Give form to your artistic vision through the creation of jewelry, functional objects and sculpture.
Students are introduced to basic issues and techniques unique to jewelry making as a creative and expressive medium. Techniques covered include: basic fabrication (cold-joining, sawing, soldering, and finishing), lost wax casting, and stone setting. Projects use precious metals as well as common materials. Traditional and contemporary attitudes toward body adornment … Read more
Start Date
01/27
Meeting Day
Monday
End Date
05/11
Faculty
Kelly Conroy
Time
6:30pm–10pm
Credits
3
Transform gravel into bling. Learn to cut, shape, carve and polish ordinary rocks into custom forms that can be set in jewelry.
Start Date
02/08
Meeting Day
Saturday
End Date
02/08
Faculty
Peter Evonuk
Time
9:30am–5:30pm
Credits
0
Learn to size, fabricate, and finish a classic silver ring band; then saw, file, solder, polish, and bezel-set a gemstone to cap it off.
Start Date
02/09
Meeting Day
Saturday and Sunday
End Date
02/09
Faculty
Peter Evonuk
Time
9:30am–5:30pm
Credits
0
Explore the ancient art of Coppersmithing. Students will use a variety of specialized hammers and tools to form simple, elegant copper bowls. The class will cover sinking, raising, and planishing techniques that have been in use for thousands of years. Warning: Side effects may include heady feelings of DIY induced … Read more
Start Date
02/29
Meeting Day
Saturday
End Date
02/29
Faculty
Peter Evonuk
Time
10am–4pm
Credits
0
