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Narrative Jewelry Through Hollow Forms
Hollow forms give opportunity for narrative designs, with the added potential to become a locket or box along the way. We will design, cut, and solder copper and brass sheet into simple hollow shapes in this two-day course. You'll also learn the finishing techniques required to make your pieces seamless. Students are encouraged to bring in sketches, ideas, images, materials, and small objects with them to the first day of class for inspiration. Together we’ll help them really take form!
Meet the instructor
Genevieve is a multimedia artist based in Boston MA, whose practice draws inspiration from an early life rooted in the landscapes of the Pocono mountains and Philadelphia. Fragmented rural landscapes converge with the infrastructure of urban space, they create jewelry and sculpture that invites the viewer to embrace the ‘nostos’ of nostalgia, returning home, perhaps viewing familiarity through another lens. Piecing found objects with metalsmithing, ceramic, handwork, and fiber techniques in metal, Genevieve oscillates between observer and narrator; calling on the visual language of their hometown(s), religious and folk symbolism, collected ephemera, and observations from daily life in Boston to explore themes of environmentalism, community, and identity.
Materials & Tools
There is a $35 materials fee for this class that is payable upon registration. The materials kit includes:
copper sheet
jeweler's brass sheet
saw blades
silver solder (easy, medium, hard
closed-toe shoes - required in the Metalwerx studio
apron (optional)
Any preferred safety equipment (safety glasses will be provided, dust masks can be purchased upon request for $3, you are welcome to bring your own mask)
any materials from home you'd like to incorporate - Students are encouraged to bring in sketches, ideas, images, materials, and small objects with them to the first day of class for inspiration
lunch - there will be a 1-hour break for lunch on each day of the workshop