Description: Earn your Art Clay Level 1 Certification with Art Clay Master Instructor Katie Baum! Become a part of the world's most established and comprehensive education program and Instructor network, evolving for over 30 years, and receive the best Instructor benefits in the industry. Upon successful completion of the Level 1 Certification workshop, artisans receive 20% off all Art Clay Silver, Copper and Bronze, as well as discounts on nearly all other metal clay items with Art Clay World USA; we also provide Instructor support with ongoing assistance with class planning, lesson plans, project development, etc. Workshop materials and use of all tools and equipment are included in this class fee! The retail value of the clay alone exceeds $500, and the ability to take Certification with an Art Clay Master is truly priceless. We complete 7 projects together, learning and practicing countless techniques including setting gemstones, mirror finishing, hollow forms, different styles of ring bands, using natural forms, and so much more. Join us for this unique and amazing immersive experience, a true treat for our creation-loving souls.
Materials included in price: All materials needed to complete projects listed below and basic metal clay tool kit.*
Date & Time: Thursday-Sunday, November 5-8, 9am - 5pm
Location: William Holland
Instructor: Katie Baum
Skill Level: All Levels.
Required Tools:
- Apron
- Magnifying glasses and Ott light as needed
Level 1 Certification includes:
- Seashore Pendant: techniques include working with flat clay, texturing by hand, mounting a pearl, capturing a gem in clay, and creating a proper mirror finish by hand.
- Silver Overlay Cabochon Pendant: techniques include extruding and coiling clay, using specialty Art Clay Overlay Paste, practicing Sgraffito, proper embedment of an eyelet, firing Art Clay with porcelain.
- Pasted Leaf Brooch: techniques include capturing an organic form with silver paste, properly attaching brooch findings, accounting for clay shrinkage when making a brooch.
- Filigree Earrings: techniques include creating an armature for hollow forms, using syringe clay to create structurally sound filigree including attachments for findings, proper firing for wood clay armatures, finishing of hollow filigree items.
- Fluid Design Flat-banded Ring: techniques include proper accounting for clay reduction when forming a ring, proper forming of a clay strip for a ring, complete sealing of a clay seam so that it cannot be seen after firing, handling dimensional clay so as to avoid breakage, embellishment of a ring with syringe clay, patination of fired silver.
- Casual Gemstone Ring: techniques include hand-rolling a coil for a ring without crackling or breaking, capturing a setting with clay coils, creating a structurally sound ring with a single coil, proper setting of a faceted gem into a prong basket setting.
- Syringe Pendant: techniques include creating a structurally sound pendant using only layers of syringe, capturing a gemstone between syringe layers, forming flawless connections between syringe lines.
*Please note that all kits are subject to surcharge due to the fluctuating silver market. Kits are priced at a $75/ozt silver market. Should the market rise above $85 or fall below $65, prices will be adjusted on Oct. 15, 2026 accordingly.