Class Listing

Virtual Course
  • December 6 - 13, 2023, Weekly on Wednesday from 10:00am – 12:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
Applying the right finish to a piece of jewelry is one of the most important aspects of creating high caliber jewelry pieces and can often give your work that special affect and wow-factor that sets it apart. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Allison Keast
  • December 8, 2023, Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
In Stackable Rings you’ll learn to make a stack of hand-textured sterling silver rings, complete with an array of bezel-set cabochon stones or metal accents. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Allison Keast
  • December 9, 2023, Saturday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
Join us for a one-day onsite course to unlock the super accessible yet intricate craft of a linked bracelet, with specific focus placed on the “paperclip” motif. Click on course image to read more.
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Virtual Course
  • December 11 - 13, 2023, Monday and Wednesday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
In this demo-focused virtual course, you'll learn how to expertly join metal pieces without the use of heat, solder, or welding. Click on course image to read more.
Virtual Course
With Lynn Yuhr
  • December 12 - 19, 2023, Weekly on Tuesday from 4:00pm – 6:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00

This demo-focused virtual workshop will illustrate how to create links of various shapes using multiple gauges of wire and then how to incorporate them with polymer clay.  Click on course image to read more.

Workshop
With Joy Raskin
  • December 16, 2023, Saturday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
In this one-day onsite workshop students will get a thorough crash course in bezel tube settings while making fun sparkly earrings! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Joy Raskin
  • December 17, 2023, Sunday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
The possibilities for custom jewelry findings are endless! This one-day workshop is for anyone seeking to learn how to make their own findings for jewelry, and how fabricate quick and easy jewelry components. Click on course image to read more.
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Virtual Course
With Bonnie Bishoff
  • December 18, 2023, Monday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Tuition: $115.00
Acquire the skillset necessary to master the art of constructing two distinct pendant styles employing polymer marquetry techniques, yielding highly original shapes and intricate surface designs. Click on course image to read more.
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Virtual Course
  • December 21 - 28, 2023, Weekly on Thursday from 10:00am – 12:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
In this demo-focused virtual workshop students will explore the potential of ultra-thin copper and its paper-like properties in combination with liquid enamel. Click on course image to read more.
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Workshop
  • January 6 - 7, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00

This condensed exploration of metalworking fundamentals is perfect for those who have always wanted to learn jewelry making but never had the time. Saw, anneal, solder, file, texture, create inlay, and more while creating one-of-a-kind jewelry! Click on course image to read more.

Weekly Class
  • January 8, 2024 - March 11, 2024, Weekly on Monday from 10:00am – 1:00pm (8 days)
Tuition: $430.00
Pursue individual projects with questions answered by a professional jeweler. This class is loaded with great bench tips to guide students through projects with success. Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
With Kaitlyn Evans and Violet Ita
  • January 8, 2024 - March 11, 2024, Weekly on Monday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm (8 days)
Tuition: $430.00
Students will walk away with their very own classic signet ring and woven chain bracelet, as well as the knowledge and skills to apply the techniques learned in class to future metalsmithing projects! Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
With Allison Keast
  • January 9, 2024 - March 12, 2024, Weekly on Tuesday from 10:00am – 1:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00
For students with previous stone carving experience, this weekly class is an opportunity to work on independent LAPIDARY projects with answers and guidance offered by a professional! Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
With Joy Raskin
  • January 9, 2024 - March 12, 2024, Weekly on Tuesday from 1:30pm – 4:30pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00
In this comprehensive weekly class, get ready to step up your jewelry making game as you make prongs from scratch using wire, sheet metal, and tubing. Round, oval, emerald, trillion, and other shapes will be covered. Proper and effective use of pre-fab setting will also be covered. Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
  • January 9, 2024 - March 12, 2024, Weekly on Tuesday from 6:30pm – 9:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $430.00
Pursue independent projects with answers and guidance offered by the instructor on a case by case basis. Technical demonstrations will respond to participants' interests and needs; cabochon stone setting, synclastic forming, raising, and fold forming are among the many possibilities. Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
  • January 10, 2024 - March 13, 2024, Weekly on Wednesday from 10:00am – 1:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00
The primary goal of this class is to provide students with the opportunity and guidance to elevate their foundational skills to new heights! This will be a fast-paced class focused on new complexities in fabricating with metal. Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
  • January 10, 2024 - March 13, 2024, Weekly on Wednesday from 1:30pm – 4:30pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00

For students with Jewelry 1 experience and above, this class is an opportunity to complete independent projects or learn new skills with direct guidance from an experienced instructor! Click on course image to read more.

Weekly Class
  • January 10, 2024 - March 13, 2024, Weekly on Wednesday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00

The primary goal of this class is to provide students with a grounded understanding in jewelry and metalsmtihing studio practices and the foundational hand skills necessary for working successfully with non-ferrous metals. Click on course image to read more.

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Virtual Course
With Charles Lewton-Brain
  • January 10, 2024, Wednesday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  • January 17, 2024, Wednesday from 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Tuition: $115.00
This information-dense virtual workshop explains metal structures, annealing, firescale, melting, alloying, and much more with just enough science to improve your metal working without getting TOO nerdy! Click on course image to read more.
Weekly Class
With Cristina Pabon
  • January 11, 2024 - March 14, 2024, Weekly on Thursday from 10:00am – 1:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00

Are you a jewelry lover ready to break into making your own shining jewels? This class will introduce the fundamental metalsmithing skills you need to let your creativity flow! Click on course image to read more.

