Art Educator: Linda Kaye-Moses

Instructor: Linda Kaye-Moses

Double-Textured Domed Pendant Using Fine Silver Precious Metal Clay
Location: Whole Lotta Whimsy, Tucson AZ
Dates: February 7-8, 2009

In this two-day workshop you will make a Double-Textured Domed Pendant using PMC3. Each side of the pendant will be embellished with a different texture; each texture achieved using a different method. After the pendant has been fired, each side will be individually enameled using vitreous enamels.
For the first texture, a Silicone Printing Plate, you will learn to hand carve a printing block. To create the second texture, you will make a Micro-folded Metal Printing Plate.

For the Silicone Printing Plate you will select a design, transfer it to a printing block, and then carve the block using linoleum carvers. You will learn to use the Bonny Doon Micro-folding Brake (a corrugating tool) to make the Micro-folded Metal Printing Plate, and the resulting corrugations will then be altered to produce unique patterns.

The enameling process for the pendant will be an adapation of champlevé enameling. For that process enamels are laid on an etched metal surface, but for this project, rather than etching the surface, you will create the patterned surfaces with the above-mentioned textures. The enamels will be wet-laid onto the surfaces of the fired and burnished Domed Pendant.

The only limit to bringing this pendant into material form is your imagination and the only prerequisite is enthusiasm.

A Fine Silver Fused Loop-in-Loop Chain
Location: Whole Lotta Whimsy, Tucson AZ
Dates: February 10, 2009

In this one-day workshop, you will learn to fuse fine silver wire links that will then be joined to create a simple Loop-in-Loop Chain. This is a very ancient process that can be adapted for contemporary pendants and neckpieces and that looks delicate, but is strong and durable.

Chasing the Rainbow; Color on Precious Metal Clay
Location: Metalwerx, Waltham MA
Dates: April 17-19, 2009

We will explore the use of metal clay and color. Using Fine Silver Precious Metal Clay (PMC3) we will make wearable objects (pendants, beads or earrings), both hollow and solid with both subtle and deep textures. Allowing the silver to shine through, we will add color to these objects with vitreous enamels.

Experience in jewelrymaking or enameling is not required for this class, where the only limit is your imagination and the only prerequisite is enthusiasm. Beginners will receive the personal attention that will help them work with the PMC, though some experience with Precious Metal Clay will be helpful.
Metal clay techniques will be presented through a series of simple projects and exercises designed to help bring your personal concept into a material form.

Bead Making with Precious Metal Clay
Location: Snow Farm, Williamsburg MA
Dates: August 6-9, 2009

Beads are the most ancient form of personal adornment and this workshop will teach the most modern bead making methods, using fine/pure silver Precious Metal Clay. From the most simple to advanced beads, from solid to hollow-formed beads, the beads projects introduced will be based on my book, Jewelry Arts Workshop; Metal Clay Beads (Creative Publishing International, publication date-June, 2009). Examples and demonstrations will only be the beginning, as you will create a series of appliqued, hollow, enameled, colored beads of fine silver.

We will use Original and PMC3. Experience in jewelrymaking or enameling is not required for this class, where the only limit is your imagination and the only prerequisite is enthusiasm. Beginners will receive the personal attention that will help them work with the PMC, though some experience with Precious Metal Clay will be helpful.

Metal clay techniques will be presented through a series of simple projects and exercises designed to advance your understanding of metal clay and help bring your personal concept into a material form.