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Jewelry 1

This weekly class is your introduction to all the fundamentals for making well-crafted jewelry of your own design! Students will focus on developing basic hand skills for working in metal as well as idea generation, simple sketching and model making, and problem solving. Through the creation of samples, you will learn your way around the studio and its tools by sawing, filing, texturing, connecting with rivets and solder, and achieving a desired finish. Basic stone setting will also be introduced and can be incorporated into rings or pendants. 

Jewelry 1 is a great course for beginners, as Kaitlyn will show you everything you need to know, or if you’re looking to refresh and refine basic techniques you have already learned! 

Meet the instructor

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Forever fascinated by boxes and lockets, Kaitlyn has been fabricating these and other objects since starting her metalsmithing career in 2006. Using traditional metalsmithing techniques, she creates objects that encourage her to share overwhelming emotion, especially when the right words cannot be found.

Kaitlyn earned her jewelry and metalsmithing degrees from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Through the years she has worked as a gallery manager, adjunct faculty, and workshop instructor at various institutions. She is currently the Program Coordinator at Metalwerx where she also teaches.

View Kaitlyn's work at www.kaitlynevans.com.

Materials & Tools

There is a $55 materials fee for this workshop payable upon registration. The materials kit includes sterling silver sheet, brass sheet, copper sheet, fine silver bezel strip, sterling silver wire, copper wire, cabochon stones, rotary mandrel, saw blades, drill bit, and other miscellaneous items needed for project objectives. 

Students should bring
  • closed-toe shoes - required for all Metalwerx classes
  • ultra-fine point sharpie marker
  • notebook or sketchbook and pencil
  • container for materials and projects - shoebox size
  • small hand towel or old rag
  • comfortable clothing from natural fibers
  • any tools you may already own
  • apron, if you prefer
  • personal safety glasses, if you prefer - Metalwerx has these
 

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