Moora Fine Arts Winter School - Silver Metal Clay Weekend Workshop

The students arrived eagerly to start their workshop before nine a.m. I was ready and like them raring to go. None of the students had used metal clay before but one of them, Patsy was a silversmith, having worked with sterling silver. We had a discussion about metal clay and I showed them the various products of Precious Metal Clay (PMC3) and many samples of jewellery that I had brought to show them.
It was great to have a couple of guys in the class.
   
The students explored textures and shapes and came up with some good designs.
  

Dean’s Pendant – before firing          …………….after firing

  

                 Patsy’s Hinge House and Brooch
  
                        Yvonne’s Brooch and Pendant
  
                      Tanya’s pendant and bracelet
  
                Richard’s Flat Band ring and filigree pendant before firing
  
                                    Wendy’s Brooch and Pendant (before firing)
You can see that the students did really well and made some good pieces. I enjoyed my couple of days in Moora. Graham’s fantastic soups at lunchtime were a hit amongst us all.