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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: |
Fused glass of four layers.
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Fused glass, fine silver.
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Fused Glass, fine silver, natural cabochon sp. |
Polymer Clay, sterling silver
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Polymer clay, sterling silver
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Cuff & earrings (kalideoscope).
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Fused glass, fine silver,
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All fine silver, one of a kind rings.
Some are
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Fine silver pendant, sterling silver chain
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Fine silver, pyrope garnet and 24k gold |
Fine silver and sterling silver chain
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Fine Silver pendant on a sterling chain.
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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.
