Counties A - C
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Elaine McDermott - Buckinghamshire, Chununga Tree & Queens Park Art Centre
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Elaine is a jewellery artist and designer, having worked with both PMC and Art Clay for the past eight years. "I still have the same passion for the material as I did on the day that I opened my first packet and hopefully this is reflected in the classes that I teach.  Having previously worked with ceramic clay it was a wonderful progression/addition to my work.   I love to combine silver clay with ceramic, glass and enamel and love to experiment with various combinations of materials.  I am a Senior Metal Clay Tutor, but I have also undertook a City and Guilds Certificate in training adults. To add to my knowledge of metal clay, I have also attended various courses in silvermithing, ceramics, enamelling and glass to be able to incorporate these in my work as a jewellery designer. For class schedules please see Training Courses on this site or visit www.elainemcdermott.com  

Julia Rai - Cornwall, Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery
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Julia Rai has been working with metal clay since 2004 and teaching it since 2007. She holds the MCSJ Higher Metal Clay Diploma, PMC Certification from Rio Grande and Art Clay Level 1 and Level 2 Certification. She also holds the City and Guilds 7407 Further Education Teaching Qualification. She teaches a variety of subjects at the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery including Unique Textures for PMC, Lentil Beads, Art Clay Level 1 and 2 Certification and the PMC Diploma. Julia also teaches Art Clay Certification at the London Jewellery School. She is the Director of the Metal Clay Academy, an online resource for everyone interested in metal clay. Her spare time is currently taken up with working on projects for the metal clay Masters Registry and she has achieved Registry II. Julia will travel to teach at your facility so please contact her through the Metal Clay Academy contact page to enquire.  Please visit http://www.mcsj.co.uk

Lisa Cain - Cornwall, Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery
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Lisa Cain is a mother, jeweller, teacher and punster. She runs the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery in England which has the widest range of jewellery related classes available at any independent school in the UK. After 17 years of involvement in traditional silver work, Lisa started working with PMC in 1997 and quickly incorporated this new material into her work and into the MCSJ curriculum developing the first independent qualification course -The Diploma in PMC Proficiency. Her school now offers also The Higher Metal Clay Diploma which is currently the most thorough training available anywhere in the world. In 2005 Lisa became Director of the UK PMC Guild and she continues to work within the metal clay community to foster and encourage creativity.  Please visit http://www.mcsj.co.uk

Robert Dancik - Cornwall, Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery
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Robert Dancik holds a Masters degree in sculpture and a BA in fine art and has been an artist/teacher for more than 30 years. He has taught people from kindergarten to graduate school while exhibiting his jewelry and sculpture in museums and galleries across the US and in Europe and Japan. He teaches workshops at art centers in the US and abroad including Penland, NC; Arrowmont, TN; Metalwerx, MA; Touchstone Center for Crafts, PA; Silvermine, Brookfield Craft Center, CT; and Mid Cornwall School of Jewelry (UK) to name a few. His work is in numerous collections including the Wustum Museum of Art, Boeringer- Ingleheim International, Schamberger International, Mitsubishi International, Japan, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University. He has artwork published in many books including “PMC Decade”,“Fine Art of the Tin Can”, “1000 Rings”, “The Art of Resin Jewelry,” and “Creative Metal Clay Jewelry”, and magazines including “Niche”, “Art Jewelry”, “Lapidary Journal” and “Perspectives”. Robert is the originator of Faux Bone™, a new,wonderful material for artists involved in jewelry, artist’s books, sculpture, and many other artistic disciplines. Please visit http://www.robertdancik.com/

Samantha Berman - Buckinghamshire, The Chununga Tree
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Samantha first started working with PMC in early 2007 and has been totally mesmerised ever since.  She is a firm believer that you continue to learn new techniques all the time and can always be found experimenting with new designs and methods.  With a burning need to learn more, she completed her Diploma course at the Mid Cornwall School of Jewellery in August 2008 gaining her Diploma in Precious Metal Clay Proficiency.  Along with her partner Paul and their two daughters, she exhibits and demonstrates at many craft fairs across the UK whilst maintaining her websites and running PMC workshops in the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire area.  Workshops are her passion – she loves watching her students’ faces at the transformation of clay into pure silver and she is always developing new workshops to cater for the growing need of her students to learn more and more.  She is a member of the PMC Guild.  Please visit www.saskiaroseworkshops.co.uk