San Francisco Bay Area Metal Clay Guild
San Francisco Bay Area Metal Clay Guild
The SFBA Silver Clay Guild (SFBASCG) is a California non-profit corporation dedicated to educating artists and the general public about silver, gold, copper, and bronze metal clays. We have a Yahoo groups email list, hold bi-monthly meetings around the greater San Francisco Bay Area, and sponsor classes and workshops on metal clay and related topics. Come to a face-to-face meeting or visit us online at groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBASilverClay/.
Note: MED'A Creations is hosting this page as a service to the SFBASCG. Any dontations or class registrations made using links on this page go directly to the SFBASCG and not to MED'A Creations.
Membership:
Online membership to the group is free, but we have to pay for
our meeting spaces, so people who come to meetings must make a membership
donation to the group. The first meeting is free. After that, attendees must
pay $10
per meeting or $40 for a full year membership. Click below to join:
Upcoming Workshops:
Holly Gage Workshop--CLASS
FULL
May 22-23, 2010
Cubberly Center, Palo Alto
The SFBA Metal Clay Guild will sponsor a 2 day workshop by Holly Gage featuring her Negative Space Caning and Metal Clay Repouseé techniques. For more info on Holly Gage, check out her website at www.hollygage.com.
Repoussé Effects in Metal Clay: Learn the secrets of transforming original photos or drawings into highly detailed, low relief images, which look similar in style to traditional Repoussé. Discover how to wet-work a reverse polymer mold of your image; manipulate the clay and use tools to create different hand-wrought textural effects; and to carve details for the finishing touch. The Repoussé effect is only achieved by this technique and is different from photopolymer plates. The results are unique and original, beautifully echoing the hand of the artist.
Negative Space Caning: This technique will allow you to look at Metal Clay construction in a whole new way. We will use combustible materials layered with Metal Clay to create filigree chambers, which are perfect for inlaying polymer, resin and more. Your finished piece will be of your own design and various finishing options will be covered.
Workshop fees are not refundable. However, you can transfer (sell) your spot to another person. We have this policy becuase we must pay for the workshop space and teacher whether registrants show up or not!
MORE WORKSHOPS COMMING IN
2010:
We are working on some fantastic visiting artist workshops for later in 2010.
We will post more as soon as we firm up the details.
Past Workshops:
January 2010
The SFBA Metal Clay Guild was a sponsor for the California Mini-Retreat
Jan 14-18, 2010 at Mills College in Oakland, California. Click here for details: http://www.mini-retreat.com
Barbara Becker Simon Workshop
Sept 8 and Sept 9, 2009
The SFBA Silver Clay Guild is proud to present a workshop with internationally
known PMC artist, Senior Instructor and Author Barbara Becker Simon. Join
Barbara in this 2 day midweek workshop were she'll be demonstrating projects
from her new book "Metal Clay Beads".
Day 1 - Wire Armature Beads: Barbara will show us how to build hollow forms
using a wire armature. Attendees will learn how to use wire to create a
support structure on which to drape the metal clay, building a form, and
creating unique and interesting shapes. This innovative technique will
expand your design skills and add another level of artistry to your current
bead making repertoire.
Day 2 - "Box in a Box" Bead: Attendees will learn how to construct
a box bead unlike any other: a box bed with another box set inside of it. The
resulting effect is that of a window. Using primarily dry construction techniques,
Barbara will guide us step-by-step in this useful and unique process. After
the bead is fired, we'll fill the window with UV Resin and you'll have a chance
to embed items into the window. Small found objects, photos, small beads, anything
that adds visual interest and helps to customize your bead.
A Glorious Summer Garden Enameling Workshop
Offered
by Mary Ellin D’Agostino & Olivia Competente
Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Silver Clay Guild
Saturday & Sunday,
July 18-19, 2009, 9am-5pm, San Pablo, CA (East SF Bay
Area)
Come learn essential enameling techniques on metal clay. “Grow” colorful flowers by mixing vitreous enamel “fertilizer” into your silver clay using Mary Ellin’s method for making colorful silver jewelry. Create a beautiful and colorful dragonfly to flit among your garden of jewelry using Olivia’s perfected techniques for creating silver clay Plique-à-jour enameled pieces. Enamels and low fire silver clays can be combined to create beautiful blooms and other forms. We will cover metal clay construction techniques specially designed for enameling on including how to create a Plique-à-jour enameled dragonfly using syringe clay and how to mix enamels directly into the metal clay and build beautiful blooms. Get hands-on experience with what works and what doesn’t without wasting a lot of time, money, and silver while adding permanent color to your silver clay masterpieces.