Silver Clay and Gemstones: Mini Charms with Maria
Event description
Silver Clay is an interesting material for silver jewellery making. It's a pliable clay with powdered silver through it, meaning the clay can be sculpted into unique shapes and designs. The silver clay is then fired in a kiln and the clay component burns away leaving your creation as solid silver!
In this class we'll we working with Gemstones as well as Silver Clay to create sparkly mini silver charms. We'll be firing our silver clay in a microwave kiln during class, so you'll learn all about microwave kilns as well!
You'll receive a demonstration and instructions, creation time, firing, cooling and then filing and polishing.
All materials included, with enough silver clay to make 1x3D or 2x2D small charms and one mini gemstone.
So come and learn what you can do with silver clay and micro gems in this fun, beginner's class!
What will we cover?
In this class you will learn:
How to work with Silver Clay - techniques and tools
Basic sculpting for wearable jewellery
How to embed gemstones in Silver Clay
Embossing and mark making
How to fire the silver clay in a microwave kiln
Polishing and filing our fired silver charms
Ideas for other silver clay projects
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible Venue
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Free Tickets to First Nation Attendees
Discounted Early Bird Tix
Who will be Teaching?
Maria (she/her) is a serial crafter. She loves learning about new crafts and techniques! She does crochet, macrame, sewing, pottery, weaving and likes to explore how these crafts can be combined and expanded.
In addition to plants and crafting, she also has a passion for cooking and baking, light painting and running Laneway Learning. You can follow her journey at @malayebra
Important info:
Photo: Teacher's own work
Any other questions or ways we can assist with accessibility? Just shoot an email to Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.
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