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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 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. 3-4 hour class average. 

* 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 

Create a wearable garden!  Learn to build  millefiori petal and leaf canes in polymer clay. Beginning  with  basic  color blending, we will learn to create canes using bulls eyes, stacks and clay wraps. Beginners welcome.

Students must provide clay,  

(2 white, 1 black, 1 pearl)

Basic tools provided.  All other materials provided.

Finished project is the designed petal cane and a flower magnet brooch.

Class is held ion the mezzanine level of the MADISON COUNTY Arts Council at 90 Main St. Marshall, NC

 The talking stick doesn't talk. Instead, it guides people into listening. Only the person with the stick is allowed to talk - even in response to what is presently being said. This beautiful Native American tradition is a timeless tool of communication. Barbara will guide you in constructing your personal talking stick out of polymer clay and a vintage fiber spindle. If only the spindle could talk.......what stories it would tell! 

This class presents constructing and embellishing the rattle or wand with texture and premade millefiori canes. 

 Class is held on the mezzanine level of the Madison County Arts Council bldg. on Main St.  Marshall, NC.

+ requires basic tool kit

+ requires 4  blocks clay, 2 white, 1 black, 1 pearl.

Covered in polymer Clay!  Common switchplates, minibooks, mini boxes...utensils - all serve as a canvas and this design discovery workshop. This class will build a texture foundation for all your polymer projects. Barbara will bring all her stamps for fun texture.

Beginners welcome, however this class is fast paced and it is helpful to  have primary knowledge of polymer clay, it's tools and application practices.  (Overview available on free video by request) 

Class is held on the mezzanine level of the Madison County Arts Council bldg. on Main St.  Marshall, NC.

+ requires basic tool kit

+ requires 4  blocks clay 2 white, 1 black, 1 pearl.

 Enjoy a day of creative bliss with a group of your friends.  Teapots can be figurative or abstract, as the designer desires. 

We will use premade canes to embellish the pot.  Simple canes will also be constructed for embellishments.

 Class is held on the mezzanine level of the Council bldg. on Main St.   

Fee is for class - Teapot or creamer set is an additional  $10-$20

Class is held on the mezzanine level of the Madison County Arts Council bldg. on Main St.  Marshall, NC.

+Students must bring 6-8 blocks of clay - 

2-blocks pearl clay, black, white, 2 -4 colors of choice

+Students should have basic tool kits.

Color is a visual feast.  There's sure to be some 'ah-ha' moments in this class designed to build a color foundation for all your polymer projects. 

Beginners welcome, however this class requires all users to have primary knowledge of polymer clay, it's tools and application practices.  (Overview available on free video by request) Please further note - this class focuses on blending 'by design' . It is Barbara's personal theory for success in wearable art.

Finished project is a pair of  modern dangle earrings. 

Class is held on the mezzanine level of the Madison County Arts Council bldg. on Main St.  Marshall, NC.

+ requires basic tool kit

+ requires 4  blocks clay 2 white, 1 black, 1 pearl.

 Mokume 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 as applied to polymer. The secrets lie in the ingredients and design building processes.  Class projects will include barrel beads and earring components. 

Creative participants must be familiar with the basic use of polymer and associated tools. Students must have access to Zoom, Instructions are pre-recorded for additional viewing. 

Class fee negotiable according to class size

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  a brief introduction to sterling.  

This class is also available to guilds and clubs via Zoom.

Barbara is the author of Wire in Design (2001) and has been 'linking' skillsets in many of her creations. 

 Join Barbara McGuire, former teacher at William Holland Lapidary School, as she introduces creatives to the magic of metal clays.  This workshop teaches basic skills in copper metal clay.  Class is limited to 2 persons and allows ample time to complete projects. The moldable metal Copper Art Clay is cured in the open fire kiln technique. Projects available include pendants or earrings.  

2PP @ $150 per person* plus materials ($25 est.)  Tools provided. 

Private  class available $200 + materials

 Together again! Please consider joining me for a whole week of creativity surrounded by the beauty of the north GA mountains. We will be combining polymer BB Mokume, metal etching and reduction molding to create unique 'wall dolls'.  Room for 12 in a custom designed teaching cabin. Great meals! I gave taught at William Holland lapidary School periodically for the past 14 years and it's simply an amazing resource to learn skill sets including metalsmithing, lamp work, bead embroidery, and more! Please check out the facebook group Friends of William Holland for tons of pictures and accolades. https://lapidaryschoolregistration.org/about-us/ 

 A new opportunity from the best kept secret in the southern Appalachians - William Holland Lapidary School (located near the GA border in Young Harris). This is the pilot for future plans and we hope you'll join us. Kim St. Jean and I are combining copper fold forming and polymer in a special 24pp retreat Nov. 10-13 (Veteran's Day weekend).  The link just went live yesterday. The only pre-requisite is you must already know how to use polymer. Project materials are included and no need to haul equipment - because it's already there. It's so new we don't have all the details or samples, but I can guarantee you - we are doing our best to make it memorable! 

Barbara McGuire guides you  in focusing towards sales with an online presence. Topics cover  pictures, legends,  and targeted strategies. 

Join Barbara for a result-driven marketing agenda. Beginning with proper pictures, we will address each topic hands-on. Students will need a laptop and camera device.  Homework!  This initial class will focus on THE focus of your marketing goals and how to communicate your offerings to a targeted audience. Commonly called a 'brand', this focus lays the foundation for all your marketing material. It's a hands-on small group results-driven class.