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Pre-Conference Class Information (July 11-13, 2011)Click Here to Register for a Pre– Conference Class! 
Developing an Artistic IdentityClick Here to Register Online!Instructor: Michael David Sturlin Date: Tuesday, July 12, & Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 20 Students! 2–Day Registration Fee: $400.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $5 Kit Includes: Text Handout Description: One of the challenges facing the emerging artist is developing a sense of an individual style and a recognizable artistic identity. This two–fold emergence is essential for the creation of truly original work. Developing an individual style is a gradual process. It happens over time and emerges through sustained periods of dedicated activity. It is the evolution of personal expression. This developmental evolution can be effectively accelerated by applying a systematic approach to the process of design. Using a systematic approach provides a strategy to take design ideas all the way through from beginning concepts to completed work. Understanding this system and applying this process repeatedly in a reliable and purposeful fashion leads to the increasing development of an individual style. Artistic identity starts with recognition that the process of making original work is also an evolution. This evolution begins with developing self awareness. Cultivating an authentic and recognizable artistic identity evolves from a process of introspection directed outwards as a creative expression. Developing individual style and artistic identity assists us in creating a cohesive body of work with recognizable features and characteristics, ready for dynamic presentation. We accomplish this with a two fold approach; group exploration as an overview, and an individual exploration as an inner view.
Students will need drawing supplies and writing materials; paper, pen, pencil, makers, colored pencils, notebook. Other tools such as design templates, ruler, compass, protractor, etc. may also be useful. Utilizing photographs of previous completed work, original sketches, design ideas, and works in progress is encouraged. This course will focus on development and refinement of ideas and concepts and detailing a strategy for completing a series of work, not on making finished objects during class. At the end of this two day program participants will come away with two tangible results:
Faux Bone Click Here to Register Online!
Enameling AccentsClass Full!Contact Us to be put on the waiting list. Please include the title of the class in your email. Instructor: Joy Funnell Date: Monday, July 11, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 15 Students! 1–Day Registration Fee: $200.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $45.00 Kit Includes: fine silver wires, paper textures, enamels, watercolor paper, Art Clay Silver Overlay Paste, 20g Art Clay Silver Students Must Bring: badger balm or olive olil plus a flat paintbrush for oiling textures, graduated slats or 1.0mm and 1.5mm slats, roller, non–stick work surface, small cutters or templates, baby wipes, stainless steel brush, fine pointed scissors, fine point tweezers, water brush pen, fine point paintbrush for Art Clay Silver Overlay Paste, cutters or formers for shaping wire, fine point paintbrush for enamels, kitchen roll or smooth cotton cloth, agate burnisher, small ball headed embossing tools, 2mm or 3mm fireable CZs (optional), sanding pads (optional) Description: In this class you wil create small cells using fine silver wires which are fused to the surface of the silver piece using Art Clay Silver Overaly paste. They are then enamelled to create a free standing cloisonné effect allowing you to bring colour to your work wherever you want. By using this controlled technique it eliminates the possibility of the wires melting during the fusing process and there are no solder joins to cause problems whilst enamelling. In this workshop we will create a piece from start to finish including choosing suitable surface textures, shaping and attaching wires for the cells and the preparation, wet laying and firing of the enamels. 
Mixed Metal Spinning Prayer Bead PendantClass Full!Contact Us to be put on the waiting list. Please include the title of the class in your email. Instructor: Gordon Uyehara Date: Monday, July 11, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 20 Students! 1–Day Registration Fee: $200.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $65.00 Kit Includes: ACS 650 20g, ACS Copper 50g, 2" Fine silver wire 16 gauge, Fine silver 6mm bezel cup, 6mm garnet, Diamond head pin, 2.5mm silver bead, Argentium Sterling jump-ring, Plastic Straw Students Must Bring: Tools dedicated for base-metal clay (not easily cleaned), Rigid and non-stick flexible work surfaces, Roller, Flat and pointed nylon-tip small paintbrushes, Craft knife, Tissue blade or clay scraper, Tweezers, Graduated slats or playing cards, Scissors, Coarse salon board (nail tool), Scratch brush, 400 and 600-grit sandpaper, Pencil and paper, Needle files, Textures Optional: Dust mask, Task lamp, Magnifying visor Description: In this fun and challenging metal clay workshop you’ll construct a prayer bead and build it into a dimensional frame with an axle. Each participant designs the look of their bead and the frame decoration. So each work will be unique to the creator. Wear your wonderful pendant out the door! 
