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April 2024! 6 week Silver Clay Beginners- Evening course.

Mon, 15 Apr

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Hermitage

A six week evening course, designed to build upon your silver clay skills, suitable for beginners.

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April 2024!  6 week Silver Clay Beginners- Evening course.
April 2024!  6 week Silver Clay Beginners- Evening course.

Time & Location

15 Apr 2024, 17:30

Hermitage, The Old Telephone Exchange, Hermitage, Longlane, Thatcham RG18 9QS, UK

About the event

Held at the stunning new Silver Clay Studio, in the beautiful village of Hermitage. The six weeks of silver clay has been designed to build upon your silver clay skills, no previous experience is necessary for this course. The course is limited to 6 spaces only, on a first come first serve basis, it will aslo run mid week on a Tuesday daytime from 10am to 2 pm. (Please note due to the two May Bank holidays the course will not be on the May bank holidays but resume the week after, so will run until 3rd June.)

Each week will focus on different techniques and projects:

  • Week 1 – Monday 15th April 2024- 5.30pm- 9pm

The first week will be an introduction to the magical material of silver clay. This week you will learn how all about silver clay, and how to create your very own beautiful dainty charms that can be textured or personalised, and how adorn them with sparkly fireable cubic zirconia stones to make an adorable little dangly charm bracelet.

  • Week 2 –Monday 22nd April 2024- 5.30pm- 9pm

The second week is all about pretty pendants! Learn how to make your own pendants and how you can use pre made bezels to set semi precious stones in your pieces

  • Week 3 – Monday 29th April 2024- 5.30pm- 9pm

In week three we will be learning how to make your very own moulds, to making 3d silver charms with moulds. This is a perfect way to turn natural objects such as acorns and shells in to pure silver.

 *No Class on 6th May due to Bank Holiday

  • Week 4- Monday 13th May  2024- 5.30pm- 9pm

The focus in week four will be on making beautiful earrings. You will learn how to make both dangly earrings and how to make stud earrings by soldering on earring posts to make your own studs.

  • Week 5- Monday 20th May 2004- 5.30pm- 9pm

In week 5 you will discover silver clay in syringe form! Using the syringe to pipe the silver to adorn your very own beautiful 2D Silver clay syringe designs!

* No class on 27th May due to bank holiday

  • Week 6- Monday 3rd June  2024 5.30pm- 9pm

The final week you will learn how to add colour to your pieces using alcohol ink and resin!

The beginners' Course will include all basic materials needed for the projects for the full 6-week projects for £299, if you wish to make something more elaborate then extra clay will also be available to purchase at the studio.

Progression-

If you already have some experience working with silver clay, or if you loved taking the 6 weeks of silver clay beginner course and you would like to learn more advanced techniques, I have just the course for you! The next level up is the Intermediate 6 weeks of silver clay, that leads nicely on to a professional silver clay qualification- the Art Clay Diploma, Level 1 and then on to the Art Clay Diploma Level 2

Find out more here:

Six Weeks Silver clay Intermediate Level

Art Clay Diploma Level 1

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