Weekend Workshops
March 2025
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Intro to Lampwork Glass Bead Making
Sat 3/9 10:00 - 4:00
(Stephanie Maddalena)
Create unique, individualized glass beads to incorporate into your jewelry pieces. Lampwork glass beads are made with melted glass and shaped to fabricate beautiful one of a kind beads. In this workshop students will learn the basics of lampworking, making beads decorated with flower designs, silver foil, copper leaf and layers of glass designs.
Skill Level: No Experience Necessary
Tuition: 140.
Lab Fee: 35.
Materials: Included
Basic 3 - “Pump Up the Volume” / Get Dimensional
Sat-Sun. 3/22-23
Shift your focus to a more sculptural approach and discover more in depth knowledge of how to move metal. Sheet and wire can be manipulated in amazing ways! Bend, stretch, form, construct, fabricate, score, deck and forge pieces of jewelry and functional objects. Learn the basics of forging by hammering heavy wire to stretch it, learn to form and dap sheet to create bracelet and bowl shapes and to score and bend sharp corners to produce box forms. Students are encouraged to sample a variety of techniques and combine them in more significant pieces of their creation.
Projects may include (but are not limited to): A constructed cylinder box, hollow ring, forged bracelet or small scale sculptures.
Skill Level: Basic 2
Tuition: 250.
Lab Fee: 15.
Materials: 20. for non-precious metals. (Students bring their own silver or gold)