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Spring / Summer 2020

SCHOOL FOR JEWELRY | METAL ARTS | COMMUNITY STUDIO

Summer with the Masters a unique of renowned instructors, inspired students, and contemporary and jewelry techniques

Bonnie Bishoff Michael Boyd Ben Dory Cynthia Eid Pat Flynn Michael Good David Huang Amy Roper Lyons Jayne Redman Paulette Werger Joe Wood

Granulated jewelry by Ben Dory

Early Bird Discount - Save 5% off tuition if you register one month or more before the start of any class or workshop! Metalwerx | 50 Guinan Street, Waltham, MA 02451 | 781-891-3854 | [email protected] | www.metalwerx.com Making Moves Metalwerx invites all artists to apply to its spring exhibition, Making Moves. This show will center around work that incorporates kinetic elements, focusing on movement of the body, and pieces that involve motion.

For more information about the exhibition and to apply, visit metalwerx.com/events

Entry Deadline: March 16th Opening: Friday, April 17th

On View: April 16-19 at Lincoln Arts Project, 289 Moody Street, Waltham, MA 02453

Awards given to pieces with the “best moves.” Examples by: Tanya Crane, Jera Lodge, Nash Quinn, and Paulette Werger

2 Spring / Summer 2020 Metalwerx Course Catalog

Outreach Program Table of Contents:

Did you know that Metalwerx has an outreach Spring Courses 2020 pages 4-10 program? We have designed this offsite Weekly Classes, Spring 4 workshop program to provide local One Day Workshops, Spring 7 community members, schools, and other Weekend Workshops, Spring 9 nonprofit organizations with access to

metalwroking and jewelry making education. Summer Courses 2020 pages 12-21 We bring the studio to you! These simple Summer with the Masters 12 projects are designed to enourage creative Workshops, Summer 18 expression while providing basic metalworking

knowledge to students of all ages. Pulse Arc Welding Private Lessons 22 Project options inlcude: Custom Stamped & Keychains Spring Exhibition 2 Striking Wire Knotting Outreach Program Information 3 Barware Tools & Accessories and more! General Information/Policies 10

Metalwerx is very grateful Scholarship Opportunities 11 to MCC for their support of our Outreach Program! Marketplace Save the Date 23 Interested in partnering with Metalwerx on an offsite workshop? Please email [email protected] for more information and to discuss options.

3 Weekly Classes Spring 2020 Mondays Tuesdays Spring Courses 2020 Student work Bob Smith, student Basic to Unusual Stone Directed Studio Practice Jewelry 2 Settings with David Baird with William Vanaria March 30 - with David Baird June 7, 2020 This course will provide training and Students looking to work on projects If you have already learned the basics of solutions for a range of stone setting independently with guidance offered by jewelry and metalsmithing and want to techniques aimed at dressing up or a professional can do so in this course. take your skills to the next level, then this enhancing jewelry designs. Students will Get advice on unfinished projects and is the class for you! Build upon the basic make and manipulate bezel, tube, taper, other design ideas. This class is loaded jewelry techniques taught in Jewelry 1, prong, and bead settings, which will be with great bench tips to guide students to create more complicated pieces of made from scratch. Starting with a review through projects with success. Discuss jewelry. Students will learn advanced of these settings, students will refine their designs one-on-one with the instructor or techniques, more exciting stone approach to designing a setting, placing in a group. Technical demonstrations will settings, tool making, and strategies to emphasis on visual interest, but most respond to participants' interests; wax design and produce successful jewelry. importantly on a perfect fit. There will working, soldering, and stone setting are Your skills will then be tested with a final also be demonstrations on stabilizing among the many possibilities. No-class project that employs the skills learned to uniquely shaped gems. No-class dates: dates: April 20; May 25. Make-up date: create a wearable hollow form. No-class April 20; May 25. Make-up date: June 8. June 8. date: April 21. Make-up date: June 9. March 30 - June 1; 10am - 1pm March 30 - June 1; 1:30pm - 4:30pm March 31 - June 2; 10am - 1pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Intermediate & above; Jewelry 2 skills req’d Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $435 (Early Bird: $413.25); Kit $75 $435 (Early Bird: $413.25); Kit $10 $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $65

4 For full course details and to register please visit our website: www.metalwerx.com Weekly Classes Spring 2020 Tuesdays cont'd. Wednesdays

