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(See What is Metal Clay?)
I just love to teach, so I'm happy to hop on my flying carpet and travel near and far to offer Silver Metal Clay Classes or Lecture on new techniques. My presentations emphasize developing the creativity of the artist within. Innovative technique based lessons are presented to inspire, strengthen technical and design skills, and elevate the students abilities to the next level.
I have experience speaking at conference settings, the classroom and privately. I've written articles on my own new pioneered techniques for magazines such as Art Jewelry, Lapidary Journal, Bead Unique, Bead Style, and Step by Step Wire to name a few. Additionally, my finished work has been published in over 45 publications. So let me put my experience to good use, while I inspire the next generation of Metal Clay pioneers.
For more information, to arrange a class, or give a presentation, please give me a call at 717-445-5755 or e-mail me at hgage1@ptd.net.
Following is a list of classes I am presently teaching. I am always adding new classes to the list, so come back often.
January 28 & 29, 2012 • 10:00 - 5:00 - Seats filling up fast
Holly's offsite studio
YMCA 71 E. Main St
Adamstown, PA 19501
Contact: Holly, hgage1@ptd.net or 717-445-5755, to register for classes and for more details. Seats are limited, early registration is recommended.
Empowered Goddess
We worship goddesses for their strength and beauty and for years I have been creating goddesses with empowering traits. They usually have the characteristics I wish I possessed. Instead, I wear my goddess to empower me.
This will be a technique based class with lots of information and handouts to take home. There will be a project focus, to the class for those who desire design direction, but I am allowing students to deviate from the basic concept and bring their own drawings, concept and ideas of how "they" would like to use prongs and a bezel in a project.
Student supplies needed:
Bring your own item to be prong set, and stone for setting (titanium, and limited stones available for purchase).
All basic tools needed for class will be available.
Optional: Bring your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
Order supplies from your teacher or bring your own
A gourmet lunch will also be offered for purchase
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February 11 - 14, 2012
Hadar Jacobson Studio Class
Berkley, CA
Contact: Hadar Jacobson: hadar@pacbell.net to register for the class below. Seats are limited, early registration is recommended.
Feb. 11 - 12 • 9:00 - 5:00
Ever-Changing World: Kinetic Jewelry
Personal memorabilia and the theme of moving on in an "ever-changing world" will become the inspiration for the elements in your kinetic necklace. The technical portion of this project is inspired by constantly changing designs in wind kinetics and wind sculpture. We will push it to the limits as we explore free moving parts, riveted connections, and the mesmerizing sub-patterning created through this process to make a beautiful piece of jewelry that makes a statement.
Bring a piece of personal memorabilia that has meaning to you, anything can be uses as inspiration such as pattern on a piece of cloth, a trinket, or picture. This item is meant to stimulate your creativity, so no anxiety necessary.
$30.00 Kit supplied by teacher
(stencil paper, tracing paper, pencil, sandpaper, 3 M polishing papers, polishing cloth, sterling wire 14 g)
Class includes all basic tools needed for class.
The only thing students need to buy is: PMC3 25g, fire in place gems (optional)
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott light , etc.
A gourmet lunch will also be offered for purchase
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Feb. 13 - 14 • 9:00 - 5:00
Jewelery that Rocks!
Exploring Art, Design and Line through Music
2 - day workshop • All levels of ability
Music is a powerful trigger to our senses. Music can have energy and movement and emotion. For this lesson we will let different musicial selections guide the way as we explore design and line and transform the musical melody into an inspired pair of earrings or pendant
The jewelry will be made with a Music CD set in a frame of fine silver. The techniques learned include cutting the CD, riveting, polymer plate making with an emphasis on how line is used to create motion, tension, drama, and direction in your surface embellishments.
$30 Kit supplied by teacher
(photopolymer plate acetate, 20 g sterling wire, sandpaper, 3M paper, polishing cloth)
Class includes all basic tools needed for class.
The only thing students need to buy/bring is: PMC+ 28 g, recycled gaming or music CD - also available for purchase.
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott light , etc.
A gourment lunch will also be offered for purchase.
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February 18 - 21, 2012
Jonna Faulkner's Studio
Enscondido, CA
Contact: Jonna Faulkner, jonnafaulkner@gmail.com
Feb. 18 - 19 • Feb 20 - 21 •
2 classes, 2 sessions on Repoussé Effects in Metal Clay
Learn the secrets of transforming original photos or drawings into highly detailed, low relief images, which look similar in style to traditional Repoussé. Discover how to wet-work a reverse polymer mold of your image; manipulate silver metal clay and use tools to create different hand-wrought textural effects; and to carve details for the finishing touch.
