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Jigs for Multiples: Working with Wire
Creating findings that combine form with function adds to the uniqueness of jewelry designs, but can be a challenge to duplicate! In this intensive virtual course, Jayne Redman will introduce students to the many methods of making tools and jigs for multiples that she has developed.
This course will focus on ways to design and duplicate three-dimensional shapes in wire. Learn how to modify pliers to create perfect wire loops with accurate inside diameters, tapered crimps to attach tubular clasps or elements to neck wire coils, and compressed notches in ear posts. Students will make a series of tools for time saving ways of measuring, cutting, connecting, and forming wire accurately in coils, circles, and straight lengths. Many variations of jigs will be developed for single and reverse curve ear wires, linkage systems, and cloisonné wires.
In addition to making, modifying, and inventing forming tools of their own, students will also gain the knowledge of how to work with acrylic, Delrin, thermal plastic, and wood - materials that are perfect for creating tools and jigs that don't mar metal and enable exact duplicates to be made, enhancing craftsmanship and adding appeal to jewelry!
Tips and tricks for rotary accessories, how to draw wire properly, milling with a drill press, and using the Rotational Bench Pin as a hands free work surface will also be covered.
This course will consist of three sessions. Each session will consist of the following:
- Demonstrations and work time from 10:00AM to 12:30PM
- Off-camera lunch break or independent work time from 12:30PM to 2:00PM
- Demonstrations and work time from 2:00PM to 4:30PM
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Meet the instructor
Nature provides an endless reference for imagination and invention. The linear quality of stems and the fullness of flower buds inspire my jewelry. I enjoy integrating mechanics with design, allowing each piece to function in a visually intriguing way. I work with multiples of the same shape engineering them to fit precisely giving an abstract impression of their botanical origin. Many years of metalsmithing have taught me the power of simplicity. My forms begin as flat metal shapes and arrive as small sculptures. Their complexity is in their conception as curving planes of origami.
Jayne Redman earned her B.F.A. in Jewelry and Silversmithing from Maine College of Art in 1977. She began her jewelry career in the fashion jewelry industry in New York as a design and production assistant. She started her own company, Jayne Redman Jewelry, in 1982. She has exhibited at numerous fine functional art shows and is represented by fine jewelry galleries and craft stores across the country. Her tools for Making Multiples are available on her website, www.jayneredmanjewelry.com. Jayne is a former faculty member of the Maine College of Art Department of Jewelry and Metals. She teaches workshops nationally and at her studio in Falmouth, Maine.
Materials & Tools
There is a $160 kit fee payable to Jayne Redman via Venmo or PayPal. Jayne will email each student with a full list of her kit tools and additional materials for sale. Students will receive a 10% to 15% discount off retail pricing. To see all available tools with their descriptions, go to www.jayneredmanjewelry.com. If you register after May 7, a kit can still be mailed to you, but will not arrive by the workshop start date.
- step by Step handouts
- wooden dowel set of 8
- Delrin block prepared for jigs, 3” x 3” x 3/4”
- Delrin block, 3” x 3” x 1/4”
- Delrin rods
- acrylic square, 6” x 6” x 3/16”
- thermal plastic
- skip tooth saw blades
- 20 piece assorted flex shaft accessories
- round/flat nose pliers for modification
- bent chain nose pliers for modification
- nylon pliers
- tweezers
- steel rods
- nickel sheet
- drill bits
- 4’ hardened sterling wire. 20 gauge
- brass wire, 20 gauge
- USPS flat rate shipping
Students will be responsible for providing the following items. Some suggested vendors have been linked for reference (red text).
Metal/Raw materials (if you have a Hoover & Strong account, you can get the optional 18g sterling wire):
- 2ft or more x sterling wire - 20g half hard (Rio Grande)
- several feet x sterling wire - 18g drawn 7 dies hard - optional
Hand tools:
- 1 x rotary tool - flex shaft, dremel, etc. (Rio Grande, Home Depot)
- 1 x dividers (Rio Grande)
- 1 x jewelers saw (Rio Grande)
- 1 x burlife (Rio Grande)
- 1 x wax file (Rio Grande)
- 1 x set of needle files - #2 cut (Rio Grande)
- 1 x snips / flush cutters (Rio Grande)
- 1 x scribe (Rio Grande)
- 1 x chain nose pliers - will be modified (Rio Grande)
- 1 x flat nose pliers - will be modified (Rio Grande)
- 1 x shears - for thin sheet metal (Rio Grande)
- 1 x fine nose fliers set - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x cylinder bur set - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x Wolf cylinder bur - 25mm x 6.3mm - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x Wolf cylinder bur - 25mm x 4.7mm - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x Wolf cylinder bur - 25mm x 3.3mm - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x Japanese pull saw - optional (Hida, Home Depot, Amazon)
- 1 x drill press - full or mini - optional (Rio Grande or Rio Grande)
- 1 x Acetal Delrin sample pack - optional (Online Metals)
- 1 x round draw plate with tungsten inserts - optional (Rio Grande)
- 1 x draw tongs - optional (Rio Grande)
Other/miscellaneous items:
- cooking spray - such as Pam
- apron
- particulate dust mask
- safety glasses
- eye magnificaiton - if needed
- rags/towels
- compass
- scissors
- double stick tape
- paper - tracing and printer/copier paper
- drawing implements - Sharpies, pencils, templates, etc.
- stainless steel pot
- stanless steel spoon
- glass or metal bowl - for ice water
- hot plate or other heat source - to keep water close to boiling
You will need a laptop, desktop computer, iPad, or tablet as well as a secondary video device (such as a smart phone) with a tripod or holder connected to the Zoom meeting so that the instructor can see and assist you.