Student work Mike Moretti, student Skill Builder Series Jewelry 1 Directed Studio Practice Jewelry 1 with William Vanaria with Diane Lawton with David Baird with Joy Raskin

This class combines several skill building This introductory course focuses on Students looking to work on projects This class presents students with the topics and presents them in a weekly developing foundational skills, good independently with guidance offered by fundamentals of metalsmithing. Learn format with the goal of improving hand studio habits, and an appreciation for a professional can do so in this course. how to effectively shape, join, polish, skills using a series of technical exercises. craftsmanship. Students will learn Get advice on unfinished projects and texture, and patina metal. Other jewelry Emphasis will be placed on soldering, essential fabrication techniques by other design ideas. This class is loaded techniques such as stone setting will be precision filing, sawing, and finishing. producing one-of-a-kind jewelry with great bench tips to guide students touched on briefly. Discussions about The class will culminate with a final through sawing or piercing out shapes, through projects with success. Discuss metal alloys and their applications in project that puts these skills to the test soldering and annealing metal with a designs one-on-one with the instructor or jewelry making will take place throughout as students fabricate an intricate piece of torch, texturing surfaces with , in a group. Technical demonstrations will the session and students will learn the jewelry. Build upon fundamental jewelry pattern transfers using a rolling mill, and respond to participants' interests; wax “whys” and “hows” of metal as they making techniques and acquire elevated bezel-setting. Students will make sample working, soldering, and stone setting are work with it. Students will walk away bench skills that will prove to be an asset pieces, as well as a textured silver among the many possibilities. No-class with many samples, at least one jewelry with any jewelry project! No-class date: and with a set stone. No-class date: April 22. Make-up date: June 10. piece, and numerous new skills. No-class April 21. Make-up date: June 9. date: April 21. Make-up date: June 9. April 1 - June 3; 10am - 1pm date: April 22. Make-up date: June 10. March 31 - June 2; 1:30pm - 4:30pm March 31 - June 2; 6:30pm - 9pm Intermediate & above; Jewelry 2 skills req’d April 1 - June 3; 1:30pm - 4:30pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Beginner; No experience needed $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $10 Beginner; No experience needed $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $45 $435 (Early Bird: $413.25); Kit $50 $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $55

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Jewelry 2 Surface Embellishments Soldering Intensive Chain Maille Essentials with William Vanaria with Wendy Jo New with Cristina Pabon with Karen Karon

If you have already learned the basics of Spend three weeks learning how to add In this course, students will focus on and Chain maille is an ancient art form jewelry and metalsmithing and want to dimension and complexity to the surface hone their soldering skills. Numerous originally used to create garments worn take your skills to the next level, then this of metal through texturing methods using joinery techniques will be practiced while for protection in Europe, the Middle is the class for you! Build upon the basic hammers, a rolling mill, and a microfold working on samples with varying degrees East, and Asia. Led by expert jeweler jewelry techniques taught in Jewelry 1, brake, in addition to surface alterations of intricacy and methodology. , Karen Karon, our chain maille workshops to create more complicated pieces of involving the keum-boo and , and silver will be discussed and teach students how to transform classic jewelry. Students will learn advanced processes. Students will also further utilized extensively. Working in will patterns of connected jump rings into soldering techniques, more exciting stone their surface adornment knowledge with also be covered. This class will focus striking pieces of jewelry. This 3-week settings, tool making, and strategies to various patination techniques, expanding heavily on building up high levels of class focuses on teaching students how design and produce successful jewelry. their understanding of color application soldering proficiency as the instructor to create Byzantine, European 4-in-1, and Your skills will then be tested with a final on metal. Learn how to incorporate new leads students with industry level Half Persian 3-in-1 weaves. Numerous project that employs the skills learned to skills in each class while making expertise. Feel more confident at the chain maille patterns are based on these, create a wearable hollow form. No-class functional and wearable pieces of torch through this intensive weekly class. as they present a foundational framework date: April 22. Make-up date: June 10. jewelry. Make-up date: April 23. Make-up date: June 11. for the process. Make-up date: June 11. April 1 - June 3; 6pm - 9pm April 2 - April 16; 10am - 4pm April 30 - May 14; 10am - 4pm May 21 - June 4 ; 10am - 4pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Beginner; No experience needed $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $65 $395 (Early Bird: $375.25); Kit $65 $395 (Early Bird: $375.25); Kit $85 $395 (Early Bird: $375.25); Kit $125

6 For full course details and to register go to our website: www.metalwerx.com OneDay Workshops Spring 2020 Thursdays cont'd.

