Precious Metal Clay, PMC Advanced and Project Based Training, Classes, Courses and Workshops
These teachers and schools offer training in more advanced PMC techniques or specific project based workshops. Many of them also offer PMC beginners classes. Some will travel outside their home area, see the listings for details. If you can't find an instructor in your area on this page, check the generic metal clay classes page and the Art Clay classes pages. There is also now a Home Study metal clay qualification available from the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery and available worldwide. All links open in a new window.
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Precious Metal Clay Advanced classes in the UK
Precious Metal Clay Advanced classes in the USA
Precious Metal Clay Advanced classes International
UK
Bluebell Design Studio - Crossgates, Fife
Introduction to silver metal clay classes, intermediate level silver metal clay classes. They also run a number of workshops including ring making, charm making and adding colour to metal clay, champleve enamel on silver clay classes. Classes also run at the at The Bead Shop Scotland’s premises in Edinbugh and Haddington. They sell the cheapest PMC in the UK from their online shop which stocks all types of PMC including PMC Pro and PMC Sterling. Kiln firing services and open workshops. Official MCSJ Silver Metal Clay Diploma Home Study Support Centre. Committed to running safe and supportive metal clay classes to the standards detailed in the MCSJ Support Centre Training Code of Practice.
B-Unique and PMC Workshops - Bath
Improvers Precious Metal Clay PMC classes. Classes also run in Motcombe, Dorset.
Clarise Designer Jewellery - Leeds, West Yorkshire
Courses and beginners one day classes in Precious Metal Clay PMC. Also run bespoke classes in PMC, silversmithing, copperwork and enamelling. Specialist courses in PMC for business and fingerprint jewellery. They also sell PMC and Art Clay, tools, kilns and photo polymer stamp kits (Imagepac) and offer a kiln firing service.
Croydon Jewellery School - Croydon, Surrey
Precious Metal Clay, PMC taster and beginners classes. Also run intermediate level PMC classes and copper clay classes.
Hertfordshire School of Jewellery - Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Introductory PMC and Art Clay classes, intermediate PMC and Art Clay classes, advanced PMC and Art Clay classes, adding gold classes, introduction to Bronze and Copper clay classes, also project based metal clay classes, glass fusing classes, silverwork classes, polymer clay classes and texture making classes.
Julia Rai - Tywardreath, Cornwall and Holborn, London
Introduction to metal clay, PMC and Art Clay classes, Art Clay Certification classes level 1 and 2, making your own textures class, private classes, one-to-one classes. Will travel to teach.
Learn Silver Clay - East Sussex
Specialist provider of Fingerprint Keepsake Jewellery courses for business. Also, stockist of all fingerprint jewellery related products including Inkless Wipes, Polymer Plates Moulding Compounds through the PMC Shop.
London Jewellery School - Hatton Garden, London
Precious Metal Clay PMC beginners classes. Precious Metal Clay PMC ring making, gold, glass (lampwork beads), enamelling, basic silversmithing, polymer clay and jewellery making classes, texture making classes. Art Clay beginners and Certification classes. Bronze clay classes. Also runs childrens PMC charm-making classes. Private tuition for all levels of metal clay.
Magick Minx Productions - Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire
Offering a full range of Precious Metal Clay PMC workshops for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels plus project based classes including ring and box making. PMC Certification training from the PMC Studio. Private tuition available.
The Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery - St Austell, Cornwall
Beginners precious Metal Clay PMC classes, beginners Art Clay classes, beginners silver metal clay classes, advanced silver metal clay, Art Clay and PMC classes. Silver Metal Clay Diploma and Higher Metal Clay Diploma courses. The Silver Metal Clay Diploma is available as classroom training in Cornwall or as a Home Study Course. Art Clay level 1 and 2 Certification with Julia Rai. Bronze clay and copper clay classes. These classes form part of the Higher Metal Clay Diploma. Wide range of metal clay and jewellery making courses, traditional silver work classes, enamelling classes, jewellery repair, stone setting, adding colour to metal clay, torch fired enamel classes, glass fusing classes. Private classes run by appointment. Open workshops, kiln firing services. Official MCSJ Silver Metal Clay Diploma Home Study Support Centre.
