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Jewelry 2
If you have already learned the basics of jewelry and metalsmithing and want to take your skills and knowledge up a notch, then this class is for you! Students will not only build upon the basic jewelry techniques taught in Jewelry 1 - creating more complicated pieces of jewelry, but will also learn more advanced soldering techniques for more complicated fabrication projects, more exciting stone settings (such as tube setting and complex bezel setting), tool making, strategies to design and produce successful jewelry, and more! Your skills will then be put to the test with a final project that employs all the techniques previously learned to create a pieces of jewelry that expresses both technical aptitude and your personal design aesthetic!
Come grow as a jewelry maker and discover the many facets that lay beyond introductory level jewelry fabrication!
Meet the instructor
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 $80 materials fee for this course which is payable upon registration. The materials kit includes copper and brass sheet and wire, sterling tubing, fine silver bezel wire, faceted cubic zirconia stones, bronze and silver casting grain, as well as various tools and flex shaft attachments for class projects.
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notebook/sketchbook & writing utensil
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very fine tip marker
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OPTIONAL: round faceted stones of your choosing, 3mm in diameter
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OPTIONAL: cabochons of your choosing with flat bottom
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OPTIONAL: irregular stones with flat bottom for prong setting