Directed Studio Practice: Chain Maille: Sense of Pearl Knotting Seminar Tube and Flush Setting Forming Humor Staggered Sheet with Mary Stachura with Joy Raskin with Mary Fisher with Karen Karon

This is an opportunity for students to Chain maille is an ancient art form Study the classic art of pearl knotting Explore tube and flush setting, two work on independent forming projects originally used to create garments worn from an expert in the pearl trade. This popular stone setting techniques that with guidance offered by Mary Fisher. for protection by warriors from Europe, workshop will begin with an overview can add sparkle to jewelry without a Finish up projects hiding in your bench, the Middle East, and Asia. Led by expert of pearl types and shapes, how to buy a great deal of expense! In just one day, get advice, and delve into unrealized chain maille jeweler, Karen Karon, our good strand, spotting fakes, and proper students will fabricate a half-round silver designs. Many technique and studio tips chain maille workshops teach care. Demonstrations on knotting and ring band embellished with three stones. will be given to guide students through students how to transform classic termination methods for a variety of Participants will first learn to set stones projects with success. Demonstrations patterns of connected jump rings into closures will follow. Practice crimping, in a tube-setting, a type of a bezel made will respond to participants' interests and striking pieces of jewelry. This workshop attaching a clasp, using a bead tip, from thick-walled tubing, and then move needs; anticlastic/synclastic forming and will focus on constructing a and French wire/bouillon, as well as making on to using burs to cut "seats" for flush raising techniques are among the many set of earrings using the Sense of Humor an endless with no clasp at setting smaller stones on either side of possibilities that can be explored in this weave, a Staggered Sheet weave that's all. There will be an opportunity to buy the band. Variations will be demonstrated weekly class. No-class date: April 23. silky, slinky, and behaves like fabric. additional from Joseph P. Stachura and students should expect to leave with Make-up dates: June 11. Fri, April 24; 10am - 5pm Co., Inc. a finished product. April 2 - June 4; 6pm - 9pm Advanced; Advanced Chain Maille Fri, May 8; 10am - 4pm Sat, May 9; 10am - 5pm Intermediate & above; Jewelry 2 skills req’d Experience Req’d All Levels; No experience needed Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $485 (Early Bird: $460.75); Kit $10 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $160 $110 (Early Bird: $104.50); Kit $55 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $30

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Stackable Rings Skill Builder Series: Wire Wrapped Pendants Etched Jewelry with Alanna Robbins Carved Rings with Steven Manchini with Wendy Jo New with William Vanaria

This one-day workshop shows students Learn how to master the hand file Learn to entrap stones and create a tear In just one day, students will learn the art of any skill level how to make a series of and add embellishments to your work drop style silver pendant using wire and of photo- brass, copper, and silver silver, stackable rings. Participants will through decorative filing techniques. your hand skills. Students will manipulate by taking a printed image and receive wire, sheet metal, bezels, and Students will explore this deceptively numerous types of wires and in transforming it into a permanently etched loose stones to turn into as many as six simple tool in depth and will learn about order to bend, tie, and form a pendant pattern on sheet metal. This course coordinating rings to wear together or the various types of files out there, with a securely set stone at the center. will first teach students how to transfer alone. As the workshop progresses, their applications, and how to get the Varying methods of securing stones will imagery onto a sheet of metal and students will be introduced to most out of their function. Add another be covered, include , coiling, and then how to use both an acid bath and fundamental skills that are essential to notch onto your hand skills repertoire framing patterns. Heat, glue, and hammers an electrolytic set-up to eat away the metalsmithing, like sawing, soldering, though this unique one-day skill builder will not be used in this workshop, as these exposed metal, recreating the pattern on texturing, and putting a final finish on workshop. cold-connection techniques utilize only the metal's surface. Etched pieces of brass each piece. Sizing rings and bezel-setting Sat, May 30; 10am - 5pm pliers. Enhance your understanding of wire will be turned directly into jewelry or stones will also be covered. Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required and its potential to accentuate your work used to roller print onto another sheet of Fri, May 29; 10am - 5pm $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $50 through layered texture. metal, replicating a pressed pattern relief. Beginner; No experience needed Sun, May 31; 10am - 4pm Fri, June 5; 10am - 5pm $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $55 All Levels; No experience needed Beginner; No experience needed $130 (Early Bird: $123.50); Kit $40 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $45

