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Poison Rings – Jan 2019

Advanced Metal Clay- Epic Poison Rings! January 13 – 19, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach with Patrik Kusek Advanced Metal Clay- Epic Poison Rings! with Patrik Kusek Prerequisites: Basic metal clay skills. Some soldering helpful.  Fact and fiction are intertwined in the story of the poison ring. The ancient romans used them to hold

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Intro to base metal clays and micro mosaics video

I’m so excited to announce that my new video is available at the Interweave Store. It’s an intro to base metal clays and creating jewelry with micro mosaics a two part series. In part one you’ll learn the basics of using base metal clays and learn how to build a mosaic pendant using 2 kinds

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One of my pieces was chosen as a finalist for the Saul Bell Awards!

  I’m so grateful and humbled that one of my pieces was chosen to be one the finalists for the Saul Bell Awards. This piece is titled “Memory Interrupted” It’s made from fine silver, synthetic peridot and citrine, pearls and 22K. Some of you know that my mother has dementia and this piece is part of

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Metal clay: New ideas and design explorations 

When I received a set of templates and textures designed by polymer clay artist Melanie Muir I was thrilled about the possibilities. I usually make my own templates and textures but choosing from pre-made textures and shapes was quite freeing. I chose “Beach” and “River” texture themes. One would think that I would have chosen

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Congrats to Anna winner of my Craftsy class!

Congratulations to Anna E. of Griffin, GA. Anna entered a contest for free enrollment in my www.craftsty.com class Metal Clay adding Stones and Dimension. Anna works with metal clay and also some traditional metal smithing. She says that most of her work is flat and she’s looking forward to taking the class to add dimension

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A new review of my metal clay class

Metal clay artist and blogger Margaret Schindel recently reviewed my on-line class Metal Clay adding Stones and Dimension. Margaret is a jewelry artist and internationally known expert on metal clay techniques. PMC certified in 2006 by Celie Fago. I was flattered to have someone with her experience review this class. She wrote in depth detailing

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