The Repoussé effect is only achieved by this technique and is different from photopolymer plates. The results are unique and original, beautifully echoing the hand of the artist.
Materials needed: PMC3 25g, sandpaper, polishing papers & cloth, Bake and Bend polymer clay.
Students should bring: Bring 3 - 4 “original” drawings or photographs to choose and together we can pick the best for the project. Anything that inspires you is fair game, so no photo anxiety needed . The photos or drawings will be reduced in size with a photo copier if needed. So a 3 x 5 picture/photo would be fine. I will teach the students how to frame and focus the viewers attention as part of the lesson.
Class includes all tools and equipment, handouts, firing and expert instruction.
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
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April 13 - 15, 2012
Metal Clay Artists of San Antonio Retreat
in Sunny Port Aransas, TX
Contact Dyanne Welch: dyanne_welch@yahoo.com
Negative Space Caning
All levels of ability
Negative Space Caning is a high energy workshop focusing on creating filigree, chambers for resin, enamel or polymer inlay, and patterns easily duplicated for tessellating designs by combining Metal Clay and a combustible material that disappears after firing in a kiln.This exciting new technique developed by Holly Gage is a springboard idea for looking at and working with Metal Clay in a whole new way.
Class will include a presentation and handouts on the basic cane making process, what combustible materials are suitable for the process, as well as simple and advance assembly techniques. You will also learn how to make a complex cane . Your finished piece will be of your own design ready for polishing and a patina at the workshop or inlaid on your own.
Materials needed: Wood Clay, 1-2 pkgs. PMC3 25g, sandpaper, polishing papers & cloth
All basic tools needed for class will be available
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott light , etc.
Stay at South Texas Mustang Island Conference Center, your room is beautifully appointed with private baths/showers and private ocean-front views. Truly exceptional cuisine is served with a casual elegance. There is endless shore to walk, pleasant coastal breezes and sunny South Texas weather.
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April 27 - 30, 2012
Dragonfly Beads
Cazenovia, NY 13035
Contact: erin meharg : erin@dragonflybead.com • 315-655-1050 to register for classes. She has one hot location, so register early.
April 27 - 28
Stone Setting Like A Pro
Beginner - Advance Welcome
A fantastic stone needs a fantastic setting, and the key to a professionally set stone is good craftsmanship and a clean and well-finished bezel. In this lesson you will learn to make a bezel for a stone of your choice using fine silver bezel wire. The bezel will be attached to a piece, which has been designed and fired first. Afterward, you will attach the bezel to the rest of your piece and prepare for a second firing. Finally, the stone will be set and ready for the final touch. This is a great technique for stones that can’t be fired in place, and the result will have people wondering, “How did you do that?” So come and join me, and you too will be setting stones like a pro.
To prepare ahead for class, bring a stone (approximately 15 mm – 30 mm) or purchase one here. Faceted stones, cabs or glass cabs welcome – please stay away from irregular shaped stones until you gain confidence and experience with this technique.
You may also want to work out your design on paper and bring it to class or you may design while in class. Your design should leave room for the stone with no elements overlapping the stone. For your first time trying this technique, keep the design simple, but don't worry, I'll provide some ideas and design guidance during class.
Materials Needed: Fine silver bezel wire (height depends on stone height, PMC3, Art Clay Oil paste, a stone for setting approximately 15 mm – 20 mm, 3 M polishing papers, Polishing Cloth. Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
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April 29 - 30
Elegant Meadow Pods
Nature has a wonderful way of inspiring us. If we look closely to the pods that are left behind by a flower or plant we can see the beautiful symmetry of nature. Pods represent a renewal as it releases its seeds to start the life cycle a new. In this workshop we will capture the elegance of pods and fashion them into jewelry. We will explore "constructing" pods that look realistic with texture. The detail in this method can not be captured with merely painting slip on the surface as this would only capture the basic form, and capsulate the detail on the inside where no one can see it.
