SESSIONS PLAN AND SKILLS

 

You can choose from the sessions/topics below what you want to learn, or even you can give life with our help to your own designs.( The number in brackets indicates the tentative number of workshops/meetings  required in order to complete the objectives of the particular topic).

 

• Metal Clay Taster Class (1)

• Intermediate Metal Clay (3)

• Ring Making 1 (1)

• Ring Making 2 (2)

• Polymer Clay for beginners ( Introduction) / Polymer Clay and Silver Clay combination project - Riveting technique (3)

• Copper and Bronze Clay for beginners - Learn mechanisms (3)

• Bicolor Jewellery: Silver and Copper Combination (2)

• Introduction to Glass Fusion / Combination of Glass and Silver Clay (2)

• Introduction to Enameling on Silver Clay (2)

• Silver Bracelet/ Viking knit / Bracelet Endings, Other Endings (2)

• Hollow Forms (2)

• Copper or Bronze Pendant and Bracelet with natural stone (2)

• Natural Forms in Silver (1)

• Piece with a Natural Stone (3)

• Soldering Skills / Ball the pins / Make ear wires / Attach findings on a chain or on a leather cord / Make jump rings (1)

• Create your own gold plating kit / Gold plating (1)

 

Here are a few of the skills you can learn through the weekly sessions:

 

• How to handle and store the clay 

• How to roll in an even thickness and how to texture the clay

• How to cut it in different shapes

• How to punch holes

• How to dry and refine your pieces

• How to add cubic zirconia stones on your pieces

• How to make a simple molded charm

• How to fire your pieces with a butane torch

• How to design a piece and create a place for a natural stone using a bezel wire

• How to set a natural stone after firing your piece

• How to make glass cabochons ( basic glass fusing techniques )

• How to incorporate a glass cabochon in your creation

• How to use the silver paste to create a replica of a natural leaf

• How to determine ring sizing correctly

• How to make a thin ring band decorated with a cz stone

• How to make a wide textured ring band with cz stones and other embellishments

• How to utilize a syringe to decorate your work

• How to set ready made prongs on your rings in order to attach a natural stone; or, set a piece of silver wire to attach a pearl on it

• How to set stones in the prongs and how to glue safely the pearls

• How to make a hollow form using cork clay

• How to make your own textures on foam board and use them to stamp your hollow beads (without cork clay)

• How to decorate your beads with small elements like replicas of tiny shells, leaves, starfish...

 

DURING THIS COURSE, YOU WILL ALSO LEARN

 

• How to fire each project  in the kiln with very detailed schedules and notes

• How to polish your pieces including mirror finish

• How to oxidize your pieces to give them an antique look

• How to create your own gold plating kit to gold plate your pieces

• How to make your own ear wires

• How to make headpins

• How to make jump rings