Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. In Fuchu City, Tokyo, Japan, began as a recycling business of precious metals in 1963. The founder Mr. Kazuo Aida paid special attention to the silver materials which were used as sensitizers in photographic processing, and by utilizing his chemical knowledge and experience gained over the years, started a business that extracts the silver out of used waste liquids and films collected from hospitals and photographic studios. Aida transforms the ground metals into a powder form, mixing them with a special binder and water to form products like Art Clay Silver, Art Clay Gold and Art Clay Copper.

In 1991 Aida Research and Development obtained a patent for the manufacturing process for a metal clay, which became Art Clay. In April of 1994 Art Clay Silver and Gold were officially introduced to the general public in Japan. Today, Art Clay products are being used and have distributors in 44 different countries.

Art Clay World Japan 

Precious metals are naturally occurring, chemically stable materials that cannot be found or manufactured by any other method other than mining.  Since there is a limited supply on this earth, we cannot and should not dispose of these precious resources recklessly.

Our main line of business is the recycling of precious metals. We not only collect these precious resources but also actively participate in the art and culture field through the use of precious metals as an artistic medium. Processing silver and gold to powdered metals is not an easy process.

However, the technology of our company has completely changed that traditional understanding. We have developed an innovative new material that everyone can easily use and fabricate with silver, gold and copper metals. We have succeeded in transforming these ground metals into powder form, mixing them with a special binder and have come up with clay form products like Art Clay Silver, Art Clay Gold, and Art Clay Copper which can be shaped into any kind of form that the artist desires.

We intend to continue to create and spread an entirely new kind of artistic culture using these revolutionary products around the world.

Art Clay World América in the United States & Art Clay World México in México and Central America are two of our official certified distributors allowed to teach the Art Clay Certification Educational System and distribution of Art Clay products on those regions.