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Ancient Plaiting Techniques Enameling for Experienced Ornamental Blacksmithing Flush and Gypsy Settings with Louis Garcia Metalsmiths in Silver with John Kennedy with Kelly Conroy with William Vanaria

In this one-day workshop students will If you are an experienced jeweler and The art of decorative wrought iron has Flush and Gypsy style stone settings are explore the fundamentals behind ancient have always wanted to explore a rich history of usage spanning several two methods for incorporating stones plaiting techniques, also known as enameling, but weren't ready to take centuries. It is an aesthetic that conjures seamlessly into jewelry designs, making decorative wire twisting, which were an intensive course, this workshop is for up romantic visions of the old world and for an incredibly secure fit and offering heavily used during the Iron Age and you! Kelly will introduce students to both all the lavish structures which resided your stones a lot of protection. In this through the Viking Age. Explore twist and kiln-firing and torch-firing, making this within it. In this class, we will translate 2-day workshop, learn to create these counter-twist patterning, metal fusing, process completely accessible to anyone these centuries old blacksmithing settings successfully for both faceted and how to finish off plaited ends using with a torch in their studio. After learning techniques into silversmithing, as stones and . Participants will hammers and files while creating your the basics of creating a solid, well applied students learn how to utilize this work toward mastering mounting prep, very own intricately twisted bracelet. color, students will learn ways they can language of ornamentation within the stone layout, and setting techniques. Tool Sat, June 6; 10am - 5pm incorporate imagery using stencils and jewelry medium. Students can expect modification will also be covered, in order Beginner; No experience needed sgrafitto techniques, as well as how to to walk away with at least one finished to make this process more comfortable $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $5 include foils and other materials for visual piece and/or a plethora of samples for and accurate. Students can expect to interest. future endeavors. complete one or more finished rings. Sun, June 7; 10am - 5pm Sat, April 4 - Sun, April 5; 10am - 5pm Sat, April 18 - Sun, April 19; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Intermediate & above; Jewelry 2 skills req’d $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $40 $410 (Early Bird: $389.50); Kit $40 $410 (Early Bird: $389.50); Kit $85

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How to Register: Read full course descriptions and register online anytime at www.metalwerx.com or sign up by phone during regular business hours. Courses are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Refund Policies are listed on our website. If you have any questions, please contact us at 781-891-3854 or [email protected]. Introduction to Jewelry Crease and Fold Fabrication with Making with Erica Bello Materials Kit Policy: Metalwerx provides materials kits in with Diane Lawton with Jackie Truty classes for our students’ convenience. We must estimate costs many months This condensed two-day introductory In this course students will use a quick Quilling is an ancient technique in advance from when we actually order workshop is perfect for those who have forming technique known as scoring and traditionally using strips of rolled paper supplies for your class. Due to the always wanted to learn traditional bending to explore how to build more formed into varying shapes and then volatility of the metals market, all jewelry making skills but never had complex three-dimensional forms; this joined to create volume or form. In this materials prices are subject to change. The actual cost of your kit will be based the time. Students will learn essential process allows metal to be folded like class, student will use strips of Art Clay on the cost of supplies at the time fabrication techniques by designing and paper into hard edged geometric shapes, Fine Silver Paper Type to create their materials are ordered. Students will be producing one-of-a-kind jewelry. Over quickly creating volume. Starting with shapes. These forms will then be attached notified in advance of any changes. the course of just two days, students templates and moving on to metal, in varying degrees to form pieces of Differences will be collected or will learn to cut through metal with a students will work to design a jewelry which, when fired in a kiln, reimbursed at class. jeweler's saw, solder and anneal (soften) multifaceted wearable or functional form, become -like works of art in fine metal with a torch, texture surfaces with while implementing several types of silver. Options of adding wire and pearls Please note: hammers, and bezel-set cabochon stones. soldering techniques. This course is ideal will be demonstrated and the addition of Course photos are typically of an Students will leave with a textured ring for those looking to perfect fabrication stones will be discussed. instructor’s individual artwork and represent techniques taught, but not and a stone-set pendant. skills or create complex geometric forms. Sat, May 16 - Sun, May 17; 10am - 5pm necessarily the exact project that will Sat, April 25 - Sun, April 26; 10am - 5pm Fri, May 1 - Sun, May 3; 10am - 5pm All Levels; No experience needed be completed in class. If students have Beginner; No experience needed Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $410 (Early Bird: $389.50); Kit $50 questions, please contact us so we can $385 (Early Bird: $365.75); Kit $55 $535 (Early Bird: $508.25); Kit $65 clarify class content and expectations.

