Silver Clay Jewelry Wednesday, July 14 REGISTRATION CLOSED - Click here to join waiting list Tr. Sarah Horne Create one-of-a kind handmade silver jewelry; Precious Metal Clay is an amazing material that models similar to clay and, once fired, is 99.9% fine silver. We’ll review the technical aspects of working with the medium and provide all necessary tools and equipment. You’ll sculpt several pieces like pendants, earrings, beads, or rings. After the workshop, we’ll fire and polish your jewelry and have it ready for you to pick up, it’s that easy! Course fee includes an 18g package of silver clay which will make a few pieces depending on size and we’ll have more clay on hand, which you can purchase from us at cost, if your aesthetics call for a bigger design. Course fee including materials: $65.00
Glass Basics: Fusing & Slumping Wednesday, July 21st 7-10pm REGISTRATION CLOSED - Click here to join waiting list Tr. Sarah Horne Explore the basics of glass art in this exciting new workshop! Learn about types of glass, glass compatibility, and the fusing process. Practice glass safety, gain skills with scoring and breaking glass into desired shapes. After some practice, we’ll introduce fusing and slumping kiln-fired basics and show you how easy and fun the process can be. Make pendants, coasters, and small dishes; we’ll fire them, then you pick them up and “oooh & ahhh” at how cool it is to melt glass! Course fee including materials: $65.00
Digital Photography Introduction Friday, July 30th 7:00-10:00pm Tr. John Ryan Capture those summer memories with your camera, this year! This workshop will guide you through the digital basics for learning photography and provide useful tips for turning your snapshots into works of art! We’ll walk you through all the essential camera basics: camera functions, digitals file formats, composition, picture taking tricks, lighting, and flash work. Then we’ll focus on uploading images to your computer, and simple editing, and printing techniques. Whether your camera is point and shoot or SLR bring it to class with the owner’s manual and bring a laptop if you have one for photo editing practice. Course fee including materials: $45.00 Register Now!!
Fairmount Art Center
2501 Olive Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
