Cathy began her journey as an artist and handmade jewelry designer in the early 2000s bringing her travel and nature-inspired designs and innovative teaching perspective to Tucson, her home since 2016. She is the featured artist in the Fall 2023 edition of Metal Clay Today, has had multiple project-based articles published in Metal Clay Today, and has been featured as an emerging new artist by Voyage Phoenix magazine.
Cathy is multi-talented with self-taught expertise across a broad array of areas, including metal clay, beadwork, wirework, hand knotting, stone setting, soldering, enameling, and glass. This well-rounded understanding of what’s possible serves her well as a teacher. Her style is engaging, practical, and generous. She can break down challenging concepts into easily digestible parts and techniques for her students, allowing them to work to their own pace and capabilities.
For the past several years, her focus has been on innovation with metal clay and she is a nationally certified Principal Instructor from Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the Program Director for the Camp Metal Clay Certification Program (www.campmetalclay.com).
She offers online classes for students across the United States and Canada and private group or individual instruction from her zen studio in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson.
2023 | 2024 | 2025
Glorious Goddess 2-Day Pendant Workshop, August 22-23, 2025
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Metal Clay Artists Symposium 2025
https://www.mcassawtooth.com/workshops
Base Metal Exploration, March 20-23, 2025
Eureka Springs School of the Arts
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Creative Ring Making 4-Day Workshop, June 6-9, 20224
Eureka Springs School of the Arts
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Creative Ring Making 1-Day Workshop, August 24-27, 2023
Simplify Your Soldering 2-Hour Technique Discovery Workshop
Sawtooth School for Visual Art
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Metal Clay Artists Symposium 2023
https://www.mcassawtooth.com/workshops
Follow Me:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/cathyflesher/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/InfiniteDesignsbyCathyFlesher/
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/CathyFlesher/
Press:
https://metalclaytoday.com/ "Fall 2023: Featured Artist", "Innovative Perspectives: behind the scenes with Cathy Flesher", "Unlock your Creativity Through Personal Experience"
https://www.camppmc.com/cathy-flesher
https://ost.
https://metalclaytoday.com/2019-2020-winter "A Feather in Your Cap Earrings"
https://metalclaytoday.com/2020-spring "There's Nothing Moldy About Cool Bezels!"
https://metalclaytoday.com/2020-spring "Camp PMC 101 with a Team of 3"
https://sparkleswap.com/sparkleswap-featured-artist-for-march-cathy-flesher/
http://voyagephoenix.com/interview/meet-cathy-flesher-infinite-designs-cathy-flesher-tucson/