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Monogrammed Jewelry
Spend the day learning how to pierce metal like a pro, making trendy yet classic monogrammed jewelry. This course is open to everyone; it's a perfect one-day workshop for beginners who want to learn sawing, drilling and filing basics, or for anyone who want to sharpen their sawing skills and figure out how to stop breaking so many saw blades! Work with master piercer, Kelly Conroy, and learn to make tight corners and soft curves with ease.
Students will practice on brass, and can move on to silver when they feel comfortable. Participants can come with ideas and sketches if they have them, and feel free to think outside of the box. Font samples will be available in class for inspiration. Leave with at least one necklace, and possibly more depending on the complexity of designs.
Meet the instructor
Kelly Jean Conroy graduated with a BFA in Art Education and painting from Syracuse University in 2005 and a MFA in Jewelry Metals from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2013. She has taught metals and enameling at the Worcester Center for Crafts, and Jewelry I and II courses at UMass Dartmouth. She currently teaches High School Metalsmithing at Lincoln Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, MA, as well as continuing education courses in Metals at Massachusetts College of Art and various classes at Metalwerx.
She works out of her studio in Holliston, MA and her art jewerly pieces focus on life cycles in nature and finding beauty in unique places. Her specialties are enameling, working with natural materials: carving bone, piercing mother of pearl, and casting. She is included in Showcase 500 Rings by Lark Books, and is represented by Equinox Gallery in San Antonio, TX. Her website is kellyjeanconroy.com and her wearable work can be found at tulipstokiss.etsy.com. To see Kelly's process, please visit her blog tulipstokiss.tumblr.com
Materials & Tools
There is a $45 materials fee for this course, which is payable upon registration. Your kit will include brass sheet, sterling silver sheet, 1 sterling silver chain with clasp, and plenty of saw blades.
- Sketchbook
- Pen or pencil
- sketches and/or font samples (optional)
- any of your favorite tools