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Monday, February 1, 2010

Four Plus Months to France and Counting

It's a little more than four months until I teach a PMC (precious metal clay) immersion jewelry class at Chateau Dumas, a 19th century French chateau located in my favorite part of France - the southwest, about an hour's drive from Toulouse.  Dates are June 12-19.

Lizzie Hulme, the lively, lovely, entrepreneurial "lady of the manor" has been advertising the course in France, the U.S., and the U.K.  Details and registration information, if you're interested, can be found at the chateau's Website:  www.chateaudumas.net.  

I designed the course to work for all experience levels.  Even if you've never touched PMC, you'll be able to come away from your week in France with several pieces of your own designed and hand-fabricated jewelry. Your stay would be from Saturday, the 12, through Saturday, the 19th. 

The jewelry course runs Monday through Friday of that week from 10 a.m - 5 p.m. daily, with time left over for local excursions and indulging in great food and wine.  The resident chef will tempt you with three squares a day plus local French wine; the swimming pool awaits; formal gardens beckon; the countryside is the closest thing to heaven on earth that I've found.  

Go ahead; sign up.  You know you want to!