Flower & Leaf Pendants
Students will make delightful and fun flower and leaf pendants. Using wire and sheet metal, we can cut out flower and leaf shapes, hammer-texture them and shape them to be more 3-dimensional. Add a neckchain or make a simple chain to hang the new pendant to wear it. We will be using brass, bronze, copper […]
Flower Metal Earrings Workshop
Students will make flower earrings out of wire and sheet metal, plus we will have some commercially made flower stampings. Make simple flower and leaf earrings using wire, and then saw thin sheet metal into flower and leaf shapes that can be hammer-textured and shaped to be more 3-dimensional. We will be using brass, bronze, […]
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 […]
Combining Gold & Silver Workshop
Ever want to add gold to silver? By using gold from old gold jewelry, we can melt down 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 a effective way to […]
Discover Silver Metal Clay Workshop
Silver Metal Clay looks and feels like clay but is actually pure silver in an organic binder. Students will learn 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, jewelry students, […]
