This workshop is being held for people with a good understanding of American Clay's traditional application system. We will cover the classic and professional Dos Manos application systems, and learn how to choose which system is best for your skills and your project. We will also look at the artistic aspect of American Clay, and focusing on arming you with the skills necessary to meet your artistic vision. These skills will include: creating basic custom pigment, mixing American Clay's Loma, Porcelina and Marittimo to create different hybrid mixes to meet certain needs, making custom burlap bull-noses, hand painting on American Clay, stenciling, finishing techniques for Porcelina and Marittimo and the hybrid mixes.

Workshops are taught by Miles Williams, owner of Serenity Finishes at the Albany Arts Gallery Studio in Albany California.  The classes are small and personal with lots of face to face time with the instructor and are acceptable for home owners and contractors alike. We host a basic and a professional on the second weekend of every month. They start at 9:30 A.M. and end at 4:30 P.M. with an hour break for lunch.  

We will provide all of the necessary tools and materials for the class, but if you have tools you would like to try, please bring them. Serenity Finishes will be selling all the necessary tools and materials for any American Clay project at a 10% discount to students the day of the workshop.