Materials Needed: , 1 - 2 pkgs 25 g PMC3, 3 M polishing papers, Polishing Cloth, 2-Part Molding Compound
All basic tools needed for class will be available
Optional: Bring some pods or borrow some at class. (We will discuss what works and what doesn't so just bring what you have.) Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
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May 18 & 19 2012
Metalwerx
50 Guinan St., Waltham, MA 02541
Contact: Lindsay Miniham, 781-891-3854 • Lindsay@metalwerx.com to register for the class below. Seats are limited, early registration is recommended.
Negative Space Caning
Beginner - Advance Welcome
Negative Space Caning is a high energy workshop focusing on creating filigree, chambers for resin, enamel or polymer inlay, and patterns easily duplicated for tessellating designs by combining Metal Clay and a combustible material that disappears after firing in a kiln.This exciting new technique developed by Holly Gage is a springboard idea for looking at and working with Metal Clay in a whole new way.
Class will include a presentation and handouts on the basic cane making process, what combustible materials are suitable for the process, as well as simple and advance assembly techniques. You will also learn how to make a complex cane . Your finished piece will be of your own design ready for polishing and a patina at the workshop or inlaid on your own.
Materials needed: Wood Clay, 1-2 pkgs. PMC3 25g, sandpaper, polishing papers & cloth
All basic tools needed for class will be available
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott light , etc.
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June 19 - 23, 2012
PMC Conference
Drawbridge Hotel & Convention Center
2477 Royal Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017
(outside of Cincinnati, Ohio)
Contact: Holly, hgage1@ptd.net or 717-445-5755, to register for classes and for more details.
Only a few seats left
June 19 & 20 • 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Pre-conference Workshop: Repoussé Effects in Metal Clay
Learn the secrets of transforming original photos or drawings into highly detailed, low relief images, which look similar in style to traditional Repoussé. Discover how to wet-work a reverse polymer mold of your image; manipulate silver metal clay and use tools to create different hand-wrought textural effects; and to carve details for the finishing touch.
The Repoussé effect is only achieved by this technique and is different from photopolymer plates. The results are unique and original, beautifully echoing the hand of the artist.
Materials needed: PMC3 25g, sandpaper, polishing papers & cloth, Bake and Bend polymer clay.
Students should bring: Bring 3 - 4 own “original” drawings or photographs to choose and together we can pick the best for the project. Anything that inspires you is fair game, so no photo anxiety needed . The photos or drawings will be reduced in size with a photo copier if needed. So a 3 x 5 picture/photo would be fine. I will teach the students how to frame and focus the viewers attention as part of the lesson.
Class includes all tools and equipment, handouts, firing and expert instruction.
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
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June 21 – 23 • Various times throughout the conference
Igniting the Inferno of Creativity
There is no doubt that artists have a burning desire to create. When we hit a roadblock in our creativity, the experience is frustrating and stifling. New and experienced artists encounter times when the ideas just are not flowing. We need to be reminded how to turn our inspirations into artistic actions through a plan of seeing, experiencing, exploring, playing, and doing.
We know we want to overcome the frustration and tap into our creativity, so the question becomes, "How do we discover new modes of creativity that actually ignite the inferno of our creative desires?" Join this interactive presentation to unleash fresh new ideas for creating an action plan that snuffs out the doubts and helps you along a new path of creative discovery.
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August 3 - 7, 2012
Black Bear Bead Company
Briggs Street Plaza
86 Briggs Street, Suite 2A
Johnstown, NY 12095
Contact : Jamie karmaqueen@nycap.rr.com or 518-762-2322
http://www.blackbearbeads.comS
August 3 & 4 • Stone Setting Like A Pro
Beginner - Advance Welcome
A fantastic stone needs a fantastic setting, and the key to a professionally set stone is good craftsmanship and a clean and well-finished bezel. In this lesson you will learn to make a bezel for a stone of your choice using fine silver bezel wire. The bezel will be attached to a piece, which has been designed and fired first. Afterward, you will attach the bezel to the rest of your piece and prepare for a second firing. Finally, the stone will be set and ready for the final touch. This is a great technique for stones that can’t be fired in place, and the result will have people wondering, “How did you do that?” So come and join me, and you too will be setting stones like a pro.
To prepare ahead for class, bring a stone (approximately 15 mm – 30 mm) or purchase one at class. Faceted stones, cabs or glass cabs welcome – please stay away from irregular shaped stones until you gain confidence and experience with this technique.
You may also want to work out your design on paper and bring it to class or you may design while in class. Your design should leave room for the stone with no elements overlapping the stone. For your first time trying this technique, keep the design simple, but don't worry, I'll provide some ideas and design guidance during class.
