Latrese Davis travels with a polymer clay series built from her own jewelry: black-ground canes, lime-yellow eye-spots, monarch wing cells, and overlay clusters — plus Colors, a five-hour schematic class with a printed textbook. You provide the room, oven, and tables. She provides the curriculum, demo canes, and the kit list.
Hands-on class. Students make real canes and leave with slices or a wearable built like her rings — not a lecture, not a software demo, not a cartoon bird. Everyone also leaves with a laminated step deck (her photos + each workshop step) for home practice. Included in tuition, not the clay kit.
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Tables + chairs | 1 seat per student, 24″ work width if possible |
| Dedicated oven | 275°F / 135°C, vented room, tiles or parchment. Instructor does not bake in a kitchen oven used for food. |
| Pasta machines | 1 per 2 students (host or students bring) |
| Power | Strip for machines + oven. No open flames. |
| Cleanup | Paper towels, baby wipes, trash. Instructor packs blades out. |
| Class | Max |
|---|---|
| 3-hour Barbs | 12 |
| 5-hour Colors | 10 |
| 5-hour Plumage | 10 |
| Full-day On the Wing | 8 |
| Weekend Flock | 8 |
Student rate and artisan package are public: latresedavis.com/workshops/pricing.html. Paste that link on the registration. Do not add a materials fee or a “guild extra” at the door. Your split is settled with her in the booking email, off the student receipt.
Two seats per class stay at the student rate until 7 days out. Artisan package is the default for everyone else (seat + kit + deck or textbook).
Travel, lodging, and a per-diem if the drive is overnight — billed to the host, never to the student. Oven surcharge only if you cannot provide a dedicated oven.
Prices posted before you register: student rate and artisan package (kit included) at latresedavis.com/workshops/pricing.html. No door surprises.
Colors — a schematic class with Latrese Davis. Old-style plates, numbered parts, black as paper, two or three hues, and the glow limit: stop reducing while the yellow core still reads. Five hours. Pasta machine required. You leave with the textbook.
Field Marks — polymer clay with Latrese Davis. Learn the grammar of her jewelry: a black field, a lime-yellow eye, monarch veins, and slices stacked like scales. Evening class is one cane; longer days overlay the pieces into a wearable. Every student leaves with a laminated step-by-step card deck to practice at home. Pasta-machine basics required for the evening; reduction experience for plumage and full-day.