What have we been up to?
This is a question we have been asked by many since I have not updated the blog in a while. We got back a week ago from teaching a wonderful PMC class for 5 days at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill.
The class was for beginners to advanced students. The first day we did introductions and then a demo on the basics of working with PMC. The second through fourth day we did hollow forms, draping, rings, and stone setting. The students had a great time with hollow forms. The last day was for Keum-boo, patinas, and finishing. After the first day I knew this was going to be a great group. It was an amazing class.
Meryl had previous experience with PMC. She makes amazing pieces that look like mini sculptures of nature. I’ll let you know when Meryl starts to sell her jewelry, I’m telling you, it’s amazing! Below are some pictures of the PMC Meryl made in class. The rose is set with a dichroic stone, to the right is a draped pendant that looked like an octopus, and the lower right is a hollow form.
Joe is a metal sculptor. He was enthusiastic and really into the class. He made some really cool hollow forms. We’re hoping Joe will update his blog with pictures of some of his sculptures…hint…hint…
Joe had a great with with Keum-Boo. I think he Keum-Boo’ed almost every piece of PMC on the last day. Joe also had great results with the liver of sulfur patinas.
Celine had an open adventurous approach to PMC. She would like to incorporate her sculptures of animals with PMC. Celine was a lot of fun in class. We even had an in-depth discussion about Airstream campers. Celine made several pendants, hollow forms, and a drum bead. Again, this was a great day for patinas with liver of sulfur.
Last but not least, was Susan. She owns Jobi Pottery and Gallery in Truro, MA. She makes beautiful pottery using slips molds. We bought a starfish and pinch bowl. We loved the simple minnow design. Susan was a lot of fun to have in class. She made beautiful pieces of jewelry. She had some great vintage buttons with her that added some cool textures to her jewelry. I’m sorry Susan left before I got a change to photograph her pieces…..maybe she’ll email me pictures.
I’ll keep posting from my adventures over the last week, including my 5 classes with Kelly Kilmer.
Marissa, Truro looks like heaven in these pictures!!!!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am