PMC Designs - Chester, Cheshire
Workshops in silver metal clay for Beginners to Advanced. Project based classes in PMC and Cold Enamelling.
The PMC Studio - Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Precious Metal Clay PMC Introduction classes, PMC Certification classes.
Seaglass Silver - Newquay, Cornwall
Intermediate and advanced technique Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Silverbear Jewellery - Dartington, Nr Totnes, Devon
Beginners and Advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Surrey Jewellery School - Woking, Surrey
A wide variety of classes in metal clay techniques, to suit all levels of experience. Individual and group tuition available, and jewellery making parties for all occasions. Accredited Training Centre for the PMC Studio, offering PMC Studio Certification programme. Metal Clay kiln firing service, open days and studio hire.
Touchmark Studios - Chew Magna, Bristol
Precious Metal Clay PMC and Art Clay beginners and advanced training, enamelling classes, silverwork and metal work classes. Kiln firing services and open workshops. Official MCSJ Silver Metal Clay Diploma Home Study Support Centre. Committed to running safe and supportive metal clay classes to the standards detailed in the MCSJ Support Centre Training Code of Practice.
Unicorn Studios - Lincoln
Art Clay and Precious Metal Clay PMC classes for beginners and advanced level students. One-day workshops and longer courses by arrangement, and half-day taster sessions. Ann Walker will also travel virtually anywhere to teach groups of five students and more, up to eight in total.
Uniquely Yours Jewellery - Solihull
Precious Metal Clay classes from beginner to advanced level.
USA
Abeille - Brookline, MA
Retail bead shop and studio, no online sales. Suppliers of beads, findings and other items for hand made goods. Also run classes in bead stringing, wire work and PMC.
The Alchemy Group - Arlington, Texas
Intermediate level Precious Metal Clay PMC classes and Bronze clay.
Alice Alper-Rein - Morganville, NJ
Introductory Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Alicia Fink - Rochester and Brockport, NY
PMC advanced classes at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, NY and at her studion in Brockport, NY.
Argentum - Pembroke Pines, FL
Beginners, intermediate and advanced PMC classes and PMC Connection Certification classes.
Barbara Becker Simon - locations all over the USA and worldwide
PMC advanced classes running in various locations including complex hollow forms classes. Barbara also runs the Rio Grande PMC Certification, Bronzclay classes and texture making classes.
The Bead House - Bristol, RI
Bead supplier who also run classes in PMC, both beginners and advanced and bronze clay classes. Also run metalwork classes, polymer clay classes, wirework classes and stringing classes.
The Bead Shop - Palo Alto, CA
Intermediate and advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Brighton Beads and More - Brighton, Michigan
Precious Metal Clay Silver, Bronze and Copper) beginning to advanced classes. Also offered are glass (lampwork beads and fused glass), enameling, simple soldering, silversmithing (forging, fold forming, Keum Bo, etching, hydrolic press, clasps, stone setting, pewter) and jewelry making classes including wire wrapping, chain maille and beading. Private lessons are available in all media for vacationing artisans and crafters as well as local students.
Broken Branches - Brookline, MA; Marshfield, MA; Topsfield, MA; Waltham, MA; Westford, MA ; Scarborough, ME
Introductory metal clay courses and special projects including hollow metal clay forms and rings. Also runs chain maille classes, wireworking classes and Viking knit classes.
C3 Studios - Duluth, Georgia
PMC beginners and advanced classes. They also run glass making classes, kilnformed glass, hot glass and stained glass.
Carol Hamilton - Northern Virginia
More advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC project classes including rings.
Chris Darway - Lambertville, NJ
Precious Metal Clay PMC Certification (Rio Grande), beginner and advanced classes. Various locations.
Christi Anderson - Peoria, AZ
PMC Book Pendant Class - 9am-1pm
Pandora's Box Class - 2pm - 6pm
Date: March 21 and 22, 2009
Place: Fire and FriendsZ Art Studio
Clear Creek Academy of Jewelry and Metal Arts - Denver, CO
PMC beginners and advanced classes, enamelling classes and silversmithing classes.
Danaca Design - Seattle, WA
This metal crafting center has PMC beginners, intermediate and advanced classes.
