This introductory course focuses on developing fundamental hand skills, good studio habits, and an appreciation for quality craftsmanship. Students will learn essential fabrication techniques by designing and producing unique, handcrafted jewelry.

This weekly class presents students with the fundamentals of jewelry and metalsmithing skills. Among the many techniques we will cover, students will learn how to effectively shape, join, polish, texture, and patina metal. 

 Explore, create, and innovate, while learning how to harness the design and form possibilities of the hydraulic press using tools that you make yourself.

Forging is an ancient art of controlled hammering to change the shape of wire or thick sheet metal into certain shapes and patterns. Students will learn to transform wire into sculptural forms that can be used for jewelry, sculpture or holloware.

The rolling mill is one of the most important tools in a jewelry studio, but do you really know how to maximize its potential? This workshop will help solve that dilemma. Technical topics will include: What different kinds of rolling mills are available, rolling mill care and maintenance, forging with the rolling mill, successful milling of sheet and wire ingots, texturing with the rolling mill and more.

Give your gemstones a jewelry home – create in wax to set in metal. In this two-day workshop, you will be guided to complete a set of designs utilizing different wax-forming techniques, primed for stone setting. Creating bezel settings, prong settings and basket settings will all be addressed as well as how to prepare your wax models for metal casting.

This workshop teaches the Hoodoo Hex weave (by Blaise Hartley) and the related Dragog weave, also known as Japanese Hoodoo (by Barb Gujic), through the construction of a Hoodoo Hex bracelet and a pair of Dragog chain earrings in sterling silver.  Each kit will contain enough supplies to make 1 pair of earrings and a bracelet approximately 8” in length.  Students will also receive a color handout documenting each step of the process so that they can recreate these designs at home.  Additional information on widening the Hoodoo Hex weave, connecting the ends of the Hoodoo Hex weave to form ri

Resin Inlay is a great way to add absolutely any color you can think of to your jewelry! This workshop covers the entire process of adding resin to a fabricated design that students create during class.

Celebrate the holidays with a handmade ornament!  Ornaments can make for a perfect gift, honor a loved one, or even commemorate a special occasion.  In collaboration with Halstead and the Metalwerx Ornamental Peace Project, this class will teach students how to design and fabricate an ornament using traditional metalsmithing techniques. Students can expect to come away with a finished handmade ornament, and learn how to saw/ pierce, rivet, texture, and patina metal.

When you think about it, the standard ring is a very simple form: a squat tube or a torus. Typically, we make these rings out of precious materials such as gold, silver, platinum, and so on. But what if you could make them out of other materials such as plastic or even wood? In this one-day workshop, we will bring this exciting prospect to life! Students will utilize a few very simple hand tools to create finished, wearable rings out of what most would consider to be strictly non-jewelry materials.

In this workshop we will make fun earrings using sterling tube bezels and faceted CZs to make sparkly stud and hanging earrings. We will make 3 pairs of earrings, 1 pair of studs, 1 pair of dangling earrings and 1 pair of whatever design you wish to do!   Demonstrations will include how to solder on ear posts, how to make your own ear wires and how to set stones in the tube bezels.   You will go home with 3 pairs of wonderfully sparkly earrings, just in time for the holidays!

Ever struggle with soldering and wish you had a set of troubleshooting tricks to help? Not sure how to set up your own soldering torch and tank? This one day workshop will cover all the soldering basics to advanced, from butt joints to stick soldering, to supporting metal to solder hard to reach solder joints. We will work on soldering and help you gain confidence in your soldering skills.   Great for those who have been taking jewelry classes but want to improve on soldering as well as those who want to understand soldering.

Make your bezel stand out!  The tapered bezel (or cone-shaped) setting can be used as a bezel, and can also be filed and carved into any number of custom prong designs from wide, narrow, to rounded, and odd numbered – your imagination is the only limit!

Build upon the basic techniques covered in Jewelry 1 to open up design possibilities and create more complex pieces.  Discover some advanced soldering techniques, trickier cold connections, and strategies to design and produce jewelry. Students will set stones, fabricate hollow forms, and more!

This introductory course focuses on developing fundamental hand skills, good studio habits, and an appreciation for quality craftsmanship. Students will learn essential fabrication techniques by designing and producing unique, handcrafted jewelry.

Ever want to try your hand at working with gold? Add gold to your silver jewelry? Afraid of getting started? This workshop is for perfect for anyone who wants to step up their bench working skills and expand their metal palette to conquer the fear of gold

Creativity begins with a desire to have the skills to make an idea into a reality. If you love jewelry and have always wanted to try to make a piece you can wear, this class will introduce you to the fundamental metalsmithing skills you will need to let your creativity flow! This weekly course will include everything you need to get started. Learn about the tools you will use, solidify your ideas through models and drawings, and get your hands dirty with basic techniques. Students will learn to saw and pierce, file, make cold connections such as rivets, basic soldering, and finishing.

Big, small, bold, and always beautiful! Discover the art of designing and fabricating jewelry for the ear, from snap closure hoops to fold form dangles, this class will teach you many tips and tricks for designing earrings for any occasion!

We will begin with the basics, with simple stud earrings, and making earring wire jigs which can expedite your earring making process. The class will then will explore more technical projects such as a snap clasp hoop earring and a fold formed leaf dangle earring!

So many jewelers call themselves designers, without so much as giving a second thought to what exactly a designer is and does. The concept of what is good design and what is bad design is very subjective, but in this fast paced, highly interactive, fun and creative class you are going to learn first-hand some answers to these questions. 

In this one-day workshop students will create a ring with a free spinning, kinetic element in the center. This project will teach tight tolerance fabrication techniques, selective soldering strategies, decorative surface treatment considerations, and proper polishing protocols. Students can expect to walk away with a finished ring and knowledge for future projects. Completion of Jewelry 1 or equivalent is required.

Explore the ancient Roman art of chain making! The seductive quality of fine silver will be brought to life through the repetitive and meditative process of weaving together fused circular links created using an acetylene torch. With a mix of demonstrations and hands-on studio time, participants can expect to leave class with the knowledge of how to make a beautiful new pair of earrings or a single chain for a bracelet or necklace. Single loop and double loop methods will be covered. No previous soldering skills required. 

Curious about metal clay? It's a perfect way to add texture and volume to jewelry. Spend two days acquiring the basics with stamping, cutting, making bails, and polishing while creating silver jewelry to wear home.

This condensed exploration of metalworking fundamentals is perfect for those who have always wanted to learn jewelry-making but never had the time. Saw, anneal, solder, file, texture, solder inlay, and more while creating one-of-a-kind jewelry!

This workshop focuses on strategies for making unique chains and linkages. A wide range of chain styles will be demonstrated and explained including a variety of fused, cold-connected, woven, and soldered link chains. Students will become exposed to the rich tradition of classical techniques as well as the practical shortcuts for making work efficiently. 

Jayne Redman has developed ways of working that dramatically speed up the production process. In this course, she will share what she has learned about making multiples using blanking dies and designing jigs for findings.