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I've worked with metalclay for 15 years. Over the last 7 years I spent a lot of time traveling around the country taking classes from many of the metalsmith artists, enamelists, and mixed media artists that I have admired over the years. It's been quite a learning experience and I have had and continue to have the best time making things in my studio.
My metal clay work has been included in three of the five PMC Annuals published by the PMC Guild, including the final edition in 2011, and various other publications as well, in "Metal Clay Beads" written by Barbara Becker Simon, Lark Books, 2009 and Sherri Haab's revised and expanded edition of "The Art of Metal Clay", Watson-Guptill, 2010. My metal clay pendant necklace called "My Heart's Golden Secret" won 3rd place in Misubishi's "Tales of the Heart" Competition in February of 2013. Two of my metal clay boxes are in Ganoksin's online exhibit called "Holding Place: A Repository of Containers and Vessels by Metalsmiths Around the World". Link to the exhibit is here: http://www.ganoksin.com/exhibition/v/HoldingPlace2013/.
I'm also a mixed media artist and have been published in 1000 Artist Journal Pages, 2008 and Collaborative Art Journals, 2009.
I taught Silver Clay classes for three years at a big mixed media art retreat called Artfest, in Port Townsend, Washington. I also teach private classes and am always on the lookout for classes I would like to take to add to my skills and keep my designs interesting for me.
Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.
Welcome to crafthaus, the network for artists, craftsmen/women ! I am very glad you joined us. Your membership is good through 7-15-2011 !
Please add your thoughts to the blogs and discussion forums that are already posted. Of course, if there is something else you'd much rather talk about, please add that to the site so that the rest of us can chime in.
I really hope you will enjoy being with this network and find the exchanges interesting and fun. The more you put into it, the more you will get out of it, for sure.
Finally, if there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email me anytime. I will do my best to be of help.
You can contact me directly through my website: jstoneenamels.com. Yes, I am head of the enameling department at The Crucible, www.thecrucible.org, and yes, I will be teaching at Mendocino this coming summer. Oakland is closer!
Thank you! I am a professor of classics turned jeweler.Lately, I have been experimenting with metal clay and I have been working like crazy to learn the way it handles. I have constructed two brooches and am in the process of making a bangle..with granulation. Wish me luck! When they are finished I will submit them for consideration to Powder Metallurgy..
I love your pieces--especially, the bowls and almost all of the necklaces. They are beautiful!
The granulation on the existing Crafthaus photos is the usual one. I use the torch to create the little balls---practice makes things better:) and then position then and adhere them to the wire or surface. I have been trying, as I said in another note, to create volume together with the granulation and not the usual flat surface where you arrange the granules geometrically.
As far as metal clay is concerned, I have been working with it for the last two months. I have been successful in creating uniform little balls using a very small, thin hollow straw. I have made two brooches and now I am making a double bangle with the brooch design as a centerpiece. The most difficult part is the construction of the bangle with twisted pmc wire....will try again today. Yesterday's attempt were foiled!!!!
Good morning Catherine, thank you for sharing your experience with pmc.
I had figured out that I needed support of some kind. Yesterday I managed to make one of the two rings that make the bangle. Today I will try for the second one and then attempt to put them together. I think I will solder them before I granulate. Anyway, thank you again for being so generous with your information. It seems to me that pmc is more fragile and prone to more stresses than ordinary gold or silver. I just have to adjust to that!G
I'm doing......okay. How do you do it? I admire your tremendously. I look at what you accomplish and sigh and think of better days for me to be more organized, more productive. I constantly think of the questions that you sent me and I did get started and think of the all the time (to sit down and finish mine) I look at the jewelry you make, the art you produce......you must have a great support system. Not that I'm whinning, it's all on me. I just feel stagnant and need some classes to get me motivated. Anyway, really I'm good. I should have never taken a job. It started out as a part time job, but has now worked it way into almost full time. I'm saving money to do some travelling, but I want to make some jewelry. Anyway...are you doing well? Thanks for asking! Still would like to get an opportunity to get to call you and have a chat. xo
Thank you for liking my work! Fellow makers that appreciate the energy and effort that goes into creating pieces through traditional techniques are precious! Sometimes I feel like a very lonely voice crying in the vastness of innovative art jewelry but then ideas that turn ancient designs into something aesthetically pleasing today hit and I cannot resist trying them out. Thank you again!
