Lamp Worked Glass Beads Workshop
Students will learn to use a torch to melt glass rods, creating personalized colorful glass beads. Many glass decorating techniques will be demonstrated, including enamels, metal foils, flowers and more.
Metals & Jewelry: Session A
Learn to create art from fine metals through demonstration, discussion, and hands-on work. Students will explore metalworking tools and techniques with copper, brass, and silver, including sawing, filing, soldering, cold connections, forming, surface textures, stone setting, and finishing. Additional techniques will be introduced based on class interest, with guidance to foster creativity and design skills. Please attend the first class and bring a notebook and pen.
Metals & Jewelry: Session B
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 be introduced according to class interest. Guidance will be given to encourage creativity and develop design skills. Please be sure to attend the first class and bring a note book and writing utensil.
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.
Discover Silver Metal Clay Workshop: Session B
Learn to work with Silver Metal Clay, a versatile material that feels like clay but becomes pure silver when fired. This workshop covers forming, texturing, firing, finishing, and flush setting of gemstones (optional stones available for purchase). Perfect for beginners and artists of all kinds—no prior jewelry experience needed. Finish and take home your own unique silver jewelry pieces while exploring the endless design possibilities of this exciting material.
Materials fee of $105.00 is payable to instructor at class and includes metal clay, use of tools, supplies and handouts. Materials fee of $100 is payable to instructor at class and includes metal clay, use of tools, supplies and handouts. This class has a required materials list.
Bangles & Rings Workshop
Create bangles, cuff bracelets, and rings in this hands-on workshop. Shape and solder wire rings and bangles, hammer for texture, and add decorative wire details. Cuff bracelets will be formed from textured sheet metal. Take home your handmade pieces—perfect as gifts! Instructor will provide brass, bronze and copper wire and sheet metal, and a limited amount of silver wire. Materials cost: approximately $20-40 depending on silver usage.
Discover Silver Metal Clay Workshop: Session A
Learn to work with Silver Metal Clay, a versatile material that feels like clay but becomes pure silver when fired. This workshop covers forming, texturing, firing, finishing, and flush setting of gemstones (optional stones available for purchase). Perfect for beginners and artists of all kinds—no prior jewelry experience needed. Finish and take home your own unique silver jewelry pieces while exploring the endless design possibilities of this exciting material.
Materials fee of $105.00 is payable to instructor at class and includes metal clay, use of tools, supplies and handouts. Materials fee of $100 is payable to instructor at class and includes metal clay, use of tools, supplies and handouts. This class has a required materials list.
Lamp Worked Glass Beads Workshop
Students will learn to use a torch to melt glass rods, creating personalized colorful glass beads. Many glass decorating techniques will be demonstrated, including enamels, metal foils, flowers and more.
Stonesetting with Silver Metal Clay
Take your silver Metal Clay designs to the next level! Add color and brilliance to your pieces by learning to set natural and lab-grown stones in silver metal clay.
Learn which stones can be fired in the kiln, and how to flush-set stones to fire in metal clay. Learn the special considerations for bezel setting stones and pre-formed settings. Use of the slip-syringe for setting will be covered. Channel setting and prong setting will be included as time permits. Students should be able to complete and take home at least 2 pieces of their unique silver and colored stone jewelry.
Materials fee* of approx. $130. is payable at class. Materials fee includes sufficient metal clay lump and syringe, supplies and handouts to complete class projects. Inexpensive faceted and cabochon stones, pre-formed settings and additional metal clay will be available for purchase at the workshop.
Prerequisite: at least one other metal clay class or workshop.
Basic metal clay tool kit, including portable work-surface, are required and will not be provided.
A small tool kit may be rented in class for $3.00.
*materials fee is subject to change with the metals market.
Silver Metal Clay: Finishing and Firing
This new workshop focuses on pre-fired (greenware) finishing work, kiln firing of greenware pieces, and final finishing processes for your silver metal clay pieces.
Bring in your dried silver clay pieces you have made at home or fired pieces you made in previous workshops which require a 2 hour firing.
Any pieces that need repair and re-firing can be facilitated in this workshop. For repair purposes, please bring in the original clay used for that piece.
For those with pieces ready to be fired, there will be a firing at 10:15 am and another at 1:15pm. Both firings will be at full ramp, 2 hour hold at 1600 F degrees. Any stones included in the firing process must be able to withstand this time and temperature.
Instructor will monitor all processes and give advice/instruction where needed.