Weekly Class
With Cristina Pabon
  • January 11, 2024 - March 14, 2024, Weekly on Thursday from 1:30pm – 4:30pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00

The overarching objective of this course is to offer participants the guidance of a seasoned professional, fostering their mastery of advanced processes and jewelry methodology, as well as facilitate a refined enhancement of their skills, culminating in the creation of exceptional jewelry and metalwork. Click on course image to read more.

Weekly Class
  • January 11, 2024 - March 14, 2024, Weekly on Thursday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm (9 days)
Tuition: $490.00

Build upon the basic techniques covered in Jewelry 1 to open up design possibilities and create more complex pieces of jewelry.  Discover advanced soldering techniques, more exciting stone settings, tool making, and strategies to design and produce successful jewelry. Click on course image to read more.

Workshop
With Genevieve Montante
  • January 12, 2024, Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
This condensed 1-day course will focus on weave chains and hollow forms using a centuries old weaving technique. Click on course image to read more.
Virtual Course
With Christine Dwane
  • January 16 - 23, 2024, Weekly on Tuesday from 10:00am – 12:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
Part 2 of a 3-part series. In this course we ask “What is Ethical Jewelry?” - with an emphasis on solutions, we address notions relating to responsible sourcing, health/safety, mitigating waste production, responsible marketing, and packaging. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • January 19 - 21, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $535.00
This comprehensive weekend workshop will cover the processes of weaving flat patterns with thin metal strips and the “Spiral Loop Chain" in wire (aka the knitted chain), in addition to jewelry applications for both! Click on course image to read more.
Virtual Course
With Charles Lewton-Brain
  • January 24 - 31, 2024, Weekly on Wednesday from 6:00pm – 8:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
This will be an introduction and overview of all the ways that gold, and other metals, can be applied or inlaid into precious and non-precious metals. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • January 26 - 27, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
Hone your small-scale cold fabrication skills by creating a fully articulating “bicycle-chain” style bracelet in this two-day workshop!
Workshop
With Allison Keast
  • February 2 - 4, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $535.00
In this captivating weekend workshop, students will delve into the ancient art of stone craftsmanship, mastering the intricate techniques needed to make stone mosaics. Click on course image to read more.
Virtual Course
With Christine Dwane
  • February 6 - 13, 2024, Weekly on Tuesday from 10:00am – 12:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $155.00
Part 3 of a 3-part series. Alternative products and demonstration of techniques to reclaim gems and reprocess metal will be covered, in addition to managing chemicals and improving studio processes. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Louis Garcia
  • February 10 - 11, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
This enchanting weekend workshop will take student through a journey of Form and Function while implementing ancient jewelry techniques in fine silver! Basic hammer experience required. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • February 17 - 18, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
Expand your horizons beyond soldering — aka “brazing” — in this unique course, unearthing new attributes of metal, enriching your understanding of alloys, and honing your skills at the torch station! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • February 24 - 25, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
Get ready to embark on a fascinating jewelry crafting journey as you discover the secrets behind creating a stylish curb chain, with the thicker and tighter style known as the iconic “Cuban chain”. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • March 9 - 10, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
Students will work through a series of exercises to identify potential narratives that can be pursued using enameled elements (new and old alike), along with a multitude of other components, with the goal of constructing bespoke jewelry pieces, unique to each students personal style and artistic aesthetic. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • March 15, 2024, Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
In this fun, active, compact 1-day workshop, students will learn the art of “hot twisting” various gauges of sterling silver wire using just a handful of tools - a torch, a vice, and a pair of pliers - to fabricate jewelry for the wrist with an intricate eye-catching twisted affect! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Genevieve Montante
  • March 16 - 17, 2024, Daily from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $400.00
Learn the essentials to jewelry making and explore fundamental metalsmithing techniques by designing and creating your own gemstone ring or pendant! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • March 22, 2024, Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
The language of ornamental blacksmithing is as striking as it is elegant, and thankfully it’s not exclusive to wrought iron working techniques - these entrancing metal manipulation processes can be adapted to fine jewelry making as well! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
With Violet Ita
  • March 23, 2024, Saturday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
Learn how to make two stunning and simple bracelet styles without the need for soldering! Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • March 24, 2024, Sunday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $155.00
In Stackable Rings you’ll learn to make a stack of hand-textured sterling silver rings, complete with an array of bezel-set cabochon stones or metal accents. Click on course image to read more.
Workshop
  • December 31, 2024, Tuesday from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Tuition: $425.00

Pulse arc welding lessons are available from April through June. Metalwerx will put students in touch with the instructor after registration has been completed, to schedule the dates / times of the lesson.

Tuition covers 6 hours of instruction and practice time with David Baird. These dates and times are flexible and can be adjusted directly with the instructor after registration has been completed. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. 

Micro pulse arc welding is widely known to be a useful tool to increase efficiency with basic bench tasks such as ring

Workshop
  • December 31, 2024, Tuesday from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Tuition: $425.00

Pulse arc welding lessons open from January through December. 

Tuition covers 6 hours of instruction and practice time with Wendy Jo New. These dates and times are flexible and can be adjusted directly with the instructor after registration has been completed. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. 

Micro pulse arc welding is widely known to be a useful tool to increase efficiency with basic bench tasks such as ring sizing, connections near heat-sensitive stones, and repairing porous castings. It works well on gold, silver, stainless steel, titanium, platinum

 

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