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OUR BUILDING IS CLOSED FOR EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE 2/1/23 THROUGH 2/2/23 - MORE INFO
Workshops
Workshop
With Liz Clark
February 4 - 5, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
In this two-day onsite workshop, students will learn a fun and fast way to make unique shaped links by soldering and forming them over shaped bezel mandrels.
Workshop
With William Vanaria
February 8, 2023, Wednesday from 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Tuition: $75.00
Learn a quick and easy way to make textured cuff bracelets! This course will focus on forming a set of cuffs utilizing copper and sterling silver. Students will texture and form their metal into varying sizes, shapes, and patterns using numerous metalsmithing hammers.
Workshop
With Barbara Seidenath
February 10 - 12, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $525.00
This three-day workshop will focus on two aspects that will be of great interest for enamellists and jewelers looking to add additional skill sets to their repertoire; incorporating and applying superb embellishments such as tiny stones, pearls, and numerous other small objects to enameled surfaces and how to elevate those special enameled pieces with an exquisite framing or setting solution.
Workshop
With Wendy Jo New
March 3, 2023, Friday
from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $150.00
Add color and style to your jewelry repertoire with resin inlay! This one-day onsite workshop will cover every step of the resin inlay process, from making your colors and inlaying them to curing and finishing your work.
Workshop
With Wendy Jo New
March 4 - 5, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
The rolling mill will be the featured piece of equipment in this 2-day weekend workshop. Students will focus on using the rolling mill while learning to add texture onto various pieces of sheet metal which will then be used in the fabrication of bracelets, rings, and earrings.
Workshop
With William Vanaria
March 11 - 12, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
In this 2-day weekend course, students will learn the basics for casting metal via a quick and effective casting method - carving a negative space into a soft material know as cuttlefish bone and then pouring molten metal directly into the cavity, creating a unique grain-like textured surface that transfers onto the metal during the casting process.
Workshop
With William Vanaria
March 17, 2023, Friday from 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $150.00
In this technique-oriented 1-day workshop, students will learn how to fabricate two necklace clasps that are effective, customizable, and easy to produce. Tired of pre-fab findings? Come learn how to make them your own!
Workshop
With Kaitlyn Evans
March 18 - 19, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
In two, fast-paced days, you will learn fundamental tools and skills essential to our goal of creating a sterling silver ring or pendant with a bezel set stone.
Workshop
With David Baird
March 24 - 26, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $525.00
Pearls are beautiful to look at and can add an elegant mystique to a piece of jewelry on their own, but did you know you can add your own unique flare to them? Discover the art of carving freshwater pearls in this weekend onsite workshop and gain the knowledge needed to accentuate and compliment a pearl's natural charm!
Workshop
With Emily Glimp
April 1 - 2, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
Students will learn to explore cold-worked wire techniques with spiral or barrel chain links, develop their small-scale plier forming skills on a bracelet clasp, and hammer their way to a fully formed cuff bracelet! Emily will additionally cover methodologies for accessing wrist anatomy and proper sizing of bracelets, as well as use of the rolling mill..
Workshop
With Diane Lawton
April 15 - 16, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
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!
Workshop
With Michael Boyd
April 21 - 23, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $595.00
This three-day workshop will incorporate Michael's technique for fusing gold patterns onto Argentium silver and torch setting stones.
Workshop
With Kathryn Osgood
April 28 - 30, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $525.00
With the natural world as inspiration, we will create enameled dimensional forms in copper based on botanical elements such as leaves, petals, pods and flowers. Forming, texturing, folding, dapping, and enameling on a 3-dimensional form will all be covered, in addition to setting techniques for these volumetric forms.
Workshop
With Valerie James
May 5 - 7, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (3 days)
Tuition: $525.00
In this 3-day workshop, students will be guided through the basics of hand engraving. Processes such as tool sharpening, image making/mark development, design transferring, and general surface finishing applications will be covered using traditional engraving tools and techniques. Both gestural mark-making and precision drawing will be covered and can be incredibly useful methodologies for the engraving process.
Workshop
With David Baird
May 20 - 21, 2023, Daily
from 10:00am – 5:00pm (2 days)
Tuition: $395.00
Casting can range from ancient ancestral approaches to high-tech contemporary methodologies, but in this workshop students will learn some of the basics while practicing the quick and highly accessible two-part sand casting process known as Delft Clay casting - an ideal technique for creating one-off objects in silver and bronze.
Workshop
With Wendy Jo New
December 12, 2023, Tuesday from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Tuition: $425.00
Pulse arc welding lessons open from January through December.
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, and copper, whether connecting tiny jewelry components or larger elements for small metal sculptures. Our pulse arc welder can go well beyond these general jobs to include tacking complex pieces before soldering, welding long seams for hollow construction, and
Workshop
With David Baird
December 12, 2023, Tuesday from 10:00am – 4:00pm
Tuition: $425.00
Pulse arc welding lessons open from July through December.
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, and copper, whether connecting tiny jewelry components or larger elements for small metal sculptures. Our pulse arc welder can go well beyond these general jobs to include tacking complex pieces before soldering, welding long seams for hollow construction, and connecting dissimilar metals such as titanium to gold.
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