Silver Metal Clay II Workshop

Silver Metal Clay II Workshop

Adult | Available

Adult with experience
11/8/2026 (one day)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Sun
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$185.00
Member Discount Available

Silver Metal Clay II Workshop

Adult | Available

Take your metal clay skills further by creating three-dimensional silver pendants using forming and firing techniques. Learn doming, stacking, draping, and pendant bale construction, along with advanced finishing methods before firing. Optional flush stone setting may be explored. Students will complete one or two unique silver pendants. Prerequisite: prior metal clay experience. Materials fee* of approximately $155 payable to the instructor includes metal clay, tools, supplies, and handouts for the class project. *Fee subject to change with the metals market.

  • Prerequisite: at least one other metal clay class.

    .    A materials fee* of approx. $125 includes sufficient metal clay, tools, supplies and handouts to complete class project, and is payable to the instructor at class. *Materials fee is subject to change with the metals market.

    Please refer to required material list below.

  • Required:

    Students must bring a portable work surface with them to class. (styrene or silicone sheet)

    Helpful Items:

    1. Texturing materials such as:  bottle caps, tube caps, fresh leaves, coarse fabric remnants, screening (plastic- not aluminum), tree bark, comb, nuts and bolts, small cookie cutters, other metal clay texturing tools you can purchase online.

    2. Magnifiers if needed for close-up work

    3. Safety glasses and dust mask

    4. Blow dryer- if you have one at home to bring it will be helpful.

    Please bring your lunch to save valuable working time. The use of face masks is optional.

Nancy Karpel

Nancy Karpel holds a BS from Albertus Magnus College, and PMC Guild Teacher's Certification. She has taught jewelry making at schools and art centers throughout her 46 years as a professional jewelry artist. Nancy has been published and her work exhibited extensively. Her work has been featured in several books on the subject of Precious Metal Clay. She sells her work through her New Haven, CT studio, N. Karpel Studio LLC, where she produces a line of contemporary jewelry, and through her website www.nancykarpeljewelry.com.