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Stackable Rings

This course is currently full. Spaces do occasionally open up so if you would like to be put on the wait list please call our office at 781-891-3854 or email [email protected]

This one-day workshop on stackable rings will show students how to size, solder and embellish up to 6 individual rings. Explore basic stone setting, roller printing, texturing and stamping to manipulate and add onto each ring band.

This class is open to beginning students of all ages. It is a quick intro class to several very important techniques used in metalsmithing.

If you'd like to see more of Leah's work, please check out her blog: Jewel of the Day and website leahmeleski.com

Meet the instructor

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Leah Meleski earned her BFA in metals from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Leah creates wearable jewelry that is inspired by the basic formula that nature grows from. Radiating patterns turn silver into natural, bold, clean lines. Pieces are created through bending and soldering wire into complicated natural forms, some of which are complimented with pieces created through lost wax casting. Several objects have multiple parts that can be assembled into another form such as a teapot and then taken apart for its component parts to be worn as jewelry.

 

 

Leah creates her work in her home studio located in Jamaica Plain and works as an art educator in the Wellesley school system. You can find more information about what she is currently working on through her blog at jeweloftheday.blogspot.com and her website leahmeleski.com

 

 

Materials & Tools

A materials fee of $40 is payable upon registration. It includes plenty of sterling silver wire and some sheet, stones and materials for bezel setting, polishing supplies, saw blades, copper and other miscellaneous supplies for projects.

Students should bring

Students Should Bring:

  • Pencil, sketchbook
  • Ultra fine-point Sharpie permanent marker
  • Items that provide texture, such as feathers, lace, fabric, etc. NO STEEL! Whatever you use will be destroyed, so no family heirloom lace, please.
  • Safety glasses or reading glasses for working up close. Metalwerx has some available to use, but please bring a pair if you prefer your own.
  • If students already have metalworking experience and want to bring their favorite hand tools, they are welcome to. It is not necessary for students to bring tools. Metalwerx has plenty available for use at class.
     

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