Dangles, Bangles and More - Tulsa, OK
Rhonda Hobbs teaches in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area at Water Works Art Studio
located at 1710 Charles Page Blvd, Tulsa, OK 918-596-2440 and at Jenks
Community Educaton 918-299-4415 x2247. She also offers private lessons
besides scheduled classes. She will travel up to four hours away from the
Tulsa area and charges between $10 to $40 extra per person (depending on the
distance), with a minimum of four people to the class.
DBD Art Studios - Frederick, Maryland
PMC classes at all levels running in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and beyond.
Designs by Sylvanye - Smyrna, TN
A range of classes including beginners, intermediate and advanced PMC and Art Clay, glass fusing, copper clay, bronze clay and also a class specifically for using the microwave kiln.
Doris King – Tucson, Arizona
Beginners and advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Ed and Martha Bigger - Sacramento, CA, Corning, NY, Milwaukee, WI, Portland
Specialising in PMC and glass, you can also learn Bronzclay and beginners PMC.
Elaine Luther - Chicago and Indianapolis, IN
Elaine Luther teaches beginner, intermediate and advanced PMC classes.
Fire and Friends Art Studio - Peoria, AZ
All kinds of metal clay related classes with some of the top teachers in the US. Holly Gage, Kate McKinnon, Hadar Jacobson, Pam East and Diane Sepanski to name a few.
Glen Echo Park - MD
PMC classes at all levels taught by Marjorie Barnes
Hadar Jacobson - Berkeley, CA
Hadar has been involved in the development of Bronze Clay, Copprclay and also sells her own powdered versions of bronze and copper clay. She runs classes in bronze clay, copper clay, silver clay and other subjects at her studio in Berkeley, CA. Hadar is willing to travel beyond her home town to train. Contact her for more information.
Hattie Sanderson - location of your choice
Advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC workshops available including rings, open beads, boxes and vessels.
Holly Gage - Bowmansville, PA
Holly Gage of Gage Designs - Pennsylvania - Have carpet will travel US and Internationally. Holly offers Silver Metal Clay Classes with an emphasis on developing the creativity of the artist within. Innovative technique based lessons are presented to inspire, strengthen technical and design skills, and elevate the students abilities to the next level. Beginner; Advanced; Negative Space Caning; Metal Clay Repoussé and carving; Creative Prong solutions for setting irregular shaped items (titanium); Soul Companions - Glass wrapped silver beads. See website for present classes or to contact Holly for availability. Also, have a look at Holly Gage's work in this YouTube video. Current class list is here.
Indianapolis Arts Center - Indianapolis, IN
PMC classes from beginners to advanced.
Janet Alexander - Dallas, TX
Beginners, intermediate and advanced PMC classes.
Janet Harriman - Beaufort, N.C, other locations USA and Europe
Bronze clay, PMC and enamelling workshops.
Janet Pace - Sherwood, Arkansas
PMC beginners and project based classes. Also offer wire wrapping and soldering classes.
John C Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC
This school runs a variety of PMC classes.
La Ruche Davis - Washington, DC
Advanced metal clay classes, visiting artist Masterclasses.
Leslie Scott - Harrisburg, Lancaster, PA
Precious Metal Clay PMC beginners and advanced classes, Bronzclay classes and glass fusing classes.
Lyle Rayfield - Tucson, AZ
Art Clay Certification Level 1 and 2, PMC crossover classes, beginners classes, bronze and copper clay classes, speciality classes for intermediate and advanced students. Also teaches enamelling and texture making.
Meredith Arnold - Various Locations, WA
PMC stone setting, charms and beads.
Nancy Miller - Saratoga Springs, NY
Introductory and intermediate Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Pat Evans - Santa Clara, CA
Introductory and intermediate metal clay classes running at Santa Clara Adult Education.
Patrik Kusek - SF Bay Area and Various locations
All levels and types of metal clay including PMC, BronzClay and CopprClay. Plus specialty techniques such as granulation on PMC, rings, PPP's. In addition to teaching various metal clay classes and offering private lessons, Patrik is a Senior Instructor for Rio Grande and teaches certification classes nationally.
