How To: Make Clay "Damascus" for pattern and skill development
Channel: The Barefoot Forge
Date: 2019-07-01

We use two different colored modeling clays to develop and practice patterns for the "Damascus Steel" (Pattern welded steel) process efficiently and affordably. 
Here's how we do it, and you can too! 

In the "Damascus Steel" making classes that we offer, we allow students to practice the process, tools, and skills to develop patterns on clay before moving on to real metal. This allows them to make multiple attempts at patterns and decide what they'd like to do before moving on to steel and committing to the time and cost of making a block of pattern welded steel. 
By utilizing the same tools with the clay, we can ensure that the metal will move in the exact same way and develop new tooling (Dies for the forging press for instance) and procedures to create new and exciting patterns. This is a GREAT way for beginners to learn the patterning process of Damascus Making!

The clay we use:
Gray:
https://amzn.to/2XI9eaa

White:
https://amzn.to/2XhvtEp

The Clay Roller We use:
https://amzn.to/2NsQ0RO

The Clay Rolling Mill we use:
https://amzn.to/305ogV4



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