Inside Metalwerx

More than two decades into a successful career as a visual artist, Terry Kovalcik experimented with precious metal clay. The fork in the road became a two-lane highway when he developed a slip painting technique that has gained him recognition the world over. He first heard about PMC from his wife in 1999. Within a […]

Polymer clay is becoming a serious medium and some remarkable developments have been happening in recent years. The well-known Racine Art Museum, which is home to one of the largest and most impressive contemporary craft collections in North America, established a permanent collection and hosted a special exhibition called Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the […]

Bead making has been traced as far back as the third millennium BCE, and is proof that the uniquely human inclination to adorn oneself is almost as old as civilization itself. Metalwerx  is partnering with a local glassmaking school, Fiamma Glass, to offer a workshop that combines these two popular materials for jewelry making, precious […]

Metalwerx once again joins its neighboring artists in Waltham Nov. 2-3 in a jewelry sale at the Waltham Mills Artists Association. Participation in Waltham Open Studios is just one of the many ways Metalwerx strives to maintain a presence in the greater Boston arts community. Come see what the artists who inhabit that mysterious corner […]