Delia Dante Gallery Events:

Metal Clay Workshops
by featured artist Lisa Horton
at FireFustion Studio

Basics of Silver Metal Clay
Saturday Oct 8
​3 hour group class - 10am - 1pm
$95 per person

What’s the new, new thing in the jewelry making world? Hint: there’s low tool cost; it’s nontoxic and safe enough to do at your kitchen table; and the material is versatile and responsive.  It’s Silver Metal Clay!  The name comes from the method, which is akin to hand-building ceramic clay, but the material itself contains only finely powdered metal particles in a water-holding base.  “Metal clay” paradoxically produces pieces that are solid metal.

Dip your toe into the dazzling world of the myriad metal clays with this beginner class where we will use PMC+. In just three hours, we’ll shape and texture a pendant and earring dangles, fire the pieces with a kitchen torch, then polish and add patina. You’ll leave with ready to wear silver jewelry and your brain awash with new possibilities for jewelry construction.

All tools and materials supplied.

Gemstone Ring Project
Saturday Oct 8
​4.5 hour group class - 2pm - 6:30pm
$130 per person

Dip your toe into the dazzling world of “metal clay” with this intermediate class where we will build a silver ring set with a gem, fire it with a kiln, then polish and add patina. You’ll leave with ready to wear fine silver ring set with a stone of your choice. Those with a little metal clay experience are best positioned to benefit from this class. If however you have zero knowledge of metal clay, take heart! We’ll give you extra attention to help you succeed.

There are myriad jewelry techniques for making rings, but the advantage of using the “metal clay” method is its suitability for sinuously sculpted detail. In the class we will learn which gemstones can be fired in place and which ones must be set after firing. We will discuss how shrinkage during the firing process affects the size of the ring and how to adjust for that. We will learn how to make a strong ring band and various ways to decorate it. We will also talk about kiln firing versus torch firing and the advantages of each.

​Never heard of silver metal clay? The name comes from the method, which is akin to hand-building ceramic clay, but the material itself contains only finely powdered silver particles in a water-holding base.  “Metal clay” paradoxically produces jewelry that is solid metal.  

​All tools and materials supplied.

First Thursday, Oct 6 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm

Lisa Horton Artist Reception
Music by Dan Costello
Wine and light hors d'oeuvres
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Exhibit opens September 1 - October 28, 2022

‘I feel increasingly that all my influences come from nature, that I am deeply rooted in every sense, in these mountains of Idaho’ Lisa Horton
All gallery exhibitions are always free and open to the public​

Learn more about Lisa Horton by visiting: lisahortonjewelry.com
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Boise Open Studio Tour 2022 - BOSCO

Delia Dante Gallery and FireFusion Studio will be Participating in the Studio Tour Oct 8th - 9th

OPEN STUDIOS TOUR
​BOSCO’s annual signature event has expanded over the years. The Open Studios Tour provides an opportunity for the public to meet local artists in their studios, learn about who the artist is and what inspires them, and to experience their creative process in the context in which it is created.