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 Join Barbara McGuire as she introduces creatives to the magic of metal clays.  This workshop teaches basic skills in copper metal clay.  Class is held in two sessions, at High Country Ceramic Arts (located on Hwy 19) in Burnsville, NC. Sessions are Thursday March 27, 6-8pm and Sunday March 30 1-4pm. The moldable metal Copper Art Clay is cured in the carbonless open fire kiln technique. Projects available include pendants, personalized components or earring components (findings available).  All materials supplied. All skill levels. 

 @ $160 per person.  Materials (50 gr. copper clay) and tools provided. 

Please contact  (828) 284-5760  for reservations

Join us for an afternoon of creative learning while making a charming owl with polymer clay. The Mokume gane technique is magic, no matter how many times you have discovered it before. Seasoned artist and author Barbara McGuire will offer her unique approach to this millennium old technique. The secrets lie in the ingredients and design building processes.  You will also learn to transfer or mold the owl face. Class project will feature a keychain pendant, or fan pull etc. 

All skill levels. 

$75 all materials included. Held 4/26/2025, 12-4pm in the Satellite Studios at Mars Landing Galleries, Mars Hill, NC

Enhance your wearable creations with basic wire wraps and links.  This is a timeless skill set! We will work with varying gauges of wire to produce eye pins, spiral headpins, jump rings, spiral links and caged beads. Examples will be working mainly in copper with sterling optional.   

$60 pp (each session) Choose between two available dates. Supplies approx. $10-20. Pliers available on loan. Instructor Barbara A, McGuire is the author of Wire in Design (2001) and endorses 'linking' skillsets to enhance a variety of unique media including polymer and ceramic. All skill levels. 

Class is held at High country Ceramic Studio on US Hwy 19 in Burnsville, NC 

Thursday April 25, 6-9pm & Sunday April 27 10-1pm.  

Reservations for either session, please call 828-284-5760

Your Inner Artist  Experience! Design your own private or small group class.  Also available via Zoom . Classes are scheduled in Eastern Standard Time on dates requested by the students. Location is in Barbara's nature studio in Mars Hill NC. 

Private class $150 -$350 session 

Semi- Private Fee is $ 75-$150 per person per class, depending on complexity of class.  2-3 person class size. 

3-5 hour class average. Studio time available beyond instruction hours. 

Please inquire directly for Zoom classes - individuals or guilds, clubs, etc.

* Students must supply materials. 

* Support material and all tools provided. 

*Class fee surcharges apply to metal clays

*Polymer Color Blending, Image Transfer, Polymer Finishing, Polymer Canes, Polymer Clay Mold Casting, Polymer Mica Shift, Barbara's  Polymer BB Mokume Gane

*Wire Wrapping for Beads and Pendants

*Metal Clays

 Please contact barbara@womancreativeconnection.com