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Marge R., Middleton, MA
Jewelry 2
Course Description
About this course
If you have already learned the basics of jewelry and metalsmithing and you want to take your skills and knowledge to the next level, then this is the class for you! In this class students will build upon the basic jewelry techniques they were taught in Jewelry 1 to create more complicated and advanced pieces of jewelry. Students will learn advanced soldering techniques, more exciting stone settings, tool making, and strategies to design and produce more successful jewelry. Your skills will then be tested with a final project that employs the skills you have learned to create a wearable hollow form.
Meet the Instructor
William Vanaria
William Vanaria is a Massachusetts based artist with a penchant for oddball materials. His work utilizes traditional metalsmithing techniques and a wide verity of non-traditional materials to produce jewelry which both questions and comments on notions of romanticism, value, fakery, and the hierarchy of materials present within modern day consumer culture. Through his work he pushes for a broader system of value which has been formulated though experience, consideration, and critical thinking.
William received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a concentration in "Jewelry & Metalsmithing" in 2012. Afterwards, he spent time working within the jewelry industry and volunteering as a teacher's assistant for various art institutions. He found that the latter was much more fulfilling, so he went on to further his education within the arts and to pursue a career in teaching. William received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts: Dartmouth in 2016; once again with a concentration in "Jewelry & Metalsmithing."
Materials & Tools
There is a $50 materials fee for this course, which is payable upon registration, and includes copper and brass sheet and wire, sterling tubing, bezel wire, 10 faceted cubic zirconia and various tools and flexshaft attachments.
Students should bring
- Notebook/sketchbook & writing utensil
- Very fine tip marker
- OPTIONAL: Round faceted stones of your choosing, 3mm in diameter
- OPTIONAL: Cabochons of your choosing. Aim for ones that are an oval or a circle.
- OPTIONAL: Irregular or odd stones which the students would like to try prong setting. (Preferably one with a flat back.)
- Weekly Class
Tuition
$480.00
Materials Cost
$50.00Instructor
William Vanaria
Dates
April 2 -June 4, 2019
Weekly on Tuesday
Time
1:30 PM -4:30 PM
Length
9 weeks
Level
Basic and above
- Jewelry 1 skills required
No Class Dates
April 16
Make-up dates
June 11
Location
Metalwerx
