New! Winter 2011 Classes
Beginning Metal/Jewelry Design
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Instructor: Sarah Sprague
8 weeks, Thursdays, 6-8:30pm, 1/12-3/1
Members $230, Non-Members $260, Materials: $35
This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture, or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, forming, and soldering techniques.
Smithing Metal Jewelry
Instructor: Pilar Netzel
6 Weeks, Mondays, 6-9pm, 1/9-2/13
Members $215, Non-Members $235, Materials: $35
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Explore ancient forming techinques in this six-week metal-smithing class. Students will practice the art of Repousse, also known as embossing. Students will also practice the art of forging to create rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. Skill-building techniques will include: sawing, sanding, drilling, filing, annealing, forming, and polishing. Each student will receive a 6″x 6″ piece of 18 gauge copper sheet and one foot of round or square rod. Students will have the option of purchasing silver and bronze sheet/rod as well, however, due to the currently high cost of sterling, students will need to special order silver from the instructor.
Metal Workshops
Carve a Wax Ring and Receive Sterling
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Instructor: Sarah Sprague
3-Day Workshop: Friday (5:30-8pm) 2/3, Saturday, (10am-3pm) 2/4 & Saturday (10am-1pm) 2/18
Members $125, Non-members $140, Materials: $25*
Students learn basic and intermediate techniques for carving wax to create their own designs into rings. The first two classes (weekend) will focus on learning to work on the wax using hand files, jeweler’s saw, drilling, piecing, carving and fusing. Come up with your own patterns and three dimensional designs. Wax pieces will then be sent away for casting during the 2-week break. During the final class, students will learn to finish and polish their pieces. *Cost includes all carving materials but doesn’t include the cost of having the carvings cast as this varies widely. Students must pay additional casting fee per piece.