Showing posts with label precious metal clay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label precious metal clay. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Last Night was Class Night!


Last night my PMC class meet to conclude their class and I'm happy to say that I believe they were all thrilled with their treasures they made last week. Its fun working with grown ups! They work so differently then the 5, 6, 7 and 8 year old students I work with during the day.


They work rather neatly, organized and they don't simply blurt out things loudly. Aaaahhhh, such a calm work environment.


This is what I'm use too. Really not bad but the mess is a lot bigger!

Who am I kidding.......children are very special to work with and I love every minute of it!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Tricks Using a Vibrator & Cocktail Stir Stick


Did that get your attention?? I took two classes this past week and both were with the whirlwind instructor, Tonya Davidson, from Whole Lotta Whimsy! Both classes were intensive and stuffed full of great information. One was on enameling and the other was on various textures for precious metal clay. OMG...I can't wait to try and experiment further with all that I learned!!!

Okay. What the heck were we using a vibrator for?? Getting out air bubbles of course......goodness, what were YOU thinking :) Using a vibrator helps get air bubbles out of clay veneer or even resin. I loved this idea but think its rather funny having to purchase a vibrator for art purposes ;)



The cocktail stir stick was used like a pestal...you use the ball end to crush up dried clay.....I don't have a picture of this but I'm sure you get the idea. My pictures from the Enameling class haven't been uploaded yet so I don't have anything to share for now....Tonya really made everything so user friendly and easy that I can't wait for another opportunity to work with her again.