Metals and Jewelry Art Class at GAC

Learn ways to add pattern and color to your metal. We’ll do mock inlay which is soldering wire or sheet to heavy sheet metal and rolling it through a rolling mill. Students will learn to solder inlay by filling dents in sheet metal with gold or silver solder to create a dot effect or add another color. Solder twisted wire together and roll it out to get a lovely wood grain pattern. We will use copper, brass, bronze, nickel and silver. If you wanted to add some gold to silver, it will add a lovely touch. We’ll do keumboo, an ancient Korean process of fusing pure gold onto silver using a hotplate. 14g and 16g sheet will be used, plus 14g to 20g wire for inlay. Instructor will have a limited supply of assorted sheet metal and wire on hand for students to purchase. $5 to $35 for estimated materials per student.