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Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Is an actual Clay comprised of fine metal particles, water and a binder. It can be molded, textured, cut, shaped and fired at high temperature for sufficient tie for the metal to sinter, leaving a shaped item of 99% metal. PMC allows you to design and fabricated a small piece of jewelry without soldering or sawing. This class will teach the basics of working with PMC+, a proprietary formulation of silver clay. No experience is required.
Multi-estate auction @ Catonsville Arts Guild. Setup 11am, Viewing 12:30pm, Bidding 1pm-5pm. Full catalog on Guild homepage *when logged out*
Members please come to volunteer and bid, tell your friends in the hobby
Precious Metal Clay (PMC) Is an actual Clay comprised of fine metal particles, water and a binder. It can be molded, textured, cut, shaped and fired at high temperature for sufficient tie for the metal to sinter, leaving a shaped item of 99% metal. PMC allows you to design and fabricated a small piece of jewelry without soldering or sawing. This class will teach the basics of working with PMC+, a proprietary formulation of silver clay. No experience is required.
Please join us on June 4th for our monthly meeting at 7:30pm at the Guild workshop. We‘ll be hearing a talk from Dave Mitchell about his recent trip to Idar-Oberstein in Germany - a small city, but a major hub for gemstone cutting and carving for centuries.
Please also have a look at the June Newsletter in the Document Library ahead of the meeting, thanks and see you there!
In this class, students will work with sterling silver and fine silver to create a pendant for a round or oval cabochon to be used for a necklace. Students must provide their own cabochons. Cabochons should be approximately 17mm to about 35mm. Larger and smaller cabochons will give you more problems. Recommend that you have at least 2 cabochons. If you do not have any cabs you may purchase them from other members of the guild or from Rio Grande or other source on the internet. Please purchase your cabs early enough. Students are expected to have their own hard and soft solder. It is best to have your own tweezers, pick and flux, but the shop does have thes
Prerequisite: Must have completed Lapidary 1.0. Double sided cabs add interest to your polished stones. In this class, students will learn how to make a double sided cabochon. This is an excellent way to polish a transparent stone with inclusions or stones that have an interesting pattern on both sides. Students will learn how to make a symmetrical double sided cab. These completed double sided cabs are excellent for wire wrapping. Bring an xtra fine Sharpie.
Note: the class is only teaching the creation of the cab, not the wirework or setting depicted in the photos.
This class is an introduction to the basics of cutting and polishing gemstone cabochons. No experience is necessary. You will learn how to form cabochons of several shapes from slabs of stones such as agates, jaspers and more. We will explore gems and minerals in the rough state & learn about tools and equipment used in the lapidary arts. You are encouraged to bring your own stones to class for discussion. An Optivisor is recommended.
This class is an introduction to the basics of cutting and polishing gemstone cabochons. No experience is necessary. You will learn how to form cabochons of several shapes from slabs of stones such as agates, jaspers and more. We will explore gems and minerals in the rough state & learn about tools and equipment used in the lapidary arts. You are encouraged to bring your own stones to class for discussion. An Optivisor is recommended.