NOVEMBER
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
** Register AT LEAST 1 week in advance to avoid cancellation due to lack of enrollment**
Lampworking
Sun November 1 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
Simple Silver Rings
Sat November 7 10:00 - 4:00
(Raychel Wengenroth)
Feel the excitement and pride of making a beautifully polished ring from start to finish. Using sterling silver wire, students will cut, file, solder, hammer, sand and polish a ring. This is a perfect workshop for couples, Galentine's Day and people who want to create their own custom ring in one workshop. This class will open a window to the possibilities of working with metal, different techniques and also put a beautiful finished ring on it!
Skill Level: No experience necessary
Tuition: 125.
Lab Fee: 10.
Materials: 25.
"Xtra Xtra Weave All About It!"
Sun November 8 10:00 - 4:00
(Armando Blanco)
The wire-wrapping journey continues with an introduction into bracelet making. We will be weaving our wires together, then we will also learn how to apply a flat-backed cabochon using a herring bone technique. The possibilities are endless, experience is not necessary, but will help.
Skill Level: No experience necessary, but it's helpful
Tuition: 125.
Materials: 40. for non-precious metals. (Students bring their own silver or gold)
Basic 3 - Get Dimensional
Sat-Sun November 14-15 10:00 - 4:00
(Raychel Wengenroth)
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 into more significant pieces of their creation.
Projects ideas may include (but are not limited to): A constructed cylinder box, hollow ring, forged bracelet or small scale sculptures.
This class can be repeated over & over. More advanced projects may include candlesticks, boxes, business card holder, vase, incense burner. Here's the opportunity to expand on your skills and create pieces of volume beyond jewelry.
Skill Level: Basic 2
Tuition: 250.
Lab Fee: 20.
Materials: 30. for non-precious metals. (Students bring their own silver or gold)
Making a Ring from Scrap
Sat 11/21 10:00 - 5:00
(Lissa Queeney & Raychel Wengenroth)
Do you have scrap silver lying around that you'd like to use? This workshop covers melting down your scrap to form the sheet or wire needed to create a ring. Melting, fabricating, and soldering are the three core techniques you will use to create a piece ready for embellishment.
Skill Level: No Experience Necessary
Tuition: 175.
Lab Fee: 25.
Materials: Students should bring their old jewelry, silverware, etc. to be melted. No materials are provided for this workshop.
Forged Cuff Bracelets
Sat November 28 10:00 - 4:00
(Raychel Wengenroth)
The ancient art of cold forging involves stretching metal with controlled hammer blows against an anvil or stake. Topics covered include: properties of non-ferrous metals, types of hammers and when to use them, how to make the metal move where you want it to, plus a variety of related demonstrations. A cuff bracelet is a great way to learn these basic techniques in a single project you'll walk out wearing with pride.
Skill level: No experience necessary (but it's helpful)
Tuition: 125.
Lab Fee: 10.
Materials: 20. Copper or Bronze (Students can bring their own silver)