10 For full course details and to register go to our website: www.metalwerx.com Friends of Metalwerx Scholarship Program

Our Friends of Metalwerx Scholarship "This scholarship made it possible for me to program provides opportunities that enable qualified students to attend take this very valuable class, which otherwise classes and workshops at a reduced would have been financially unfeasible. It was cost. These scholarships are intended a wonderful opportunity to learn one-on-one to make Metalwerx’s programs available to emerging artists, students from an extremely experienced metalsmith, currently enrolled in high school or and learn all kinds of techniques which I would a metals degree program, as well as not have encountered on my own. Thank you Waltham residents. to all the donors who make this scholarship These scholarships cover 75% of the possible. cost of tuition for a specific workshop - Grace W., Scholarship Recipient and ALL materials fees. Recipients are responsible for the remaining 25% of tuition, which goes towards facilities maintenance and supplies.

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to further their education in metal arts and have clear artistic goals. All skill levels may apply for scholarships, but recipients must meet pre-requisites for the specific course offered in order to attend.

More information on the program, eligibility, and application deadlines EDWIN S. WEBSTER FOUNDATION can be found at: Our scholarship program is supported by the www.metalwerx.com/scholarships Edwin S. Webster Foundation and many generous indvidual donors.

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Courses Michael 2020 Boyd

Basic Techniques Beyond Basic Lapidary: Designing with Michael Boyd with Stone June 13 - with Michael Boyd September 3, 2020 Michael Boyd is an Every jeweler eventually tires of buying typical Lapidary is more than just cutting and internationally recognized stones and setting them in conventional settings. gems. Learn how to integrate stone and metal as lapidary artist and master Spend three days with Michael and learn to cut a whole, rather than as separate objects. Michael of bezel setting who has and polish your own cabochons with limitless will demonstrate how to shape and drill rough worked in the field full time shape, size, and color options. This class will stones, make perfect bezels for unusual shapes, set for 30 years. He is featured in Masters: : introduce you to the world of lapidary and let you stones on top of stones, and add decorative rivets Major Works by Leading leave with the skills needed for the advanced class to enhance designs. During this intensive four-day Jewelers published by Lark that immediately follows. Enhance and workshop, students may cut numerous stones, Books. He also received two distinguish jewelry designs with custom cut stones. apply unique setting methods to finished stones, awards in the 2013 Saul All the lapidary equipment needed to produce and focus on completing pieces as time allows. This Bell Design Competition. In unique jewels is provided. Michael often brings a class is for students with previous lapidary and Michael’s own words, “The large supply of rough material for purchase, but metalsmithing experience, who wish to explore stone is as important as the students are welcome to bring their own. incorporating unique stones into finished work. metal. I am looking for an integration of the media, a Sat, June 13 - Mon, June 15; 10am - 5pm Wed, June 17 - Sat, June 20; 10am - 5pm manipulation and blending All Levels; No experience needed Basic & above; Jewelry 1 & basic lapidary skills req’d of the two.” $595 (Early Bird: $565.25); Kit $85 $695 (Early Bird: $660.25); Kit $85

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Michael David Good Huang

Anticlastic Forming Raising and Chasing Vessel with Michael Good Forms with David Huang

