Discover Silver Metal Clay Workshop
Silver Metal Clay looks and feels like clay but is actually pure silver in an organic binder. You will learn all the basic information and techniques for forming, surface texturing, firing, and finishing. Flush setting of lab grown gemstones will also be covered, and (optional) inexpensive stones can be purchased in class. Great for beginners, […]
Combining Gold & Silver Workshop
Are you ready to work with gold and add accents to your silver? By using gold from old gold jewelry, we can melt dow the gold, make it into wire and beads to add to silver. We will also do keum-boo, a way of bonding pure gold to silver. Adding a little gold to silver jewelry is […]
Metals & Jewelry
Learn through demonstration, discussion, and hands on, how to create art works out of fine metals. From jewelry to small sculpture, students will be introduced to metalworking tools and techniques to manipulate copper, brass and silver. Students will learn sawing, filing, cold connections, soldering, surface textures, forming, fabricating, stone setting, and finishing. Other metalworking techniques will […]
Guided Independent Studies In Metals
This class is structured for students with metalworking experience to focus on their own interests. Students will select and design their own projects and receive guidance to execute them. Focus will be on enriching design skills and addressing artistic intent.
Forging Cooking Utensils:Spoons, Ladles & Bowls Workshop
We will start with basic forging techniques- shouldering, tapering, spreading and sinking to create spoons out of steel bar stock. Forge welding and upsetting will also be introduced. Next we will move on to making bowls out of sheet steel, using sinking and planishing.The workshop culminates in creating a useful and beautiful ladle.The bowl of the ladle will […]
Flush Setting Stones Workshop
Learn about setting stones flush with the metal for a seamless look. Smaller stones flush-set better than larger stones, so 4mm and smaller are best for flush-setting. We will be working primarily in small faceted round gems, 1.5mm to 4mm. We will also discuss modifications on various flush settings. Basic metalsmithing or jewelry skills are necessary for […]
All About Metals
Learn through demonstration, discussion, and hands on, how to create works of art made of fine metals. From jewelry to small sculpture, students will be introduced to metalworking tools and techniques to manipulate copper, brass and silver. Students will learn sawing, filing, cold connections, soldering, surface textures, forming, fabricating, stone setting, and finishing. Other techniques will […]
The Marriage Of Metals
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 […]
Soldering Tips & Tricks Workshop
This workshop will cover the basics of how to set up your own soldering space, torch and tank, including safety issues. We will cover soldering basics to advanced, from butt joints to stick soldering, and how to support metal for hard to reach joints. Great for those who have been taking jewelry classes but want […]
Silver Metal Clay II Workshop
In this new one day workshop students will take designing pendants to the next level and learn techniques for forming and firing silver metal clay over supports for a three dimensional look. Techniques demonstrated will include doming, stacking and draping. Techniques for forming and attaching pendant bales will be demonstrated and used in the making […]
