This class will focus on inspiration and strategies to improve your design skills. We will work on creating new avenues of exploration through design prompts, model making and critiques.
read moreExperiment with alternative casting techniques that can be used in almost any environment. We’ll explore ways to cast silver objects using water, coffee beans, frozen vegetables and spaghetti. We’ll also explore charcoal casting techniques. You’ll work toward creating components that you can use to create future jewelry pieces such as charms and pendants.
read moreLearn to combine metal clay and a molded element with a custom-made, framed back plate to create a vintage-looking medallion. You’ll learn to use a two-part compound to replicate any flat backed item of your choice and emboss a frame design into an easy-to-use texture sheet. Later, you’ll join these two elements to form a […]
read moreWe'll be making a unique hollow-form bead in order to understand and learn how to create dimension in our designs. Students will assemble a number of pieces together to make a bed-pillow-shaped bead then finish off designs with texture.
read moreLearn to work with metal clay, a malleable, metal-bearing material that is perfectly suited for creating jewelry. Use your hands to shape it and a variety of tools to add detail and texture. You’ll fire the metal clay to transform it into a silver object. Add a new skill to your repertoire each week and […]
read moreIn this 6 week course, students will learn a variety of basic stone setting techniques including bezel setting, tab setting, prong setting, flush setting, and bead setting. Each week we will introduce a new setting skill. Over the 6 weeks students will be asked to design jewelry that houses any of the stone setting techniques […]
read moreWire earrings! Learn to manipulate wire using pliers, mandrels and hammers to create unique styles. We will experiment with flat and dimensional ideas. You will work in copper and make final earrings in Sterling silver.
read moreMake a cuff bracelet. Explore shaping and texturing using various hammer techniques to create your unique cuff design.
read moreSleeve Rings are a great way for beginners and advanced students alike to integrate alternative materials and nonferrous metals such as copper and brass into ring form with a silver sleeve that will elevate the wearability of these materials.
read moreCreate a sweet stack of rings from 14-karat yellow gold-filled wire and silver. You’ll learn to solder bands and become proficient at single seams. We’ll also cover fabricating, embellishing and forging simple bands in different gauges and types of metal.
read moreWorking with variety of tools in the studio we will make (3) stacking sterling-silver rings with different surfaces. You will form & solder each ring using either wire or sheet. Demos will include using a roll mill, flex shaft (burs, cutting discs, silicone wheels), hammers and hand files to help you create a variety of […]
read moreIn this workshop for making tools, students will make basic chasing tools out of tool steel. Chasing tools are some of the foundational tools used in a metalsmith's studio. We will also discuss how to modify tools in our personal studios, create wax working tools, and even how to make tools from reclaimed steel.
read moreMake several textured and forged bangle bracelets. Using simple hammering and forging techniques, create textured and varied dimensional wire bangles. We will be working in copper and brass for practice, then you will be provided silver wire for two bracelets.
read moreLearn basic small metalworking techniques to make small containers, jewelry boxes, or other hollow form sculptures. To create your piece, we'll learn sawing, filing, sanding, forming, texturing, annealing, multiple styles of soldering, and patination. We'll focus on laying out different sculptural shapes, high temperature soldering, and tension lid construction. While this is a beginner class […]
read moreJump right into working with sterling silver for jewelry. Basic jewelry fabrication techniques will be demonstrated or reviewed including sawing, drilling, sanding, polishing, and soldering. You can expect to leave class with one finished piece of jewelry. This class is accessible to the beginner but is also ideal for someone looking to polish their beginner […]
read moreDiscover the fundamental concept of jewelry design and learn basic techniques for working with metals in this introductory class. The class begins with instruction on techniques such as drilling, sawing, texturing, working with wire, and finishing techniques. Soldering with a torch will also be introduced. Students will then use these skills to make a piece […]
read moreLearn how to transform metals into beautiful works of wearable art. We’ll cover techniques such as sawing, drilling, texturing, working with wire, filing, sanding and polishing. We’ll also cover riveting, soldering with a torch and basic stone setting. You’ll use these skills to make one finished piece of jewelry.
read moreLearn to make a sterling silver stacking ring in the metals studio! We will take wire, form it into a ring that fits your finger, and solder it together with a torch. Keep it for yourself or give it as a gift!
read moreLearn to make a sterling silver stacking ring in the metals studio! We will take wire, form it into a ring that fits your finger, and solder it together with a torch. Keep it for yourself or give it as a gift!
read moreAdvance your jewelry making skills by making your own custom metal chains. We will explore basic chain making techniques and learn to add your own twist to make new variations. We will start with copper and finish with silver. By the end of class you should have several samples and at least one finished bracelet […]
read moreLearn to stamp messages and textures onto sheet metal to make ID bracelets or rivet your pieces onto leather cuffs. You'll learn the basics of letter stamping, piercing, drilling, forming metal, as well as how to layer, add detail and a unique message to your creation. We'll also cover rivets, metal and wire forming, and […]
read moreUsing the lost-wax method, learn to cast work in bronze and silver. You will create jewelry models of your own design and learn about model preparation, investing, burn out and casting, with our vacuum-casting machine.
read moreIn this 6 week course, students will learn a variety of basic stone setting techniques including bezel setting, tab setting, prong setting, flush setting, and bead setting. Each week we will introduce a new setting skill. Over the 6 weeks students will be asked to design jewelry that houses any of the stone setting techniques […]
read moreExplore creating earrings using metal clay and many possibilities for creating unusual shapes and forms. We'll create our earrings on Saturday and come back Sunday to polish and patina. You'll also learn how to create unique your own unique ear wires.
read moreCreate wearable, wire art! You’ll learn wire manipulating and shaping techniques, then use traditional jewelry tools to make roses, scrolls, perfect loops, wrapped loops, headpins, cages, hooks and closures. Learn to strengthen and harden your designs, then add beads and learn finishing techniques. Students ages 12-14 will have the opportunity to soften wire and solder […]
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