Learn To Enamel

Come and learn the basics of enamelling with me on Saturday 21st May 2016. I am giving a one day workshop where you will learn how to fire enamel on copper. You will learn a variety of ways to make patterns and images in the enamel and layer different colours. You will also have time to make a finished piece that can be turned into a pendant.
The class will be held in the Memorial Hall, Cowden, Kent TN8 7HU where we will have lots of room and plenty of tables to work on. Although my own studio is lovely it is just a little bit too small to hold a class in. The class will run from 10am to 3.30pm. All materials will be included in the price - all the enamel and copper and any wires and foils you use. As an added incentive I am also providing a lovely vegetarian lunch so we can all take a quick break at midday and re-fuel! The cost of the class is £75. Please book early as places are limited. You can book a place by contacting me by email at anna@annaclarkstudio.com.

Beginner Jewellery

Come and enjoy an evening of making jewellery with me if you live near Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge in Kent. I am teaching beginner courses in both towns starting this September, details below.
I did not start learning how to make jewellery until I was 36 and I started by taking an evening course. I loved it and carried on from there with a 3 year full-time course that became my business. 

TUNBRIDGE WELLS Beginner Jewellery starting September 22. This will be on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9.30 pm for 12 weeks.

TONBRIDGE Silver Jewellery for Beginners starting October 1. This will be on Thursday evenings fro 7.15 to 9.15 pm for 10 weeks.

Please see www.kentadulteducation.co.uk for details on how to register or call 03000 41 22 22

If you can't make these dates there will be more classes starting after Christmas.

Now that I have a beautiful new studio to work in I hope to teach classes from there too. I am thinking that classes in enamelling for up to 3 people would work quite well. Any suggestions from you would be welcome!

Home Again & Back to Work

Well my best laid plans about keeping up with my blog while I was away came to nothing. Apart from having too much fun I found that I wasn't really up to the technical challenge - a weak kind of answer to many I'm sure! Being a very visual person and assuming that you all are too I didn't want to write posts without adding any photos! Just couldn't get it together to add photos directly from my camera and got a bit stumped adding them directly from the internet.

I'm keen to get going again in my studio and with general jewellery business, a month off really does work in terms of making everything fresh again. First of all I am teaching a beginner jewellery class at Selkirk College in Nelson BC next week. I did this last summmer and loved it. If any of you are toying with the idea of teaching I would definitely recommend trying it, there is nothing like it for tweaking the way you do things and for learning from others.

What I mean by this is that when you are explaining a method to beginners, whether in jewellery or anything, you have to really know why you are doing it that way, because someone is sure to ask. This really helps you with self-knowledge and gives you a sense of strength in your way of working. Connected to this same thought is the possibility of learning from everyone even someone who has never done jewellery before. As all the students in the class are adults they bring ideas and thoughts about many things with them and it is always interesting to hear what they have to contribute, you just never know what someone will say!

Blue Quadrangle Earrings


So go and teach and keep an open mind with you on what you the teacher will learn!