Earrings in a Day

This course is currently full. Spaces do occasionally open up so if you would like to be put on the wait list please call our office at 781-891-3854 or email [email protected]

Lightweight earrings are the perfect summer accessory. Join us for a fun and fast-paced earring intensive and create something new to wear. Demonstrations will include some essential jewelry making skills using silver wire and sheet metal to create hoops and dangles.

Make your own ear wires, and stamp, texture, and dome round and oval discs to add visual interest. Methods for adding beads will be shown to provide color and accents to earrings. This class is open to all levels. Students can expect to complete several pairs of earrings during the day.

Meet the instructor

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Joy Raskin has been a silversmith since 1984 and has exhibits throughout the United States, Ireland and New Zealand, showcasing both her jewelry and flatware designs. Joy is a native of New Hampshire, having attended public schools in Manchester and Concord and was accepted as a member of the League of NH Craftsmen while still in high school. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Joy is an instructor at Metalwerx in Waltham, MA, The Craft Center in NH, Sharon Art Center, and many other schools.

Joy has received many awards for her work. She was commissioned by the NH State Council on the Arts to create the Cultural Access Award for the Governor’s Awards in the Arts in 2001. Her work is included in many collections, including the White House and Smithsonian Institution. Joy's work is found in multiple galleries throughout New England, including the League of NH Craftsmen Galleries, Boston Society of Arts & Crafts, Guilford Art Center, Millbrook Gallery, and others.

 

 

Materials & Tools

There is a $25 materials fee, payable when signing up, that includes silver wire in various gauges and silver discs to complete projects. Instructor will have a limited amount of glass beads, stone beads, metal beads on hand for students to purchase as desired.
Students should bring

Student Supply List:

  • Students can bring in beads, charms, or components they want to incorporate into earrings
  • Optional: Pliers, files, sanding sticks you already own. Metalwerx has tools available to use at class too.
Workshop
Tuition
$130.00
Material Fees
Price
$25.00
Payable to instructor in class.
Instructor
Joy Raskin
Location
Metalwerx
Length
  • 0 days
 

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