thanks for the compliments. don't know where you put prices, like harriete commented. i sell at craft shows, if that's what you were saying. i can be a little dense. i actually head out tuesday for a few shows. road trip!
hi catherine,
i had my web site up with zen cart and took it down. just too complicated. learning curve very large. i have had so many artists tell me to use etsy and when i go to their etsy store they have 7 sales in 3 years. can't devote my time to something like that. i only have 2 friends out of probably 50 that are doing well on etsy. how about yourself ? do you use it and is it going well for you? does seem to be price related. i am a one person road show and just cannot do it all. i like doing shows, meeting people, and getting out there. right now i make enough to live so i'm ok with it. i feel like this is my year and i'm going to do great!! i have selected another platform for my web site, but that will have to wait for another day. right now, people just have to ask and i send pics of what i currently have. anyway, it's what i can do at this time, or at least what i can fit in, time wise.
Wow, time passes so quickly. Sorry we haven't spoken. We have been doing our college visits. Driving out to Ohio for a few weekends and to the other colleges Cameron had gotten accepted to. We finally signed the check this week for Xavier University in Cincinnati. It's very emotional for me. Plus.....I finally got back into doing some PMC. How are you doing? I absolutely love your box. I would love to see more views. It's georgous! xo
Thanks, Catherine! I'm delighted to be here, and also really glad that you actually received my invitation, since for some reason the last several times I tried to invite anyone to connect here, the page just hung. :( Anyway, good to connect with you here! :)
I put you on my list. I'm not scheduled to teach anything at the moment - I've been taking a break from the short classes, but I'll let you know when I do.
Hi Catherine, You have some remarkable pieces of jewellery, which medium are you working in silver or mixed metals.
I am just getting back into my work having had nearly three years of very little due to circumstances, but I feeling a lot more settled here with my son in Queensland. I have quite a lot of ideas running through my head which I now want make into reality.
Brigitte Martin
Welcome to crafthaus, the network for artists, craftsmen/women ! I am very glad you joined us. Your membership is good through 7-15-2011 !
Please add your thoughts to the blogs and discussion forums that are already posted. Of course, if there is something else you'd much rather talk about, please add that to the site so that the rest of us can chime in.
I really hope you will enjoy being with this network and find the exchanges interesting and fun. The more you put into it, the more you will get out of it, for sure.
Finally, if there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email me anytime. I will do my best to be of help.
Again: Welcome and enjoy !
Brigitte Martin
Editor crafthaus
Jun 22, 2009
Janet Marie Scherrer
I think your pieces are very organic as well as mine.
they have a nice flow and I find them interesting.
Mar 8, 2010
Thomasin Durgin
Apr 12, 2010
Thomasin Durgin
http://metalriot.blogspot.com/2010/04/art-and-copyright.html
Hot issue that was part of a blog carnival.
Apr 16, 2010
Ann Davis
Hey!! Happy Holidays to you too!!!! :))))))
Dec 17, 2010
Judy Stone
You can contact me directly through my website: jstoneenamels.com. Yes, I am head of the enameling department at The Crucible, www.thecrucible.org, and yes, I will be teaching at Mendocino this coming summer. Oakland is closer!
Dec 17, 2010
Donna Lewis
Yay! Happy holidays Catherine
Dec 18, 2010
Sophia Georgiopoulou
Catherine,
Thank you! I am a professor of classics turned jeweler.Lately, I have been experimenting with metal clay and I have been working like crazy to learn the way it handles. I have constructed two brooches and am in the process of making a bangle..with granulation. Wish me luck! When they are finished I will submit them for consideration to Powder Metallurgy..
I love your pieces--especially, the bowls and almost all of the necklaces. They are beautiful!
