Educational opportunities in PMC
PMC Connection Retreat 2009
Arrowmont TN.
PMC Connection is offering five days of classes, April 27th to May 1st,
Monday to Friday,
at Arrowmont in Gatlinburg TN. More specific information about these classes will be announced at the PMC Guild Conference.
The PMC Studio Ltd’s
First UK Precious Metal Clay Conference - May 2008
The PMC Studio is very pleased to confirm that its first UK Precious Metal Clay Conference, at the beautiful And historical Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire…… was a sell out success!.
The event took place on Saturday and Sunday 24th and 25th May 2008. Since The PMC Studio Ltd started business in August 2005, it has been a particular goal of its owner, Helen O’Neill, to establish a regular conference event. “As the UK distributor for Precious Metal Clay, I hope that our first UK conference will become a regular event that will bring together a growing number of like-minded PMC artists from all around the country” says Helen.
The conference was workshop-based, and open to artists of all skills levels and abilities to not only learn new techniques from our well-established PMC instructors, but also learn how they might channel these skills into viable business ventures. Classes as diverse as Using PMC with resin, Enameling on PMC, Pmc marketing on the iNternet and Recycling or….how to resurrect those…’oh dear that was not quite right!’ pieces proved popular. Mary Ann Devos came over from the states and gave a fabulous workshop using her new dry construction technique.
We had the Birmingham assay office in attendance to give advice and help on all aspects of the work they carry out, and Dr Jack Ogden of The Gemological Society gave an informative and humerous after dinner speech. It was a great opportunity for networking with other artists in an atmosphere of informality and learning. All delegates left bedecked with newly made items, new friends and our fun goodie bag ! The feedback was all positive…apart from one small thing….it was too short!! So ok, next year we are extending it!
“Our aim was to ensure that all our delegates leave with new-found enthusiasm and plenty of ideas that they can include in their respective future planning” said Helen O’Neill, Propreitor of The PMC Studio….well……. job done I’d say!
PMC Connection Classes
prior to the
2008 PMC Guild Conference
Information is on PMCC site now
PMC Connection is offering three days of classes, July 14th to 16th,
Monday to Wednesday,
prior to the 2008 PMC Guild Conference at Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana.
More specific information about these classes is on the PMC Connection website:
http://pmcconnection.com/ShowInfo/08-PreConf-Detail.html.
Register now to get the classes you want before they fill up.
| Day |
Name |
Class Title |
| 7/14 (M) |
Taylor |
Demystifying Dichroic Glass and PMC |
| 7/14 (M) |
D'Agostino |
Gold, Silver, and Enamel Flowers |
| 7/14-15 (M-T) |
Devos |
Level-1 Certification |
| 7/14-15 (M-T) |
Viktora |
Level-2 Certification |
| 7/14-15 (M-T) |
Fotopoulos |
Level-3 Certification |
| 7/14-15 (M-T) |
Tieke |
Silver Meets Color- PMC, Champlevé and Cloisonné(2 day) |
| 7/15 (T) |
D'Agostino |
Advanced Stone Setting in Silver Clay |
| 7/15 (T) |
Kline |
Water Etching and Slip Trailing for Metal Clay |
| 7/15-16(T-W) |
Taylor |
Experiments in Fused Glass(2 day) |
| 7/16 (W) |
D'Agostino |
Polishing, Perfecting, & Patining |
| 7/16 (W) |
Fotopoulos |
Custom Stamp Bracelet |
| 7/16 (W) |
Kline |
Bezel Setting Gemstones in Metal Clay |
| 7/16 (W) |
Tieke |
Creative Enamel Collage |
| 7/16 (W) |
Viktora |
Etched Glass Jewelry |
| 7/16 (W) |
Devos |
Masks |
7/14 (Mon) - 7/15 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mary Ann & Ken Devos - Level 1 Certification Class
Class Fee $325.00
7/14 (Mon) - 7/15 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sherry Viktora - Level 2 Certification Class
Class fee $350.00
7/14 (Mon) - 7/15 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sherry Fotopoulos - Level 3 Certification Class
Class Fee $350.00
7/14 (Mon)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mary Ellin D'Agostino - Gold, Silver, and Enamel Flowers
Enamels, gold and silver clays can be combined to create beautiful blooms. Flowers and garden themed jewelry is appealing and easy to make using a few simple techniques. In this class, you will learn free-form and cookie-cutter methods for making flowers, how to mix silver clay with enamel, and how to apply enamel over fired gold and silver. Get hands-on experience with what works and what doesn't without wasting a lot of time, money, and PMC . Price includes enamels, written instructions, and supplies. Bring PMC 3, PMC Gold clay or paste (optional), gemstones, your favorite PMC tools, textures, and ideas.
