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Silver clay is a marvelous thing which is relatively now to the area of jewelry.

It’s simple to use and because of that it gives huge possibilities for making beautiful jewelry and different kind of objects. It is consisted of the tiniest particles, pure silver mixed with nontoxic organic filaments, which bonds the silver particles forming a mass, which can be manipulated like clay.

You can, cut it, grave it into molds, place natural and synthetic stones, glass, polymer, email, epoxy resin, gold and silver foil, copper, bronze and pretty much everything that you can do with regular clay.

In a phase when the clay is dried, it is given a fine decoration and shape, and we move to the process of baking. The final product is 99.9% pure silver.
 

The wide palette of Art Clay products is a fascinating medium, easily available to people with or without experience working with precious metals. To perform a quality education to new visitors, to conquer all of the necessary techniques and standards of work, for professional handling with the tools and the whole palette of Art Clay products, a training program is set, to which all certified instructors hang on to and it is valid for all the countries in the world that implement it.

***CERTIFIED TRAINING PROGRAM***

FOR EVERY FINISHED LEVEL OF TRAINING, A CERTIFICAT IS ISSUED

In order to get more information visit the headlines on the links:

Basic Level 1 (website) Basic Level 1 (blogger)
Advanced Level 2 (website) Advanced Level 2 (blogger)

Way to a valid certificate

***Workshop***

A certificate is not issued for the workshop, because they are not a part of a certified training. Workshops are being held and teached by certified instructors, to perform a quality education to new visitors and everyone else who want to expand their knowledge, to conquer new techniques and materials in working with art clay. Different kind of materials and a wide palette of Art Clay are available combined workshops.

In order to conquer the basic techniques and standards of work, one project would do it, in the time predicted for the workshop. The visitor chooses the model of his education and training, and the same one can embrace a technique that is being offered to workshops, as well as 13 other techniques, which are a part of a certified training course.

Type of workshop:

- INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP is intended only for beginners, in order to get to know and conquer the techniques of work with silver clay.

- COMBINED WORKSHOPS - are intended for beginners, so as for everyone else who wants to expand their knowledge and to conquer new techniques and materials.

In order to get more information visit the headlines on the links:

ART CLAY SILVER AND GRAVURE
ART CLAY SILVER MOLDS AND TEXTURES
ART CLAY SILVER AND PASTE TYPE
ART CLAY SILVER AND SYRINGE
ART CLAY SILVER AND BRASS
ART CLAY SILVER AND TEMPLATES
ART CLAY SILVER-FINGERPRINT
ART CLAY SILVER AND EPOXY RESIN
ART CLAY SILVER AND POLYMER
ART CLAY SILVER AND LIVER OF SULFUR
ART CLAY SILVER SYRINGE AND WIRE
ART CLAY SILVER AND DICHROIC CLASS
ART CLAY SILVER AND ENAMEL
ART CLAY SILVER OVERLAY SILVER PASTE AND PORCELAIN
ART CLAY PAPER TYPE
ART CLAY SILVER AND GOLD
ART CLAY SILVER AND COPPER
ART CLAY COPPER

Classification of the certificates for Art Clay Silver:

1. Basic Level

*Profession: Associate Instructor
*Making of 7 projects
*Rights

It can lead an uncertified workshop for getting to know the materials and techniques of Art Clay Silver. Projects are simple and do not contain models from the certified course.

*Advantages:

Has discount on the materials, clay and the tools from the licensed dealer.
*The certificate is recognizable all over the world in the Art Clay Silver communities.
*Who has the license to teach a certified Basic Level course? Only a certified Instructor and a Senior Instructor!

2. Advanced Level 2

*Profession: Instructor
*Making of 6 projects
*Rights

It can lead an uncertified workshop for getting to know the materials and techniques of Art Clay Silver. Projects are simple and do not contain models from the certified course. It can lead a certified course for Basic Level and give out certificate only for Associate Instructor

*Advantages:

Has discount on the materials, clay and the tools from the licensed dealer.
*The certificate is recognizable all over the world in the Art Clay Silver communities
*Who has the license to teach a certified Advanced Level course?
Only a Certified Instructor has the right to teach Advance Level

3. Status Senior Instructor With this status you can teach certified courses for Basic and Advanced Level in Art Clay Silver on your own.

Terms:

Exams from 3 projects, unique build. The grades are originality and conquering the skills from previous levels.
The Status Senior Instructor is received after successfully passing the exam. The candidate is officially registered at the licensed dealer.

*Advantages:

Has discount on the materials, clay and the tools from the licensed dealer.
*Notes:

- The program “Art Clay Instructor Certification Course” is standard and by the regulative of the manufacturer and none modification of the project isn’t allowed with his permission. The certificate is valid only on the grounds of this program. The program is identical and delivered to every distributer in the world. The Instructor and Senior Instructor are following it during the training of visitors.

Pictures of the projects with all of the necessary materials and tools for work are published on the website and blogger. Basic Level (website) Basic Level (blogger) and Advanced Level (website) Advanced Level (blogger)

Besides this first and mandatory program of the project, there are for 4 more new programs and they are published in the latest book of Aida Chemical Industry: The Sweet & Men’s Design Book



In the world there are different names for every level and status that you have gained:

- The names I use here are for the region of Asia
- USA has different classifications that you can look at the link: Art Clay World USA
- For classifications in other regions of the world follow the link, to the official page of regional distributers and their announced programs for training in Art Clay Silver. www.artclay.co.jp

The rules and rights of creating a workshop are valid all over the world, never minding the name of title or the level of the course. *Is there some other level and status that can be achieved? (Master)

As far as I am informed, there are independent program of grading the quality of your work. It is not mandatory and it is not part of the Aida program. If you want to separate your work from the others, you can apply for the Master level. I have found this possibility only in USA.

Master Registry and Art Clay World USA/Master Instructors On these two pages from the gallery, there are photographs of finished work, that give's great motivation and inspiration to all of us

Enjoy - Masters Gallery!

These are all of the necessary information you need to have in order to successfully and professionally validate your training.

Good Luck, Katerina Ilieva.