Explore various methods for incorporating metal, glass, found objects and more into your work. Make your own findings using metal working techniques from wire-wrapping to cold connecting to light soldering. Professional tips and tricks for finishing your jewelry to the last detail complete the learning experience, giving a new approach to thinking beyond the polymer clay.

Supply List: clay beads, 16 & 20 ga wire, round, chain & flat nose pliers, needle files, ball peen hammer, bench block, 320 & 600g sandpaper, Optional: jeweler's saw, butane torch, soldering pad, brush, locking tweezers
Materials Fee: none. Instructor to provide tools to share, handout

Reproduce the vivid color and luminescence of enamel on textured metal using colored pencils and liquid polymer medium. Hand-color images, transfer with liquid polymer, and finish with metal leaf for maximum brilliance. Learn ways to create contrast and crop designs effectively as well as techniques for creating clear transfers without air bubbles. Fashion the finished transfers into a pendant with a play of light and dazzling color that rivals enamel.

Discover new possibilities for using pattern, texture, and contrast in your polymer clay work. Linoleum carving tools traditionally used in printmaking work beautifully with polymer clay, with easy cutting and sharp line quality in finished designs. Techniques will be demonstrated for carving 2-dimensional flat texture plates, carving and backfilling 3-dimensional bead forms, and creating small prints made from hand-carved print blocks.