AMCAW Virtual Guild
The AMCAW Virtual Guild is a benefit available only to AMCAW members. Once per quarter, join a live online meeting where you can learn new skills from top-notch members of the metal clay community.
Our goal is to move beyond teaching techniques to create a space where artists of all levels can contribute their knowledge and enthusiasm, learning from each other and supporting and interacting for the benefit of the entire community. All Virtual Guild Meetings are recorded to make it easy for our members to listen at a later time when the live meeting is not convenient.
Our next meeting is May 20, 2023
Meeting Schedule
May 20, 2023
Presenter – Annemarie Klappe
Topic – Creating Filigree Jewelry
July 15, 2023
September 16, 2023
November 18, 2023
Creating Filigree Jewelry with Paper Clay Quilling Techniques by Annemarie Klappe
May 20, 2023, at 11am Eastern, 2 hours
Annemarie will share her personal technique for quilling with metal clay paper with us during this virtual guild meeting. In addition to discussing her technique and how she uses it make various pieces, she will give a step-by-step demonstration so that you can create this lovely pair of earrings for yourself. (Thank heaven for replay access to the virtual guild meetings.) Her approach opens the world of quilling to us all.
About Annemarie Klappe
Annemarie is a metal clay artist from The Netherlands with a passion for teaching.
She has been working with and teaching Art Clay Silver over 10 years. It was an honor to be chosen as one of only two instructors allowed to teach the certification program for ACS in The Netherlands.
Author of many tutorials she is known to generously share her knowledge and experience during classes and presentations.
Her work is described as vintage and romantic. Lots of roses, flowers, birds and curls sculpted by hand with a lot of attention to detail. She likes to build with tiny elements to create a delicate and open piece.
Virtual Guild Video Library
To see an overview of the previous meetings visit our video library. This is a public page.
To go straight to the members page of video recordings please click the watch recordings button below. You will need to be logged into your account to access these recordings.
Holly Gage – Cultured Opals, Synthetic and Lab-grown Gems
Virtual Guild meeting Mar 18, 2023
Anna Mazoń – Casting from Metal Clay Prototypes
Virtual Guild meeting Jan 21, 2023
Paula McDowell – Working with Base Metal Clays
Virtual Guild meeting November 19, 2022
How It Works?
Each Virtual Guild meeting includes three sections:
- Presentation by a top-notch metal clay instructor
- Q & A session for viewers to ask questions of the instructor
The meetings are held in a webinar format. The presenting instructor is live online and will use on-screen photos and videos to teach concepts and techniques that are of interest to metal clay artists.
We know you will have great questions! That’s why time is set aside in each meeting for Q & A with the instructor. Participants use the built-in Q&A and chat boxes to ask questions and engage in discussions.
Join us live for the Virtual Guild meeting or watch the recording afterwards.
Your choice!
Technical Details
- Click the Register Now button to sign up for the next Virtual Guild meeting. If the Register Now button is not showing then registration is not currently open.
- You are registering for one meeting only and will need to register again if you wish to attend another meeting in the future.
- You will receive an email confirming your registration, which will include instructions and a link to join the meeting. You will also receive reminder emails prior to the meeting.
- A recording of the meeting will be available on this page to AMCAW members.
- The Virtual Guild meeting will take place on the Zoom webinar platform. For more information visit the Zoom attendee help page.
VIRTUAL GUILD FAQs
About Guilds
Since the middle ages people with common interests have been coming together to form guilds. The craft and merchant guilds of that time were an important part of the fabric of society, maintaining standards and protecting the interests of the members. Though the merchant guilds have faded away there are still guilds of artisans and craftspeople. Today these groups serve to help us share knowledge and create companionship with others who are passionate about the same thing.
Apply To Present At A Future Meeting
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