Level of class: Intermediate/Advanced.
Class Fee : $150.00
Material Fee: $75.00
Materials in the kit: Enameling tools & supplies
Supplies provided by students: 25g PMC 3, PMC working tools, textures, gems
Optional supplies: PMC Gold clay or paste, PMC syringe
Maximum # of students: 15
Minimum # of students: 8
7/14 (Mon)-7/15(Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Leslie Tieke-Silver Meets Color - PMC Champlevé and Cloisonné
The first day of this 2 day class will focus on construction techniques to create a Champlevé and a Cloisonné project using various PMC construction techniques. The second day is devoted entirely to enameling the pieces that were created on day one. This gives the student ample time to explore enameling techniques. This class is open to students of all levels of PMC experience. Students will focus on bringing the joy of color to PMC projects.
Students will be working with Japanese lead bearing enamels to achieve the most brilliant colors available in the enameling world. Students will also learn proper washing drying and storage of enamels as well as how to set up an enameling workstation.
Class fee $300.00
Material Fee : $175.00 (Additional Enameling supplies will be available for purchase.)
Supplies brought by students: PMC3 Paste and basic PMC toolkit are the only tools the students are required to bring. Students are encouraged to bring textured surfaces, clay shaping tools and favorite rubber stamps.
Kit for students contents: 50 grams PMC3 Clay, PMC3 Syringe, Enamel kit sufficient for the class projects. (Instructor will provide all other tools and equipment for student use in the class.)
Minimum # of students 6
Maximum # of students 15
7/15 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mary Ellin D'Agostino - Advanced Stone Setting in Silver Clay
Have you ever been unhappy with your ability to set and fire stones in place in silver clay? Do you have difficulty getting the stone captured without covering it up? Do you want to improve your skills in this and learn the tricks to getting the most sparkle from your stones? If you have, then this is the class for you! We will discuss the ins and outs of setting stones to bring out their sparkle and beauty when set in PMC and fired in place. We will cover which synthetic and natural stones can and can’t be successfully fired and what conditions will give you the best success. Focusing on both design and technique, we will set stones using clay, syringe, and sheet in traditional bezels, prong settings, and non-traditional free-form settings.
Level of class:Intermediate/Advanced
Class Format:1 day
Class Fee $150.00
Material Fee: $60.00
Materials in the kit: Silver wire, natural gemstones, and other supplies
Supplies provided by students: PMC3 Clay 25g, PMC3 Syringe, PMC+ Sheet, tweezers, PMC working tools and supplies.
Maximum # of students: 15
Minimum # of students: 8
7/15 (Tue)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Linda Kline - Water Etching & Slip Trailing for Metal Clay
Class description: Add original artistry and unique surface treatment to your metal clay designs with water etching and slip trailing. Looking for a creative way to recycle your leftover paste? Want to add your own custom artwork to your PMC designs? These ancient pottery techniques are revised and adapted for use on metal clay for customized designs and dramatic special affects.
Level of class: Beginner to Advanced
Class Format: 1day
Class Fee: $185.00
Material Fee: $45.00
Materials in the kit: Resist, fine tipped paint brush, sponge, transfer images, hand-out, wash-out container, misc. supplies
Note: As a convenience, instructor will offer PMC products for purchase in the classroom.
