Past Event

Uplifting Porcelain Jewelry Lab

18+

Instructor: Malia Peoples

Discover the intersection of ceramics and jewelry-making! Shape, layer, and decorate colored porcelain clay into earrings, pendants, and more. Practice assembly techniques and take home unique porcelain jewelry that is sure to surprise and delight.

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Overview

Curious about how to add more color to your clay? Seeking small ways to say something sassy?

Experience the delight of making porcelain jewelry! We’ll pinch, roll, layer, extrude, and pour colored clay to create small focal pieces that can become earrings, pendants, hair clips, and more. After refining our pieces with surface designs and shimmering lusters, we’ll practice basic jewelry assembly techniques to make them ready to wear.

Participants will take home works ranging from greenware to fully finished porcelain keepsakes. Whether your background is in ceramics or jewelry, this workshop bridges both worlds, giving you the skills to design and craft your own porcelain components. Open to all levels, just bring your imagination and a willingness to work small!

Additional Information

Malia Peoples is a Native Hawaiian interdisciplinary artist and educator based on Coast Salish lands in Seattle. As the founder of Melted, she creates uplifting porcelain jewelry that blends bold colors and motifs inspired by her cultural background into eye-catching pieces. With a background in fashion design and textile arts, Malia teaches at museums, schools, and arts organizations, sharing her passion for color-driven, gender-neutral design. Her work in textiles and ceramics is currently on display at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum.

Artist website: www.meltedporcelain.com

Instagram: @meltedporcelain

Facebook: Melted Porcelain

English Grolleg Porcelain clay and casting slip from Clay Art Center, mini clay extruder, firings, and consumable supplies including jewelry findings, luster, PPE, sanding sticks.

The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30am. Workshops will start at 9am.

Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have the opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm-4pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art.

Generous donors have made scholarships and fellowships for adult workshops available on a limited basis for these specific groups:

1) Native American Community Members, Leaders, Artists, and Teachers

For adults 18 and older with current tribal affiliation, the scholarship brings community leaders, artists, members, and teachers to workshops at Idyllwild Arts to benefit both the scholarship recipients and those in their schools or tribal communities. Applicants with financial needs may receive priority. We also offer scholarships for Native American Teens for both the Summer Program and the Academy.

2) Inland Empire Teachers, Professors, and Graduate Students

For adults 18 and older who are current teachers in lower and higher education who will benefit from learning about Native American Arts and Culture to take back into the classroom as well as currently enrolled Graduate students. The scholarship is designed to provide professional development for those in education to share with their learning communities.

Scholarships include tuition, dorm housing, and all meals provided by the campus dining service. Transportation to and from campus is not provided, and the $50 registration fee is not included.

Click here for more information about adult scholarships.