Materials Needed: Fine silver bezel wire (height depends on stone height, PMC3, Art Clay Oil paste, a stone for setting approximately 15 mm – 20 mm, 3 M polishing papers, Polishing Cloth. Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott , etc.
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August 5 & 7 • Negative Space Caning
3 Day Class Your Choice • All levels of ability
Negative Space Caning is a high energy workshop focusing on creating filigree, chambers for resin, enamel or polymer inlay, and patterns easily duplicated for tessellating designs by combining Metal Clay and a combustible material that disappears after firing in a kiln.This exciting new technique developed by Holly Gage is a springboard idea for looking at and working with Metal Clay in a whole new way.
Day 1 - 2: Class will include a presentation and handouts on the basic cane making process, what combustible materials are suitable for the process, as well as simple and advance assembly techniques. You will also learn how to make a complex cane . Your finished piece will be of your own design ready for polishing and a patina at the workshop or inlaid on your own.
Day 3: You will learn how to add a resin inlay. The glassy effects are stunning with silver surrounding each chamber.
Materials needed: Day 1 - 2: Wood Clay; 1-2 pkgs. PMC3 25g; sandpaper, polishing papers & cloth
Day 3: Resin kit with UV light.
Class includes all basic tools needed for class will be available
Optional: Your own personal tools, magnifying lens, Ott light , etc.
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October 13 & 14, 2011 • 9:30 - 5:30
The Ranch Center for Arts and Crafts
Snohomish, Washington
http://www.artattheranch.com/1548.html
Contact: Randi Harper 360.568.7709, 360.568.7709 or Randi@ArtatTheRanch.com to register for the class below. Seats are limited, early registration is recommended.
Beginner - Advance Welcome
Ever-Changing World: Kinetic Jewelry
Personal memorabilia and the theme of moving on in an "ever-changing world" will become the inspiration for the elements in your kinetic necklace. The technical portion of this project is inspired by constantly changing designs in wind kinetics and wind sculpture. We will push it to the limits as we explore free moving parts, riveted connections, and the mesmerizing sub-patterning created through this process to make a beautiful piece of jewelry that makes a statement.
Bring a piece of personal memorabilia that has meaning to you, anything can be uses as inspiration such as pattern on a piece of cloth, a trinket, or picture. This item is meant to stimulate your creativity, so no anxiety necessary.
Materials Needed: PMC3, stencil paper, tracing paper, pencil, fire in place gems (optional), sandpaper, 3 M polishing papers, polishing cloth, sterling wire 14 g, your favorite metal clays tools and textures
| Testimonials: "This was a tremendously rewarding class. So many new techniques were presented and those processes used frequently were reinforced" |
| I'm not sure if you realise how your course has pushed me to be more experimental and 'brave' with the clay, but you have given me that confidence.
~ Janette Anderson, |
| "Loved Holly's Class, very informative, tips galore, and fun, fun, fun, can't wait till she comes back" ~ Carol Hamilton at Lorton Work House Art Studios the class was wonderful |
| "I have to say my expectations were far exceeded. Holly - you're personable, supportive and you have that knack of offering just enough information so I didn't get overwhelmed. totally great! Thanks, |
| "Yes, Holly's class was just super!!! What a boat load of information..." ~ Ann Davis |
| "Great Class, Holly! I enjoyed meeting you and appreciated all the info. you shared! I also think your background in education was a huge plus! You explained everything very well and were patient with us when we needed a repeat. I appreciate your hard work and talent" |
| "Holly is amazing. She made me take that perfect little leap in knowledge that made that internal light bulb turn on and say, Ahhh, it all ties together now. We learned TONS, created beautiful "interesting" pieces and laughed a lot. Holly is nothing if not flexible. And funny." ~ Renee Kutcher |
| "I just wanted to publicly acknowledge what a gift it is you give when you teach others. Your knowledge, skill and generosity are all impressive." ~ M.D. Jemmott. |
| "Holly, I really benefited. What an unforgettable treat .... Thanks for pushing me and keeping me focused and entertained with your humor and insight"
~ Val, Tucson |
| "I really admire your work. It is beautiful and soulful. I am new to PMC and have been collecting the tools recommended by different PMC artists, but it is the reading of the generous tips and tricks on your website that helped so much and I can’t say enough about your classes, they are so informative with a unique approach to MC." ~ M.K. Oberreit |
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