Supplies provided by students: PMC+ (20g or more) or PMC3; PMC paste; a sharp pencil; favorite PMC tools, including but not limited to: rolling pin, spatula, paint brush, needle tool, tissue blade, fine tipped Exacto knife, and fine-tipped tweezers; delicate scissors; favorite texture; playing cards; PMC work surface (self-healing mat or similar); magnifying eyewear (if needed); optional task light (if needed); a small jar or storage container with tight fitting lid for water; Badger Balm or olive oil, etc.
Maximum # of students: 15
Minimum # of students: 6
7/14 (Mon)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Marlynda Taylor - Demystifying Dichroic Glass & PMC
In this thorough introductory glass fusing class, students will learn the principles for successfully creating dichroic glass cabochons specifically for their PMC creations. During class, they will create 2 fused glass pieces. While learning how to design a glass cab for combining with PMC, students also will learn about firing schedules and techniques particular for jewelry sized pieces. The class will learn how to better judge the post firing colors of dichroic glass. They will each take home a fired dichroic color sampler and a comprehensive
handout packed with facts, tips, and tricks designed to to get the results they want.
Class Format: 1 day
Class Fee : $150.00
Material Fee: $50.00
Materials Kit contents: Ample glass for 2 projects,
all expendable supplies necessary to fire, a fired
dichroic glass sampler, and a dynamite handout.
Minimum # of students: 5
Maximum # of students: 12-15
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mary Ellin D'Agostino - Polishing, Perfecting & Painting
All too often, as we create our pieces, we get in a hurry and fire before we really ought to. This class is all about how to take those extra steps before firing to make sure our work-pieces are as refined as possible and, once fired, how to complete their transformation from clay into beautiful polished, (nearly) perfect, wearable jewelry art. While the preference is to do most of our refining on unfired clay, we will spend significant time on methods for correcting imperfections and completion on fired pieces. Bring your nearly finished fired and un-fired pieces to work on.
Level of class:Intermediate/Advanced.
Class Format:1 day
Class Fee: $150.00
Material fee: $30.00
Materials in the kit:sand paper, polishing papers, polishing equipment and supplies; power tool use.
Supplies provided by students: Unfinished fired and unfired silver clay pieces to work on; PMC3 Clay, PMC working tools and supplies, coarse and fine mini-files, polishing tools and supplies.
Maximum # of students: 12
Minimum # of students: 8
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sherry Fotopoulos - Custom Stamp Bracelet
Want a way to pay for your PMC habit? This is the class for you!! You’ll complete an awesome custom bracelet while discovering your niche in the custom jewelry marketplace. Learn the techniques for making your original art, baby footprints, children's drawings, whatever(!) into custom stamps and GO FOR IT!! No class kit fee. All materials (except PMC+ clay), tools, equipment, etc are provided for this class. Just bring a smile and be ready to enjoy.
Level of Class: Open to all levels
Class format: Full day
Class fee: $150.00
Supplies provided by students: 45gm PMC+ (available for purchase in class)
Materials included in class fee: 1”x3” photopolymer plate material, 1'x3' 4 design stamp transparency, 18 sterling oval jump rings, plus all firing, finishing, tumbling, etc.
Maximum # of students: 12
Minimum # of students: 3
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Linda Kline - Bezel Setting Gemstones in Metal Clay
Learn to set exquisite natural cabochons into your metal clay designs using a two-part firing method that takes the guesswork out of shrinkage. This hybrid approach to bezel setting is borrowed from metalsmith techniques and adapted for use with metal clay. This is an advanced techniques class. Students should be experienced with the use of metal clay.
Supplies brought by students: At least 25 g of PMC3, PMC3 Paste, PMC3 Syringe (optional). Basic metal clay tools including, but not limited to, work surface, Badger Balm or olive oil, rolling pin, needle tool, paint brush, Teflon sheet or freezer paper, container with water for paintbrush, texture, optional task light and vision enhancer (if needed), additional tools as desired.
