About Dr. Ari Roark Expertise Metalsmithing, Goldsmithing,Jewelry Making, Gemology,Metallurgy,Art Jewelry,Jewelry Appraising,Metal Mill Work,Jewelry Education,Group Projects Adaptable to Special Populations as well as ordinary groups,Ethnobotany,Metal Clays, International Jewellery Law,Trade Law,Rock hounding,Industrial Health and Safety Assessment and Education as it pertains to Jewelry Studios (of all sizes and manufacturing concerns relative to the Trade, Jewellery Trade Organisations,Objective US Jewelry School critical Analysis,Applied Anthropology,goldssmithing,lapidary,metals,refining
Experience More than 35 years experience in the Jewelry Industry, Juris doctorates, PhD's in Anthropology, Cultural History, Cultural Geography, Mining Locations Assessments, Industrial Health and Safety Inspector to the Jewelry Industry, Montessori Educator, Occupational Therapy, Natural Historian, Scholar of Jewelry Evolution, PhD in Creativity ( the analysis of the divergent genres of thought on the process and impetus of the essence of creativity as a state of being expressed tangibly),Extensive Fieldwork with populations of Traditional craftsmen worldwide, former Peace Corps volunteer, Former VISTA volunteer, Etc.
Organizations too numerous to list
Publications prefer not to answer for reasons related to plagiarism
Education/Credentials PhD Anthropology( Applied(1), Cultural(2)Ethnobotany(1),PhD -Physics (Metallurgy 1)( Wave and Particle Dynamics 1),,JD,MD,MFA-Metals/Jewelry,,MFA-Printmaking, MFA-Sculpture, Extensive undergraduate degrees, extensive post doctoral work, Montessori Educator Certification (Primary and Secondary)..many, many Degrees, Grants, and Awards in my past as an Academic turned Jeweler, OSHA Certifications
Awards and Honors too numerous to list including 3 Honorary Doctorates, Two Humanitarian Related Awards, and Service on Many Boards of Directors
Question Hello
I have learn how to use silver clay
how can I use it to make a silver leaf with all the little broken details inside ??
yasmin
Answer Hello Yasmin,
Either paint on clay slip and let it dry, then fire it or press the leaf into a sheet of the paper type using a brayer then dry and fire.If you are talking about a leaf with exposed veins ( all that's left is the framework of the leaf- called lignins), then you have to cut the shape you want out of the thickness of clay you want and roll it's imprint into the clay with an oiled brayer..then firee after dry remembering to allow for shrinkage according to the brand and style of metal clay you are going to use.
Also check out the PMC guild website, and Art Clay world's website- they have many tips and tricks for using the ( overpriced, inconsistent) products..Tim McCreight has some very good books on the subject too. But all in all I never recommend to people interested in learning to make jewelry to get involved with metal clay as iit's cost is astronomical compared to the cost of fine silver and a graver to incise the leaf's lines into a sheet of fine silver- and you don't need to buy a kiln or other firing set up ( although you can use a gas oven, or gas stovetop and terra cotta pot as a kiln!).If you are interested I can sell you some metal clay stuff I bought and will never use again- I was about to list it online at an auction site..It's a total
Celie Fago, Hattie Sanderson and Gordon Ueyhara are masters of the art- but they have a background in art and design and jewelry making/metalsmithing..most metal clay jewelry looks amateurish, doesn't sell well and the perceeived value is not good- particularly as it becomes more popular around the country.Unless you have a lot to invest in it, or plan for a one or two time piece or the odd occasional piece you can't do in metals as easily as in clay, I always advise people to avoid the whole metal clay marketing ( it is industrial waste from Mitsubishi corp. after all! with what is almost a multi-level marketing scheme behind its sales..when you have to get certified to buy and sell at a discout its a scam to me!) anyway, I hope this helps and if you need more info go to the websites above, as well as art jewelry magazine.Since AJM 's major advertisers are metal clay related companies they have lots of metal clay info in its pages.
Best regards,Ari
