Robert has a new DVD and a book out now.
Faux Bone™Jewelry: Tools and Techniques is available for order now.
Robert introduces jewelry tools and the basics of shaping Faux Bone™ with lessons on sawing, sanding, drilling, and polishing. You'll learn how to make rivets, add microfasteners, and combine Faux Bone™ with resin and metal clay.
Robert uses materials easily found in your local hardware store or your craft closet. You'll combine your new skills to create a finished Faux Bone™ pendant. You'll carve an original design and add character by polishing and antiquing.
You don't need much to get started, and the potential for this new substance is endless. Explore its texture and design possibilities in Faux Bone™ Jewelry: Tools and Techniques with Robert Dancik.
Amulets and Talismans: Simple Techniques for Creating Meaningful Jewelry by Robert Dancik
This masterfully written in-depth guide is virtually like owning two books in one. Robert’s hands-on and personal approach to teaching shines through in his soon to be released paperback. Not only will you be given the guidance and insight to create jewelry that is embedded with personal meaning, but Amulets and Talismans also features extensive instruction on a wide variety of cold-connection techniques that can be applied to any style of jewelry making.. He offers suggestions on incorporating found objects, personal mementos and more into one-of-a-kind pieces of art.
This is a must have for your personal library, buy your copy today!
Robert's new book Amulets and Talismans is available from Amazon now.
Robert Dancik
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Robert Dancik
Robert Dancik holds a Masters degree in sculpture and a BA in fine art and has been an artist/teacher for more than 30 years. He has taught people from kindergarten to graduate school while exhibiting his jewelry and sculpture in museums and galleries across the US and in Europe and Japan. He teaches workshops at art centers in the US and abroad including Penland, NC; Arrowmont, TN; Metalwerx, MA; Touchstone Center for Crafts, PA; Silvermine, Brookfield Craft Center, CT; and Mid Cornwall School of Jewelry (UK) to name a few.
His work is in numerous collections including the Wustum Museum of Art, Boeringer- Ingleheim International, Schamberger International, Mitsubishi International, Japan, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University. He has artwork published in many books including “PMC Decade”,“Fine Art of the Tin Can”, “1000 Rings”, “The Art of Resin Jewelry,” and “Creative Metal Clay Jewelry”, and magazines including “Niche”, “Art Jewelry”, “Lapidary Journal” and “Perspectives”.
Robert is the originator of Faux Bone™, a new,wonderful material for artists involved in jewelry, artist’s books, sculpture, and many other artistic disciplines. He lives in Cornwall, UK where he is an avid cook (I didn’t say good) and collector of toys, maps, and compasses.
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The jewellery school is based near St Austell in Cornwall, UK and all jewellery making classes run in our well equipped workshop.
Contact us on +44 (0)1726 817989 or email us
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