Virtual Courses

With tips, tricks, shortcuts, tool hacks, and alternative equipment options, students will learn to speed up their production and understanding of goldsmithing from a master in the field, Charles Lewton-Brain. Click on course image to read more.

Explore a variety of classical techniques, practical bench tips, and metalsmithing skills as you design and make three distinct Argentium silver cuff bracelets. Click on course image to read more.

Focus on two distinct stone setting processes without prongs: bead setting and hammer setting on thick walled tube. Click on course image to read more.

Explore ways to create a 3-D stamped pattern to incorporate into your jewelry by making two-part stamps. Click on course image to read more.

Dive into the challenging yet beautiful process of fusing jewelry enamel to steel, as well as how to create enamel "drawings" and experiment with designs. Click on course image to learn more.

Many natural and found objects can be cast in metal using the lost wax method, capturing incredible detail and preserving the intricate textures. Learn how to prepare objects, cast, and finish your pieces for jewelry. Click on course image to read more.

This demo-centered virtual workshop will focus on hand-fabricated threaded catches with a swivel mechanism, which offer unique advantages and more aesthetic opportunities! Click on course image to read more.

In this demo-focused virtual workshop, students will learn the step-by-step procedures for utilizing the practically-magical electroforming technique. Click on course image to read more.

This two-day demo-focused virtual class is an introduction to working with tool steel and creating tools from scratch as well as modifying existing tools to either work better for you and your hands or for a specific task. Click on course image or title to read more.

Confused by the dizzying array of rotary burs, tips, and bits on the market? Not sure which motor, handpiece, or speed control to invest in? This information-packed class is for you! Click on the course image for more information.

Hide your clasps as functional adornment with the unique skill of a front key clasp necklace. In this virtual class we will learn how to create a one-of-a-kind front key clasp necklace with a seamless stainless-steel neck wire from start to finish. Click on the course image or title for more information!

String pearls like a pro! Learn the traditional art of pearl stringing as you create heirloom-quality pearl strands in your choice of colors, sizes, and shapes. Click on course image to read more.