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My mother
instilled in me a love of the ceramic arts The clays, Art Clay and Polymer, enable me to produce organic forms with great textures and colors. I graduated from the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco and am a Certified Master Instructor with Art Clay World. My art workshops are held in Sacramento at U Bead It and at my Sierra Foothills Studio in Placerville. When working with the hard metals, I mainly construct jewelry more than carve wax. The hard, crisp geometrical edges jump out of my designs. With the clays, I am able to have the organic work flow and develop. Both media allow me to continue to create one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art. Lorrene is now a member of the faculty at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco as their Metal Clay instructor. I have recently published a book entitled Setting Gemstones in Metal Clay. It is an intermediate to advanced step-by-step book on pre-setting and post firing and setting natural and lab-grown gemstones into metal clay. It is available at the gallery and on my website below. In addition, I was a featured speaker, teacher and demonstrator at the August 2007 conference in Las Vegas—The Metal Clay World Conference—and have had several articles in major jewelry arts magazines. See www.LorreneDavisDesigns.com.
Workshops and classes for the Silver Metal Clay and Polymer Clays are listed below: |
3.5 carat hexagonal citrine set in pure silver and 24 carat gold.
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Pure Silver DecoBox with 3.3.7 carat cushion-shaped, checkerboard-cut gem grade amethyst with 24 karat gold details.
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rling beads and cla Polymer clay detailed with acrylic paints sealed with translucent polymer. Each is one of a kind. sp.
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Fine silver pendant with a stained glass polymer swirl bead on top. The entire piece is detailed with small fresh-water pearls and is hung on a sterling silver snake chain; one of a kind!
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Fine Silver over a porcelain donut and pendant dangle. Detailed with fine silver details and/or fresh water blue pearls
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Necklace & earrings set of lemon quartz detailed with fine silver & 22kt gold and custom clasp—one of a kind.
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Each is one of a kind. Polymer with acrylic designs and sterling or gold fill wires. Earrings reflect the curve of a woman's jaw and are very flattering
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All fine silver, one of a kind rings. Some are patinated and some have gem grade garnets.
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and my father introduced
me to the ferrous metals by teaching me to weld and use a lathe at
a young age. Because of them, I have a great love of the metals and
clays. Those two media draw me into working with them because of their
malleability and their permanence. The materials sparked my creativity
with so many new ideas, I find I haven't enough time to design and make
everything I dream.
