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Conference Presenter – Lorrene Baum–DavisLorrene Baum–Davis is an award winning artist who has been creating and teaching the Metal Clays and Polymer Clays since 1996. She took the first West Coast Metal Clay workshop in 1996 and has been blissfully working with it ever since. She uses her own fused glass, fine gem beads and natural gemstones in her metal clay work.She graduated from the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in 1988 and has taught Jewelry Design and Rendering at the California Institute of Jewelry Training in Sacramento, CA. She has also taught at U Bead It Gallery & Shop in Sacramento, from 2002 to 2008 and is on the faculty at the Revere Academy as one of their Metal Clay instructors. Her students have come to her Sierra Foothills Studio, in Placerville, CA, from distances such as Beijing, China; Mexico City, Mexico; Oregon; Nevada: Rhode Island; Illinois, Arizona and California. She has clients in France, Germany and the United Kingdom as well as the USA. Her work has been in many art galleries in California. She has been a Master Instructor with Art Clay World, USA since 2006. 
Conference Presentation Overview:Keum Boo & More The presentatition will be on the history of Keum Boo and the various ways we can bond 24 karat gold to fine silver. There will be images through the ages of this technique as well as photos of finished work made with metal clay and the precious gold we love so much. This Power Point presentation will also touch upon our modern ’take’ of this technique using gold paste.  Pre-Conference Class Overview:Keum Boo 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. Click here for more information on this pre-conference class! |
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2011 IPCA
Biennial Retreat
July 11-16, 2011
Concurrent with
the 2011 MCWC!