It's quite easy to learn how to make antique jewellery from clay, but first you need to know what equipment to use. Metal Clay or PMC (Precious Metal Clay) is used to make jewellery and is one of the ways to deal with metal and clay without needing a torch to solder the pieces together.

Of course, you'll need to have the right equipment on hand, and these will differ depending on the type of clay you want to use. This is because the different clays need to be at different temperatures to get heated and hardened. There are several options available -- a kiln, torch or hot pot.

Usually, kilns are used because they can be fired up to 1600 degrees Fahrenheit, a suitable temperature for hardening the metal clay. Once you achieve
this temperature with your kiln, it will be easy to do enameling, bead annealing and glass fusing for the jewellery pieces. You should note, however, that kilns are the most expensive among all the equipment you'll need. The cost of a kiln ranges from $100 to $800 a piece.

If you are looking for a more economical means to make your clay jewellery, then you can work with an Art Clay Silver 650 or PMC3 which needs a lower temperature to harden the metal clay. You can use hot pots or torches for these. If you go with the torch, you'll be using a ceramic tile with it to hold the clay while you use the torch on it. The hot pot is like a small version of a kiln and you can expect it to be cheaper at around $50 each. You'll need to fire it up using an easily flammable gas like butane.