March - May 2012 Workshops
**Please bring your lunch and drinks. We will take a short lunch break.
PMC Pendant & Ring
March 3, 2012, Saturday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3
This is a great introductory (or refresher) workshop. Excellent for all levels. The projects are a pendant and a ring which include lots of techniques such as: setting cubic zirconia, construction, hand texture, bail making, sanding/smoothing, torch and kiln firing, blending seams, PMC3 syringe, sizing rings, making and using ring inserts, burnishing, finishing and patina. Excellent workshop to learn more about Precious Metal Clay and its abilities to transform your greatest creative ideas into Fine Silver Art Jewelry. Feel free to bring your personal PMC tools.
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Painting with PMC Slip (Slip Trailing)
March 23, 2012, Friday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3 and Slip
A great workshop for the PMC artists that wish to paint their own design on a creation. A technique common to the ceramic world known as slip trailing can be done successfully on PMC items. Techniques to include, planning the project: canvas and design, the best slip viscosity for this technique, choosing a brush and tool, application techniques, layering and creating dimensional art jewelry. A very fun and explorative class!
Please bring your optivisor too!
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Soldering and PMC
March 26, 2012, Monday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3
This workshop is designed for those experienced with PMC and looking for ways to kick up the quality of their creations. The skill of soldering can be very useful when creating jewelry with PMC. This will introduce you to soldering techniques such as sweat soldering and pic soldering. Great class to learn how to make post earrings, soldering jump rings, making stick pins and brooches in addition to cuff links. Workshop is also designed to assist in finding comfort using the torch. Feel free to bring your favorite PMC tools and textures.
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Colors & PMC
April 20, 2012, Friday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3
A great workshop to learn how to add color to your PMC jewelry pieces without the use of a kiln or torch. We will begin by creating the PMC pieces (student's choice) firing and then explore various coloring techniques. This is designed to be a fun and explorative workshop with creative colors flowing. Coloring techniques to include: porcelain paint, oil based coloring pencils, alcohol inks, and ITS Colors by Sherri Haab. Feel free to bring your favorite PMC tools and textures.
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Photopolymer Plates & PMC
April 23, 2012, Monday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3
So you like to sketch? This workshop is for you to learn how to convert your own artwork/design into jewelry by way of photopolymer plates. You will be free to choose what type of jewelry item you want to use with your photopolymer designs. In addition, each will create their own makers mark and fine silver tags to use on future creations. An excellent class for those who enjoy drawing or for those who would like to make a custom texture plate. Two techniques will be used to make the PPP's: traditional and the new ImagePac plates. Feel free to bring your favorite PMC tools.
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Enameling and PMC
May 18, 2012, Friday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00 + 16gm PMC3
This workshop is designed to familiarize you with enameling techniques. Sometimes a little color by sifting is just what sets the earrings out from the rest. In this workshop we will be hand building a pendant for champleve enameling, using dry construction techniques - not texture plates. Two projects will be created: a pendant and earrings. Enamel techniques to include sifting, wet packing for Champleve, and torch firing enamels. Discussions to include when to counter-enamel, torch firing enamels, using a graver and cloisonne enameling. Feel free to bring your favorite PMC tools and shape templates.
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Finishing Effects on PMC
May 21, 2012, Monday, (9am-5pm) $ 145.00
Do you have a fired PMC creation that you are not exactly happy with the finish? Want it to be smoother or maybe more texture? It is not too late.- bring it with you. Perhaps you have a flexshaft or dremel that you hardly touch because you are really not sure what to do with it. Bring it with you too. This workshop is all about finishing techniques on fired PMC creations. Students are required to bring the following: a Dremel or flex shaft tool, and at least 4 of their already fired PMC creations to practice polishing and finishing. The tools we will be utilizing are often used in metalsmithing. Also we will cover how to apply textures prior to and after firing using a Dremel and attachments. Workshop fee includes a take home kit of the most popular tips and mandrels.
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**Email me for more information about these workshops and/or to register. Deposit required to secure your registration. Class size is limited...register early!
All workshops are located in my studio in Nashville, TN
