Description: Take your metal clay skills to the highest professional level with the Art Clay Level 1 Certification PLUS, taught by Art Clay Master Instructor Katie Baum. This intensive, immersive workshop goes far beyond standard Level 1 certification. While traditional programs only focus on fine silver, this upgraded "PLUS" curriculum offers hands-on experience and demonstrations with the entire spectrum of Art Clay formulas. You will learn to work confidently with Art Clay .999 Silver, Art Clay 950 Pro sterling clay, pure Art Clay Copper, and beautiful Art Clay Bronze—all of which are included in your course materials.
Over the course of this workshop, you will complete at least seven distinct projects while practicing a wide variety of essential, professional-level techniques. You will master the art of setting gemstones, creating hollow forms, designing different styles of ring bands, working with natural forms, and achieving flawless mirror finishes. Learning directly from an Art Clay Master provides a truly priceless foundation, ensuring you gain the technical precision and confidence needed to create stunning, professional-grade jewelry.
Beyond the classroom, successful completion of this workshop officially welcomes you into the world's most established and comprehensive education program and instructor network, which has been evolving for over 30 years. As a certified instructor, you will receive some of the best benefits in the industry, including a 20% discount on all Art Clay Silver, Copper, and Bronze, savings on nearly all other items through Art Clay World USA, and ongoing professional support to help you with class planning, lesson plans, and project development.
To ensure you have everything you need for this creative journey, all workshop materials, tools, and kiln equipment are provided in the class fee. Your tuition includes a massive supply of clay and tools valued at over $700, alongside a unique Art Clay goodie bag packed with over $150 worth of tools, inspiration, and creative surprises. Don't miss this rare opportunity to participate in a deeply immersive, career-boosting experience that is a true treat for any creation-loving soul.
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.
Take your metal clay skills to the highest professional level with the Art Clay Level 1 Certification PLUS, taught by Art Clay Master Instructor Katie Baum. This intensive, immersive workshop goes far beyond standard Level 1 certification. While traditional programs only focus on fine silver, this upgraded "PLUS" curriculum offers hands-on experience and demonstrations with the entire spectrum of Art Clay formulas. You will learn to work confidently with Art Clay .999 Silver, Art Clay 950 Pro sterling clay, pure Art Clay Copper, and beautiful Art Clay Bronze—all of which are included in your course materials.
Over the course of this workshop, you will complete at least seven distinct projects while practicing a wide variety of essential, professional-level techniques. You will master the art of setting gemstones, creating hollow forms, designing different styles of ring bands, working with natural forms, and achieving flawless mirror finishes. Learning directly from an Art Clay Master provides a truly priceless foundation, ensuring you gain the technical precision and confidence needed to create stunning, professional-grade jewelry.
Beyond the classroom, successful completion of this workshop officially welcomes you into the world's most established and comprehensive education program and instructor network, which has been evolving for over 30 years. As a certified instructor, you will receive some of the best benefits in the industry, including a 20% discount on all Art Clay Silver, Copper, and Bronze, savings on nearly all other items through Art Clay World USA, and ongoing professional support to help you with class planning, lesson plans, and project development.
To ensure you have everything you need for this creative journey, all workshop materials, tools, and kiln equipment are provided in the class fee. Your tuition includes a massive supply of clay and tools valued at over $700, alongside a unique Art Clay goodie bag packed with over $150 worth of tools, inspiration, and creative surprises. Don't miss this rare opportunity to participate in a deeply immersive, career-boosting experience that is a true treat for any creation-loving soul.