Jan 31, 2011
Sophia Georgiopoulou
Hi Catherine,
The granulation on the existing Crafthaus photos is the usual one. I use the torch to create the little balls---practice makes things better:) and then position then and adhere them to the wire or surface. I have been trying, as I said in another note, to create volume together with the granulation and not the usual flat surface where you arrange the granules geometrically.
As far as metal clay is concerned, I have been working with it for the last two months. I have been successful in creating uniform little balls using a very small, thin hollow straw. I have made two brooches and now I am making a double bangle with the brooch design as a centerpiece. The most difficult part is the construction of the bangle with twisted pmc wire....will try again today. Yesterday's attempt were foiled!!!!
Thank you for your kins words. Sophia
Feb 1, 2011
Sophia Georgiopoulou
Good morning Catherine, thank you for sharing your experience with pmc.
I had figured out that I needed support of some kind. Yesterday I managed to make one of the two rings that make the bangle. Today I will try for the second one and then attempt to put them together. I think I will solder them before I granulate. Anyway, thank you again for being so generous with your information. It seems to me that pmc is more fragile and prone to more stresses than ordinary gold or silver. I just have to adjust to that!G
Feb 2, 2011
Dina Alexander
I'm doing......okay. How do you do it? I admire your tremendously. I look at what you accomplish and sigh and think of better days for me to be more organized, more productive. I constantly think of the questions that you sent me and I did get started and think of the all the time (to sit down and finish mine) I look at the jewelry you make, the art you produce......you must have a great support system. Not that I'm whinning, it's all on me. I just feel stagnant and need some classes to get me motivated. Anyway, really I'm good. I should have never taken a job. It started out as a part time job, but has now worked it way into almost full time. I'm saving money to do some travelling, but I want to make some jewelry. Anyway...are you doing well? Thanks for asking! Still would like to get an opportunity to get to call you and have a chat. xo
Feb 9, 2011
Laura Flavin
Feb 16, 2011
Laurie Yoder
Mar 2, 2011
Wanaree Tanner
Mar 10, 2011
Sophia Georgiopoulou
Catherine,
Thank you for liking my work! Fellow makers that appreciate the energy and effort that goes into creating pieces through traditional techniques are precious! Sometimes I feel like a very lonely voice crying in the vastness of innovative art jewelry but then ideas that turn ancient designs into something aesthetically pleasing today hit and I cannot resist trying them out. Thank you again!
Mar 16, 2011
Michele Grady
Mar 28, 2011
Rebecca Bogan
Mar 31, 2011
anne havel
Mar 31, 2011
anne havel
i had my web site up with zen cart and took it down. just too complicated. learning curve very large. i have had so many artists tell me to use etsy and when i go to their etsy store they have 7 sales in 3 years. can't devote my time to something like that. i only have 2 friends out of probably 50 that are doing well on etsy. how about yourself ? do you use it and is it going well for you? does seem to be price related. i am a one person road show and just cannot do it all. i like doing shows, meeting people, and getting out there. right now i make enough to live so i'm ok with it. i feel like this is my year and i'm going to do great!! i have selected another platform for my web site, but that will have to wait for another day. right now, people just have to ask and i send pics of what i currently have. anyway, it's what i can do at this time, or at least what i can fit in, time wise.
Mar 31, 2011
Dina Alexander
Apr 15, 2011
Margaret R Schindel
Apr 20, 2011
Lesley Messam
Well thank you so much that has made my day :)
May 13, 2011
Deborah Lozier
May 18, 2011
Marlene Brady
Jun 23, 2011
Linda Kaye-Moses
Thanks for checking out the book. Hope you get to see a copy in the flesh.
Linda
Aug 23, 2011
Doxallo Designs
Thanks Catherine! Its good to see you here!
Dec 11, 2011
Maureen Kemp
Hi Catherine, You have some remarkable pieces of jewellery, which medium are you working in silver or mixed metals.
I am just getting back into my work having had nearly three years of very little due to circumstances, but I feeling a lot more settled here with my son in Queensland. I have quite a lot of ideas running through my head which I now want make into reality.
May 5, 2012
alice simpson
Catherine,
Your work is exquisite and beautifully rendered.
Jul 26, 2012