LEVEL 2 CERTIFICATION - October 26-27, 2010

Challenging and advanced skills in metal clay artistry. Designed for the evolving artist, this two-day class features mixed media skills, including enameling, PMC gold, bezel setting for non-kiln fireable stones, clasp and fs wire design, and much more!

Held in the artist's home on beautiful Orchid Island, Vero Beach, FL.

Students must pre-register through PMC Connection, http://www.pmcconnection.com

Class fee: $375

Bench fee: $95

Please bring lunch and all your favorite PMC tools.

LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATION - October 15-16, 2010

Master advanced techniques in PMC design, including box construction, hinge making, setting unusual gemstones using jeweler's investment, 24k gold keum boo, and many more secrets and tips for success!

Where: Artist's Home Studio
9335 Frangipani Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963

Times: 9:30-4:30 p.m. each day
Contact: lindakline9335@yahoo.com or 772-581-9487

Cost: $375; $95 bench fee
Includes all materials
Class size is limited to five students.
Please bring lunch and all your favorite PMC tools and supplies.

Register by contacting http://www.pmcconnection.com/

Creative Texturing Techniques - October 14, 2010

Make It and Brand It Your Own

This one day class will help you break your dependency on manufactured texture plates and lay claim to your own creativity and originality. We will learn to water etch, slip trail, how to make photopolymer plates, even acid etching on copper. We'll see how much we can cram into one day! Use your own original drawings, photos, letters......so many possibilities!

Materials are supplied by the instructor, with the exception of PMC. Please bring your own favorite PMC tools, including a work surface, etc.

Cost: $175
Time: 9:30-3:30 p.m.
Where: 9335 Frangipani Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963

Time: 9:30-3 p.m.

Contact: Linda Kline
772-581-9487 or http://www.lindaklinedesigns.com/

This class is limited to just five students. Early enrollment is encouraged.

Additional Information: Please bring lunch and come prepared for fun!

August 13-14, 2010

Level I Certification

Join me in my home studio, just three blocks from the beach, in lovely Vero Beach, FL. This two-day intensive workshop covers techniques and skills beyond the introductory stage. This class is a must for anyone who wants to achieve professional, refined results with PMC.

Cost: $350; plus $95 bench fee.

Contact PMC Connection, www.pmcconnection.com for registration or call 772-581-9487 for additional information.

June 2010

Private Instruction
One-on-one or small group instruction available at your convenience. Topics include all level of PMC instruction, basic to advancend skills and certification; fundamentals of metalsmithing, beading, cold connections, glass making, etc.

Photo Polymer Plate Making
Thursday, June 10, 10a.m. - 2p.m.
$150; includes a practice piece of PPP only. Supplies will be available for purchase, incuding PPP and silver.

Level I Certification
June 11-12, 2010
9:30-4 pm
$350; $95 bench fee. Register by contacting www.pmcconnection.com
Please bring lunch and come prepared for a challenging and fun experience covering all the essential skills for successfully working with PMC.

Level 2 Certification
June 18-19, 2010
9:30-4 pm
$375; $95 bench fee. Register by contacting www.pmcconnection.com
Please bring lunch. This fun and challenging class takes your work to a whole new level! Must be Level 1 certified to register for this class. Skills include mixed media (enameling, gold, FS wire) and refined finishing techniques.

May 2010

Private Instruction
Private classes are available on a one-on-one or small group basis. Call or email to schedule.

Open Studio
Every Tuesday and Wednesday
6-9 p.m.
This is not an instructional class. It is intended to bring artists together to share creative time and techniques. Cost includes firing and tumbling. Reservations are a MUST! Space is limited to just five students per session.
$25 per visit or $85 for 5-weeks.

Introduction to PMC
May 12, 2010
10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Learn the fundaments for successfully working with PMC. This into level class will effectively prepare you to pass Level 1 certification, scheduled for June 11-12, 2010, and covers essential skills such as forming, firing, cleaning, gemstone setting, etc. $150 plus the cost of materials and tools.

