Bird on a Wire

This bird necklace was made with one of my favorite Photopolymer Plates. After I polished and patined the square pendant, I dapped it which gave it a nice curve. Still, I felt it needed something else to add interest. Luckily I remembered a mould I made of a coral branch. I pressed metal clay into it, let it dry and added texture with a blade. I pushed some eyelets into the ends so I could hang the branch on a chain. Attached the pendant to the silver branch. and I am happy with the results.....

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Bird on a Wire

Jewelry Show Thursday Dec. 9th 7-9pm and Friday Dec. 10th 10am-12lpm

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For pictures of my studio converted into a showroom click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/virginiahuffman/VineDesignJewelryShow?locked=true#

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Jewelry Show Thursday Dec. 9th 7-9pm and Friday Dec. 10th 10am-12lpm

From Line Art to Jewelry. Making a Photopolymer Plate for Precious Metal Clay

I am crazy about Photoplymer Plates -- you could say addicted. You can take almost any line drawing and make it into silver jewelry. I recently had a student, Mark Reynolds, from Northern Canada take a private session. He creates jewelry with a wildlife theme. Visitors travel to his cold corner of the world to see bears and he makes memorable jewelry for them to take home as a reminder of their visit.

Mark came to our session with a design he wanted to make from a linocut he made in a class at 3FishStudios in San Francisco. He reduced his image to a workable size for jewelry and this image was made into a plate that is similar to a stamp but much crisper. The Precious Metal Clay was then pressed into the prepared plate, shaped and fired. To see the steps to the process, check out the following link on my online Picasso album http://picasaweb.google.com/virginiahuffman/PPPProcessMarkReynolds?locked=true

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From Line Art to Jewelry. Making a Photopolymer Plate for Precious Metal Clay

I was Featured on Craft Gossip

Ever do a google search for yourself? C'mon admit it! I just did. And what did I find? A post about my work and a wonderful promo about my classes. The world wide web is an interesting place to get the "hook up" Here is the direct link http://jewelrymaking.craftgossip.com/learn-about-pmc/2010/09/18/ For my 2011 class schedule, open the document on the right of this web page. To register please contact me at virginiahuffman@gmail.com or 650-630-6061.

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I was Featured on Craft Gossip

Featured on Art Jewelry Mag Editor's Blog

Just got an e-mail that one of my pieces was featured on an online blog to a magazine I subscribe to. Wow!! Have a peek.

http://cs.artjewelrymag.com/artcs/blogs/artjewelry/2010/11/08/highlights-from-the-subscriber-gallery-final-round-12-addie-choice.aspx

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Featured on Art Jewelry Mag Editor's Blog

Precious Metal Clay and Resin Class

In this Intro Class, students made wondefully creative jewelry. Its always fun for me to introduce people to the wonders of metal clay and see how each student incorporates their own designs and ideas. To view more pictures of this class and students work click on the following link http://picasaweb.google.com/virginiahuffman/20101105PMCAndResinClass?feat=directlink

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Precious Metal Clay and Resin Class

Gold on Precious Metal Clay

Just finished a fun two part class which added 22k Gold to pure silver. The results were stunning and students went away very happy and energized. Love that! We decided that oxidizing the silver portion of the pieces really made the gold "pop". Mixed metal is in and we are so thrilled.

To view more photos of this class, click on the pic below

2010-10-26 PMC and Gold Class

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Gold on Precious Metal Clay