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Kitchen Essentials: Spoons, Ladles and Utensils
Come and learn how to turn typical kitchen utensils into eye-catching artwork. Create your own flatware such as salad servers, forks, butter knives, and baby spoons in a fraction of the time traditional hand forged methods would take you. Joy Raskin will show you simple metalsmithing techniques to form, solder, and fabricate utensils that combine function and design. "Flatware should not only be useful, but should also be a pleasure to use, and even play with... I want each piece to make it's own statement," says Joy.
See more of Joy's work on her website at: www.joyraskin.com
Meet the instructor
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
The $65 materials fee, which is payable upon registration, covers the cost of metals, wire, solder, and other basic supplies you will use to work on the projects for this class. We will be working primarily in jeweler's brass (NuGold) so that you will have enough material to explore multiple full-size pieces. A small amount of silver will be provided, but students who wish to continue their work in silver may provide their own materials.
- Shop towel
- Your favorite jewelry making tools, including any forming hammers you might already own
- Notebook and pencil
- If you have weak wrists, you might consider wearing a wrist brace to class