PMC, polymer clay, and metal working  

Oct 7-10 4-Day class                                           All levels                

Learn to create 2-sided rings that rotate from textured silver on one side to a painterly polymer clay inlay on the other.

Start by etching on polymer (tear away technique) to make your own texturing tools for PMC and polymer.  Then use your tear away paper to ‘roll print’ texture onto colored, collaged sheets of polymer clay.  After baking you'll transform these with paint, pastel, oil crayon and Prismacolor pencils into brilliant miniature tapestries.  

In the PMC part of the class you’ll learn to make seamless bezels and to construct hollow-formed drum beads in PMC, textured with tear away and specifically engineered to support a riveted ring shank.

Then you’ll size and set your polymer tapestry in the PMC bezel using rudimentary metal working techniques including riveting through a hollow form, hammering for strength and decoration, and patinas.

You’ll learn to form and forge a ring shank out of the new sterling alloy, Argentium. Finally, learn the intricate mechanics of riveting through a hollow form to unite the set polymer and the shank.

 The class cost is $495.

Material Fee is $95.

 The material fee includes copied images for tear away (to use in making texture), polymer for tear away, polymer for inlay, liquid polymer, acrylic paints, Prismacolor pencils, oil crayons, Teflon, Argentium Sterling, brass, copper, sterling wire and tubing, supplies and consumables, studio rental fee, Celie's demo materials (PMC, polymer and metals), finishing materials including sandpapers for PMC and polymer, studio rent, studio prep, administrative costs, and handouts.  Also included are many tools and supplies for you to use including a glass work surface, glass palettes, and a desk lamp.

I suggest you budget 1-2 packs of PMC (28 gram packs of Plus or 25 gm packs of PMC3) for this class.

(You are welcome to substitute Art Clay in place of PMC.)

A PMC work kit containing a rolling tool, pin tool, deck of cards, blade, palette knife, slip container, and a water color brush will be available to pre-order for $25.  For those who don't have those supplies, they will also be available to purchase individually during the class. 

The class will be capped at 9 people.

A material list will be sent later.

If you do not have a kiln I am happy to fire your PMC pieces for a year from the date of the class.  Box and send them to me, with a SASE, and I'll fire and return them.

TO REGISTER:  E-mail me first to make sure there is a spot in the class.  Then send a check for $590 (if you want a PMC kit, please add another $25) by August 10th. This is non-refundable, unless a replacement can be found, in which case your refund would be the tuition minus a $50 registration fee.  Please e-mail me if you would like to split the tuition into two payments.