Photopolymer Plate Texture Making and Cold Connections
Thursday, May 13, 9:30 a.m.
This class is open only to experienced PMC artists
$150, does not include silver. Class does include PPP, images, and cold connections (rivets, wire, etc.)

Learn to individualize your work by adding your own original art to your jewelry designs. Create a piece of PMC with a PPP texture and then discover cold connections -- the art of bonding two pieces of metal without heat (rivets, tubes, wire, etc.)

LEVEL 3
May 14-15, 2010
$375; $95 bench fee
Contact http://www.pmcconnection.com/ to register. Students must complete Level 1 and 2 before registering for this advanced class.

Note: All above listed classes are held in the home/studio of the artist on Orchid Island, Vero Beach, FL.

PMC By The Sea - Hot New Classes for 2010

The following classes will be held at my home studio:
9335 Frangipani Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963

Silver Melt Down!
Friday, February 19, 2010
9:30 until ????
$50
Please bring something for a shared lunch experience with the group.

Got a collection of mistakes and undesirable silver “stuff” you want to recycle? Bring your fired pieces of PMC (.999 fs) and learn the age old process of smelting and broom casting. This is a great way to reuse your ugly silver pieces and recreate them into something new and exciting. Bring an old cookie sheet (one from the Dollar Store is good), an empty tin can, a natural straw whisk broom (can be purchased at Sewell’s Hardware, 707 US Hwy 1.) Wear old clothes and protect your hair with a scarf or hat.


Copper Clay
Monday, February 22, 2010
9:30 until ???
$95
Bring something to share with the group for lunch.

Explore the fundaments of Copper Clay to create unique jewelry components. This class includes copper clay. To avoid cross-contamination, you will need a dedicated set of tools to use with copper. Firing copper clay requires eight hours. Plan to make arrangements to pick up your fired pieces following the class. Also, please bring a small container (an empty PMC3 paste jar works well) to make your own paste.


Stone Setting Workshop: Setting Gemstones That Can’t Take the Heat
Friday, February 26, 2010
9:30 a.m. – until ????
Bring something to contribute to a shared lunch.
$95

First, learn the process of using jeweler’s investment to create a mold of your stone. Then create a pendant with PMC, fire for shrinkage; mount the mold of your stone by creating PMC “prongs” and fire again. This fail proof process gives beautiful results and is a creative way to incorporate unusual and irregularly cut gemstones into your work. Bring your own stone or purchase from the instructor. PMC is available for purchase. Investment provided.


Level 2 Certification
March 5-6, 2010
9:30-4:30 p.m. both days
$375, plus $95 bench fee
Bring lunch

This intermediate/advanced class is open only to those who have completed Level 1. It covers advanced mixed media application and places emphasis on finishing and refining techniques. Four projects are covered including PMC gold and enamels, creating a clasp with fine silver wire insertions, bezel setting cabochons which cannot be fired in the kiln, and multi-textured/mirror-finished designs.

Bronze Clay

Friday, March 12, 2010
9:30 until ???
$95
Bring something to share with the group for lunch.

Explore the fundamentals of Bronze Clay to create unique jewelry components. This class includes bronze clay. To avoid cross-contamination, you will need a dedicated set of tools to work in bronze. Bronze clay requires eight hours to fire. You will need to make arrangements with the instructor to pick up your pieces following the class. Please also bring a small container to make your own bronze paste. An empty PMC paste container works well.

Cold Connections – Rivets, Screws, and Other Quirky Ways to Join “Stuff”
Friday, March 19, 2010
9:30 a.m. – until ????
$75
Bring something for a shared lunch.

Sometimes it isn’t appropriate to use heat to join components. Let’s explore some added options for assemblage. Cold Connections -- rivets, screws, and other elements -- can make an added artistic statement, give dimension, and perhaps even give movement to our work. Micro findings (screws, washers, rivets, etc.) will be provided. Bring your own “stuff” (found objects such as odd earrings, etc.) and we’ll come up with something kwirky, fun, and whimsical.


