Metal Clay I/II: Exploring Color With Metal Clay - M Marx

Metal Clay I/II: Exploring Color With Metal Clay - M Marx

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4/28/2024-5/3/2024

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$200.00

METAL CLAY I/II: EXPLORING WITH METAL CLAY

INSTRUCTOR: MICHAEL MARX

 

Experience the magic of working with fine silver metal clay and using different techniques to add color to your unique designs. Project X .999 Flex (fine silver) is the perfect clay to allow you to learn and apply different color enhancement techniques to the metal. This class is designed with projects for both the beginner and the advanced student. We will be covering basic and advanced clay construction techniques, as well as different color applications including colored resin, and an introduction into incorporating Dichroic glass! The class fee includes metal clay lump and paste for the first 2 projects that include earrings and a pendant of your design choice,  handouts and consumables that include resin and a Dichroic glass cabochon made by Michael! The estimated materials fee reflects additional metal clay that will be available for purchase for projects 3 and 4 and additional pieces created chosen by the student. Students are encouraged to bring their personal tools useful in working with metal clay. Instructor will have available for student use a basic clay tool kit. Students are encouraged to bring an OptiVisor and a powered hand polishing tool, (ex.-Foredom or Dremel) with finishing bits, brushes. The instructor will have metal finishing bits available for purchase. Two Foredom setups will be available to share in class. 

 

Class Fee: $250

Est Materials Fee: $75-200

Prerequisites: None
 

Marx, Michael

I have been a sculptor and artis as long as I can remember. My childhood gifts were art supplies as often as they were toys or books. I was born in Massachusetts in 1969 and lived there for 18 years, before moving to California in 1987. After 33 years in the Bay Area, I relocated to South Carolina in 2020, where I currently reside. In the beginning, I sculpted in FIMO, a polymer clay, and this honed my ability to transform my visions into 3-D images. In 2000, I took my first PMC (precious metal clay) class and was hooked. PMC’s affinity for texture, flexibility of form, and choices of finishing techniques make it ideal for me as an artist. The combinations of fine detail, high texture and varied forms are not easily achieved using traditional methods of casting and fabrication. I am passionate about my chosen medium and want to show that it is fine art and not just craft. https://unsaneart.com/