Rio Grande - Albuquerque, NM
Rio Grande run a range of intermediate and advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
Metalmorphosis - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Susan J Lewis teaches beginners to advanced Precious Metal Clay PMC classes as well as other jewelry making and metalwork classes.
Phoenix Designs - Altadena, CA
PMC introduction workshops, intermediate and advanced level workshops, project based workshops, copper clay workshops. They also offer open studios regularly.
Pouncing Rain - Bellingham, WA
Pouncing Rain Jewelry and Metals Center is a community education center. We offer ongoing weekly classes in jewelry making, PMC and silversmithing, as well as one and two day workshops in various other jewelry making techniques. We have a studio membership program for students and community jewelry/metal artist to work independently in our fully equipped studio.
We are a distributor for PMC as well as COPPRclay and BRONZclay.
Studio 34 - Rochester, NY
Full range of Precious Metal Clay PMC classes including beginners and advanced PMC, combining polymer clay, bead making etc.
Terry Kovalcik - various locations
Illustrator, artist and teacher Terry Kovalcik has had work included in some of the top PMC books. He offers beginners, advanced and PMC certification classes in a variety of US locations.
Vitrum Studios - Beltsville, Maryland
Introduction to Precious Metal Clay PMC classes as well as intermediate level PMC, kiln formed glass, glass bead making and wire wrapping classes.
Wired Designs - San Antonio, TX
Supplier of glass fusing kilns, other glass making items and glass. Buy online or visit their retail shop. They also run workshops in glass fusing, glass blowing, stained glass, glass bead making and PMC and Bronzclay.
International
Alcina Nolley - St Lucia
PMC Introductory and Intermediate
Angela Baduel Crispin - Morbihan, France
PMC Training – beginners to advanced. Angela is prepared to travel anywhere to train subject to expenses being covered. Contact Angela direct for more information.
Cynosure - Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
PMC classes at all levels. They also run metal work and jewellery making classes.
Eclectic Studio - Beaconsfield, NSW, Australia
PMC Certification classes as well as various other metal clay classes for beginners, intemediate and advanced students.
Ingrid Wild - Germany and Austria
Classes run by Ingrid Wild include PMC, Copprclay™ and Bronzclay™ . German language site which can also be viewed in English.
Maggie Bergman - Melbourne, Australia
A range of Precious Metal Clay PMC classes from beginner to advanced.
Metal Clay - Switzerland
Silver, bronze and copper metal clay classes at all levels.
Metal Energy - Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Intermediate Precious Metal Clay PMC classes.
N' Craft Room PTE Ltd - Singapore
Official distributor of PMC for Singapore. Also supply tools, beads, findings and stones. PMC workshops run for beginners, advanced and certifications.
Noortje Meijerink - Oss, The Netherlands
PMC Workshops, PMC and Ceramics
PMC Connection Hong Kong - China
Official distributor of PMC for China. Also provide stones, tools, kilns and findings. They run beginner and advanced workshops and certification classes.
PMC Guild Guide to Classes
PMC classes are listed on this site. All teachers are members of the PMC Guild.
PMC South Africa - South Africa
Official distributor of PMC for South Africa. Also supply tools and run workshops.
PMC Studio France - France
PMC Studio France specialise in learning holidays offering a variety of courses ranging from three days to two weeks. For example the three days may involve learning how to make fingerprint jewellery and personalised jewellery with time left to enjoy the pool as well as a glass of French wine or two! Those coming on a weeks holiday may wish to complete an introductory course and one of the certification modules of their choice. Other choices include working with bronze and copper. These are fully catered holidays with plenty of French cuisine and indulgence if you so wish. Partners are also welcome for a moderate supplement and are free to see the sites whilst you learn. These holidays are suitable for all levels from those looking at learning a new skill to those serious about metal clay becoming their business.
Sue McNenly - Milton, Toronto, Canada
Private classes and workshops in PMC for small groups. Sue is willing to travel throughout Canada or the US to deliver classes. Contact her for more details.
Wired Up Beads - Southlake, Texas
PMC beginners and introductory classes, project based metal clay classes, bronze clay and copper clay classes.
Zahava Lambert - Toronto, Canada
PMC beginner, advanced and project based classes.