Level 3 Certification
March 26-27, 2010
9:30-4:30 p.m. each day
$375, plus $95 bench fee
Bring lunch

Create two advanced projects: A hinged box with 24k gold Keum Boo accent; and a pendant set with an unusual gemstone using the jeweler’s investment burnout technique. Very amazing results!


Level 1 Certification
April 16-17, 2010
9-:30-4:30 p.m. both days
$350, plus $85 bench fee
Bring lunch

Five fundamental projects must be completed in two-days: Syringed earrings, a ring, fold-over pendant using two different stone setting techniques, amphora (hollow form) with coiled handles and PMC sheet embellishment, a dried formed, carved pendant. Work will be critiqued and evaluated for artistry and quality of workmanship. Prior PMC experience is encouraged.


Resin, Color, and Captured Images
Friday, April 23, 2010
9:30 – until ????
$85
Bring a dish for a shared lunch.

We explore the various uses of resin as a coloring agent and finishing concept. Bring photos, old images, and found objects for insertion in your designs.


Classes at Other Locations:

Paper and PMC
February 27, 2010
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Art Mundo at Art Bank
2nd Avenue
Ft. Pierce, FL

Create a silver sensation using PMC paste and art paper. These fabulous abstract designs look stunning with gemstones, pearls, and beads! A very fun beginner or intermediate class.

5-Weeks of PMC
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Tuesdays, 9:30-12:30
February 16 till March 16

Covers all types of PMC products and projects. Open to students of all levels.

Vero Beach Museum of Art
PMC and Paper
Friday, April 9, 2010
9:30-3 p.m.

Leaves, Twigs and Organic Components
March 20, 2010
10 a.m - 3 p.m.
Art Mundo at Art Bank
2nd Avenue
Ft. Pierce, FL


Solar Plates and PMC
April 10, 2010
10 a.m. - 3p.m.
Art Mundo at Art Bank
2nd Avenue
Ft. Pierce, FL

Transform your own art or copyright free art work into texture plates to use with your PMC designs by using solar or UV light.

Create amazing pieces of wearable art from found, organic objects.

2010...


A whole new decade lies ahead! What an exciting time to embark on new artistic and creative adventures and redefine who we are through personal expression and self-discovery.

I'm not big on resolutions. I've never managed to keep any I've made in the past, so why bother. The new year is more a time for me to reflect on where I am -- take a personal inventory, so to speak -- of what's working, what's not. It's sort of like gardening. I have to pull out the weeds so new seeds can take root, grow and flourish.

The weeding process can be scary. It may mean stepping out of our comfort zone to part with those things which no longer serve us.....relationships, jobs, self-limiting thoughts. The rewards, however, can be glorious!

Such as been my artistic journey. One of the boldest (some would argue stupidest) decisions I ever made was to leave the comfort of the mainstream work world to dedicate myself to my art and teaching on a full-time basis. It's been a lot like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride....ups and downs, twists and turns, and too often, terrifying. But I wouldn't change it for nothin'! And in the bigger picture, on my good days, I'd say I'm happier, more gratified, and more at peace with myself than if I'd taken the Path of Least Resistance for the sake of health benefits.

I'm incredibly blessed to be a teacher. So many marvelously talented people pass through my life. Students and artists from all over the world have enriched and expanded by vision through their creative optimism and artistic enthusiasm.

Yes, the economy sucks! It's put a bad spin on our ability to freely play, travel, create, explore, and spend. And you're probably as sick as me of hearing about how bad things are! I have so much faith, however, that things are getting better.....or perhaps we are being Divinely inspired (or forced?) to rethink, rebuild, renew, re-CREATE our lives by peeling back the layers of false comfort and security.

This is an amazing time to cut loose with those old self-limiting beliefs that tell us it's safer to stay where we are and put up with what we have been dealt than to want or expect something better. I think we stand at the cusp of something truly wonderful and Divinely liberating...the craving of the human soul.

So instead of health benefits, spiffy clothes, and a flashy car, I have the joy of inspiring, teaching, and watching people create. I get to hear and feel their happiness when they make something beautiful. I get to make a difference in their lives. How blessed am I?