IMPORTANT: Please bring “oil paste” - PMC3 Paste mixed with essential oil of Lavender.
Kit for student contents: Bezel wire sufficient to set one cabochon; one cabochon stone, a bezel pusher, class handout, and misc. supplies Note: As a convenience, instructor will have PMC products, optional stones, and additional bezel wire available for sale in the classroom.
Class fee: $185.00
Material Fee: $60.00
Minimum # of students: 6
Maximum # of students: 15
7/15-7/16 (Tue-Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Marlynda Taylor - Experiments in Fused Glass ( 2 day)
Tired of the same old fused glass cabochons for your jewelry? This class is for experienced glass fusers, and it's all about experimentation. Students will explore such things as creating intentional bubbles, and making colorful 3 dimensional glass elements from both glass scrap and molded glass powders. They will also explore the the use of elements made from the exciting new Dichro Slide paper. In addition, they will explore the use of other various inclusions in their glass, including fired PMC sheet clay. There will be dozens of fired experimental samples to examine, discuss, and try out. Students will go home with a great handout which covers the techniques used in class.
Prerequisite: Intro glass class or comparable
Class Fee: $200.00
Material Fee: $65.00
experience. Absolutely no beginners!
Supplies brought by students: none
Kit for Students: Ample glass for each project, packets containing the experimental materials, and a thorough handout covering the techniques used in class.
Minimum # of students: 5
Maximum # of students: 12-15
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Leslie Tieke - Creative Enamel Collage
Enjoy the process of creating one of kind PMC Collages. A freeform shape will be fashioned from the clay, and then multiple layers and shapes will be built to create interesting shapes and spaces to receive the enamel. Large pieces will be created to allow ample space for the application of enamels.
Students will be working with Japanese lead bearing enamels to achieve the most brilliant colors available in the enameling world. Students will also learn proper washing drying and storage of enamels as well as how to set up an enameling workstation.
Class Fee: $200.00
Material Fee: $75.00 (Additional Enameling supplies will be available for purchase.)
Supplies brought by students: PMC3 Paste and basic PMC toolkit are the only tools the students are required to bring. Students are encouraged to bring textured surfaces and shape cutters.
Kit for students contents: 50 grams PMC3 Clay, Enamel kit sufficient for the class project. (Instructor will provide all other tools and equipment for student use in the class.)
Minimum # of students 6
Maximum # of students 15
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sherry Viktora - Etched Glass Jewelry
In the morning you will learn the techniques for etching dichroic glass, and will etch 3 small pieces to be used in your jewelry.. You will combine these small etched squares with 1 or 2 layers of compatible glass which will then be fused to create your unique etched cabochons. In the afternoon you will complete your jewelry, using PMC3.
Class Fee: $150.00
Material Fee: $50.00
Contents of Kit provided for each student 3 pieces of dichroic glass, 6 pieces of compatible fusing glass, 25 gm. Pkg of PMC3 clay, etching compound, use of PMC3 paste, use of tools and written instructions.
Minimum # of students 5
Maximum # of students 12
7/16 (Wed)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Mary Ann Devos - Hot Masks, Cold Connections
The mask always has been a symbol of transformation, a universal phenomenon. The students will work creatively to express their emotions or represent a culture. We will use mixed metals, several types of cold connections, silver wire and other mixed media elements to make a fibula pin.
Level of Class: Intermediate/advanced
Class Format : 1 Day Class
Materials in the kit: brass & copper elements, cold connections. PMC not included.
Supplies Provided by Students :Basic PMC toolkit, heavy scissors (i.e. Joyce Chen), pliers set (round nose, chain nose, flat nose, side cutter), small file set, small found objects, fibers or leather suitable for use in a mask.
Class Fee: $160.00
Material Fee: $35.00
Minimum # of students: 6
Maximum # of students: 15
