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ONSITE: Silver Metal Clay Jewelry

July 11, 2023

Learn 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 […]

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ONSITE: Introduction to Metalworking

July 11, 2023

Learn 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 […]

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ONSITE: Hinged Pendants in Metal Clay

July 11, 2023

Learn the basics of metal clay hinge-making as you design a simple, 'strap' hinge mechanism to add movement to a custom pendant. Bring a thumbnail size image (magazine or photocopy) to set into the frame.

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ONSITE: Keum-boo: Korean Gilding

July 11, 2023

Keum-boo is an ancient Korean gilding technique that applies thin 24k gold to silver using heat and pressure. Learn the preparation, application and finishing steps in the keum-boo process for jewelry and add this technique to your repertoire of skills .

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ONSITE: Die Forming in Metal Clay

July 11, 2023

Create a set of jewelry pieces out of silver metal clay with unique shaped templates. Use familiar tools to both texture and shape silver metal clay into stunning beads or pendants for necklaces or earrings. Explore how using templates can help create cohesive designs or matching jewelry sets. Instructor will have basic findings to sell in […]

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ONSITE: Introduction to Metal Jewelry (B)

July 11, 2023

Learn 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. You’ll use these skills to make one finished piece of jewelry.

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ONSITE: Lost-Wax Metal Casting (A)

July 11, 2023

Using 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.

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ONSITE: Introduction to Metal Jewelry Workshop

July 11, 2023

Discover 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 […]

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ONSITE: Metalworking: Designing Rings + Things (Ages 12-14)

July 11, 2023

Students will learn the basics of metalsmithing to fabricate rings, earrings, pendants, or small sculptures. We'll cover measuring, piercing, soldering, filing, sanding, and other finishing techniques. Students will leave with several finished projects and a great base-level skillset.

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ONSITE: Foldforming: Leaf Pendant + Earrings

July 11, 2023

Fold forming is a technique using the metals characteristics to bring organic dimension and form to cut out shapes of metal quickly. Experimenting with copper and basic forged line folds we will create leaf and pod forms. Learning to anneal (soften) our metal and open our hammered folds will reveal our unique shapes. Filing, finishing […]

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ONSITE: Earrings Earrings Earrings!

July 11, 2023

Explore a wide array of fabrication processes to create earrings – from simple to decadent! Learn how to create earrings with the wearer in mind. Classes will span in content from how to create lightweight and wearable forms, to fabrication of show stopping creations.

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ONSITE: Hydraulic Forming

July 11, 2023

In this class we will learn to safely use the studio's hydraulic press. Using the prefabricated Die forms available in the studio we will press and bring shape and dimension to copper. We will saw out our forms and solder them to a flat sheet or its mirror shape. We will finish this construction into […]

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ONSITE: Lost-Wax Metal Casting (B)

July 11, 2023

Using 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.

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ONSITE: Soldering Intensive

July 11, 2023

This weekend workshop is a great class for the beginner who would like to learn the most fundamental technique to metal working: high temperature silver soldering. This class is also a great refresh for students who who would like to brush up on their soldering skills.

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ONSITE: Spinner Rings (this class is only offered a few times a year)

July 11, 2023

Experiment with spinner rings, which allow several rings to be made into one. The outer band supports one or more moving rings. We’ll cover sizing, shaping and soldering sheet metal and wire into rings. The rings will become one using a forming technique known as anticlastic. We’ll also cover basic solder, forging and forming techniques.

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ONSITE: Cloisonné Enameling (this class is only offered a few times a year)

July 11, 2023

Learn cloisonné enameling, an ancient technique with contemporary applications. You’ll explore basic enameling and learn how to create cloisons (French for “compartments”) that separate different colors and shapes in a finished cloisonné design. Each student will finish this class having completed one small piece.

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ONSITE: Tree of Life Wire Pendant

July 11, 2023

We will use traditional jewelry making tools, wire and beads to create a tree of life pendant or small window ornament. You may bring an item to incorporate if desired. You will leave with at least one finished pendant from this class and have many options within your design repertoire to express your own creative […]

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ONSITE: Introduction to Metal Jewelry (A)

July 11, 2023

Learn 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. You’ll use these skills to make one finished piece of jewelry.

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ONSITE: Introduction to Silversmithing

July 11, 2023

Jump 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 […]

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ONSITE: Intermediate Metal Jewelry

July 11, 2023

Take your metal jewelry making to the next level. We’ll focus on design execution, stone setting as well as fabricating and soldering with sterling silver. You’ll also advance your polishing skills for finishing pieces.

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