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Introduction to Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Have you ever wanted to design and create your own silver jewelry. With PMC you can do just that at home. PMC is microscopic pieces of fine silver, water, and an organic clay binder that when fired in a kiln, results as solid fine silver jewelry.? You will learn in this hands-on workshop the basics of working with PMC: designing, sculpting, texturing, polishing and finishing techniques.? Students will make their own custom pendants, charms, and earrings during class.? We will be using low relief rubber stamps to texture the PMC.? All pieces will be fired in our kiln during class. If time permits, we can polish your pieces to a high shine with our tumbler and patina your jewelry with liver of sulfur.? This is a 6 hour class.? This class fee includes a 45 gram package of PMC+, use of instructor’s rubber stamps and textures, and in-class use of all necessary tools and kiln firing - everything needed to create your one of a kind jewelry.
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Advanced PMC: Hollow Form Beads This is an advanced class. Students must have taken PMC Basics prior to attending. Take your basic PMC skills to the next level by learning how to create hollow forms such as lentils, drum beads, and draping using Metal Clay the “clean way.” In this class we will not use cork clay or other structures to build our hollow forms. You will learn how to construct hollow forms buy constructing the entire form out of metal clay. The forms are light weight and safe to fire in the kiln in the class room. Both cork clay and other structures need to be fired in a well ventilated area. The class fee includes a 45 gram package of PMC+, use of instructor’s rubber stamps and textures, and in-class use of all necessary tools and kiln firing - everything needed to create your one of a kind jewelry. |
 From potter, pottery painter/craftsperson, to collage artist, designer, and teacher, Jane Davies is about using color with passion and panache. Her use of strong, bold color combinations is what sets her apart from other artists. Davies, who studied ceramics at Bennington College in Vermont and the School for American Crafts in Rochester, New York, before opening her own studio in 1991, made her living selling her ceramics at craft shows and through galleries. She gradually transitioned into designing tableware, quilting fabric, paper goods, stationary, and other products for a myriad of prestigious manufacturers. n addition, she has written three books |
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Friday September 17th 6-9p Making dolls is not only fun, but it is a particularly rich and rewarding way to learn new applications for mixed media techniques. Taking the figure (human or otherwise) as a jumping off point, we will explore the expressive possibilities of paper, fabric, Tyvek, fibers, beads, threads, buttons, and more. We’ll use foam core as the basic structural component, and create in an atmosphere of experimentation and play.
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Saturday September 18th 10a-4p Like many creative mixed-media enthusiasts, I LOVE the idea of visual journaling. I look at other artists’ journals and think “oh, I could do that”, or “I wish I had thought of that”. But when it comes to actually using one of my handmade books, or even a store bought art journal, I get The Blank Page syndrome. After years of wrestling with my seeming inability to find a satisfying approach, I came up with a way to make a visual journal that solves the Blank Page Problem. There are no mistakes and no blank pages! In this workshop we start with a process I call “scribble-painting”, in which we layer paint applications and collage on large sheets of drawing paper, using multiple techniques. Then we cut and fold the papers into “pages”, and create a book. Each page becomes an inspiration to collage, stamp, write, stitch, draw, and paint your way to a beautiful and meaningful art journal.
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