Ann Adkins test Healing Phoenix Fire-in-Place Opals with Base Metal and Aussie Clays
Holly GageJan 3, 20237 min readEducating Customers About Cultured Opals, Synthetic and Lab-grown Gems in Your Jewelry by Holly GageEducating Customers About Cultured Opals, Synthetic and Lab-grown Gems in Your Jewelry by Holly Gage
Karen TrexlerOct 28, 20226 min readCan the New Cultured Opals be Fired in Carbon with Bronze or Copper Metal Clay? by Karen TrexlerTests were performed to see if Healing Phoenix Lapidary Fire in Place Opals by Chris Gage can survive a carbon firing. Yes! Find out how.
Holly GageJul 11, 20229 min readNew Cultured Opals can be Fired at 1650ºF in Metal Clay for 2 hours, but only if you do this...How to fire new heat-resistant Cultured Opals in Fine Silver AND Enriched 950 Sterling and 960 Sterling Metal Clays at 1650 ºF for 2 hours
Holly GageJun 11, 20228 min readExciting News: Fire-in-Place Opals for Silver Metal Clay! Part I by Christopher and Holly GageTesting and advice by Holly Gage, on how to set fire-in-place cultured opals in your Metal Clay and Jewelry creations.