Keum BooClick Here to Register Online!Instructor: Lorrene Davis Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 15 Students! 1–Day Registration Fee: $200.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $98.00 Kit Includes: One full sheet of 23.5 Karat gold foil, Keum Boo Booklet written by Lorrene Baum–Davis, Use of butane torch, use of pickling pot and solution, sterling silver disc Description: The workshop will be an introduction and hands on to the technique of Keum Boo: the art of bonding precious 24 karat gold to fine silver. The students will be instructed on what metal clay work to bring to the class. We will then use several ’keum boo’ techniques to permanently fuse the two metals together. The contrast of the rich, warm and glowing gold contrasting to the whitest of all the precious metals will add dimensions and versatility to the student’s future work. 
Enameling on Copper ClayClass Full!Contact Us to be put on the waiting list. Please include the title of the class in your email. Instructor: Pam East Date: Tuesday, July 12, & Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 15 Students! 2–Day Registration Fee: $325.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $40.00 Kit Includes: 50 grams of Art Clay Copper, enamels for your project, and use of additional tools and equipment in class. Description: This is a two day workshop. On the first day you will create a pendant using innovative Art Clay Copper. Unlike other base metal clays, Art Clay Copper does not require the use of carbon or long firing times. We will cover construction techniques, firing and preparing for enameling. On the second day, we will enamel the pieces made during the first day of the class. We will cover enamel application techniques, counter–enameling and shading. No prior metal clay or enameling experience is required for this class. All levels welcome. 
Exotic Polymer & Metal Clay RingClick Here to Register Online!Instructor: Christiane DeHaes Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 15 Students! 1–Day Registration Fee: $200.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $30.00 Kit Includes: 20g Art Clay Silver 650/1200 Low Fire, Cork Clay, pieces of Belgian lace, different colors of polymer clay (1.5 pc /student), cutting edge materials Students Must Bring: materials needed to make a metal clay ring, circle template or round cutter (approx. 3cm/ 1.2in), pasta machine, sharp and dull polymer clay blade or knife, tile or small glass panel Description: In this class we will make a ring with a lot of different techniques, developed by teachers of different continents and adapted to my personal style. The metal clay for the ring shank and the reversed top lentil are textured with the ’sand technique’, developed by the Japanese master Taku Hirai. The sand technique texture is a new way to make your own personal textures. In class you get a full explanation of the basic technique and then you will make your own texture, using real old Belgian lace. Jewelry with other possibilities of the sand technique will be showed in class. During the firing process of the ring, I’ll give demonstration of the ’cutting edge’ technique, developed by the Canadian polymer clay artist Dan Cormier. By mixing different clays ,cutting and rearranging the clay he obtains beautiful lines and shines in the clay. You will make your own cutting edge slab in polymer clay . Different colors of clay will be provided in class. After firing and finishing the ring, the polymer clay is added to the ring , baked and sanded. 
Metal Clay & CeramicsClick Here to Register Online!Instructor: Alex Daini Brando Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Time: 9am – 5pm Class Size: Limited to 15 Students! 1–Day Registration Fee: $200.00 Mandatory Kit Fee: $25.00 Kit Includes: two handmade ceramic tiles, one handmade ceramic tube bead, fine silver wire, sanding materials, a set of brass cutting tubes. Extra Materials: 7g pack of Art Clay Silver and 50g Art Clay Copper Students Must Bring: basic tools, small ruler, rolling pin, 2 small brushes, blade, deck of cards and a pencil. Description: Let’s explore how to make this perfect match work! You will create a necklace with mobile parts, and a set of earrings using silver and copper metal clay and handmade ceramic pieces. You will discover the use of Metal Clays as a decorative and functional element over ceramics, and successfully design a beautiful necklace and a pair of earrings. Pre-Conference Schedule by RoomClick Here to Register Online!
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2011 IPCA
Biennial Retreat
July 11-16, 2011
Concurrent with
the 2011 MCWC!