Michael Good, whose name Michael will lead students through a series of David is an American Spend 5 days exploring David Huang's process is synonymous with exercises designed to teach the principles of metalsmith famous for his for creating remarkable 3-dimensional objects. anticlastic raising, is a Anticlastic Raising - moving metal from flat sheet embellished vessel forms Using hammers and stakes, wax, and chasing tools whose use of this attained through unique into complex curved forms. Participants will utilize students will learn the basic steps of creating vessels process has over the years forming and chasing hammers and stakes to create compound curves and other sculptural forms. Raising demonstrations forced the commercial processes. His work has been jewelry world to expand its and complex shapes. Students will practice each featured in Metalsmith will include both single and multi-node forms, and definition and ideas about stage in order to digest the concepts before moving Magazine, American Craft, the chasing portion of the class will focus on how American jewelry on to the next exercise. The goal is for students to and numerous other books working with a microcrystalline sculptor's wax. Tool should look and how it can gain enough of a foundation to be able to practice and publications. He has also making and a method for finishing the vessel edge be made. He has won this advanced skill at their leisure. This workshop is traveled throughout the US with a rim will also be covered. No prior raising or numerous prestigious appropriate for students with basic metalsmithing teaching workshops focusing chasing experience is necessary but strong awards, including Intergold, on both raising and chasing. skills as well as professionals. metalsmithing skills are required. Today, and Diamonds International, Mon, June 22 - Fri, June 26; 10am - 5pm Wed, July 8 - Sun, July 12; 10am - 5pm which laid the foundation Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required for a long career designing $995 (Early Bird: $945.25); Kit $25 $880 (Early Bird: $836 ); Kit $30 jewelry and .

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Cynthia Ben Eid Dory

The Hydraulic Press: Surface Adornment on Steel Basics and Beyond with Ben Dory with Cynthia Eid

Whether using hammers The hydraulic press provides limitless opportunities After graduating from Using mild steel as a base, students will explore and stakes, or hydraulic for creating exciting forms and textures. Discover Southern Illinois University methods of altering a steel surface through texture, press tools, Cynthia's how to use found objects to emboss metal, as well Carbondale in 2014, Ben foil overlay (damascene technique), and flush sculptural jewelry and explored various avenues in as how to make your own embossing tools and setting. To begin, each participant will make their hollowware shows her the arts: technician, product silhouette dies. A range of Bonny Doon tools will be own tools necessary for the process, including focus on exploring the design, non-profit fluidity with which metal covered and explained during the class, including programming, research, and scribes, chasing/texturing tools, , and setting can be moved, formed, and anticlastic, synclastic, free-form, and 3-inch-deep workshops. Ben is currently burnishers. Using these tools, the workshop will joined. She co-authored draw tools. Mastering these tools and techniques the Visiting Professor in then focus on techniques for damascene and stone the book Creative Metal will allow students to produce , rings, Metals at the University of setting - blending layers of texture and materials to Forming, with Betty Helen earrings, beads, lidded containers, and vessels. This Arkansas Little ’s build unique compositions. To finish, students will Longhi, published by Tim class will also demystify urethanes and dies while Windgate Center for Art + work with laser-cut steel components to set their McCreight's Brynmorgen Design. He is represented providing students with hydraulic press confidence. adorned surface, creating a completed to Press, developed a set of by galleries in the United take home. anticlastic stakes, and has Wed, July 15 - Sun, July 19; 10am - 5pm States and exhibits his work exhibited work in numerous Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required internationally. Wed, July 22 - Thurs, July 23; 10am - 5pm publications and museums. $750 (Early Bird: $712.50); Kit $75 Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $405 (Early Bird: $384.75); Kit $40

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Jayne Redman

Fine Silver Granulation Form and Function: with Ben Dory Engineering for Multiples with Jayne Redman

Granulation has long been revered for its intricate Jayne Redman, a Maine Jayne Redman is known for her unusual way of beauty and its mysterious quality. As students native, earned her B.F.A. in working with metal in three dimensions, often using move through the process of creating, laying out, Jewelry and Silversmithing multiples of the same shape to convey a single from Maine College of Art in and fusing fine silver granules, a new twist will be idea. This workshop will teach you how to develop 1977. She began her jewelry introduced - the use of a unique flux formula that patterns for intricate engineering concepts. Jayne career in the jewelry provides a wider temperature range in which to industry in New York as a will take you through the design process from initial work. Each student will create a hydraulic domed design and production drawings to final prototypes and finished pieces. You and granulated ‘cabochon’ that will then be bezel or assistant. She started her will learn the principles behind centrally radiating prong set in a sterling ring. This workshop is perfect own company, Jayne Redman forms, properly nested forms, spacing for slotted for students who want to learn the intricacies of Jewelry, in 1982. forms, using faux hinging, perfect tab construction granulation without the expense of working in gold. and how to make self-registering, one-piece Fri, July 24 - Sun, July 26; 10am - 5pm blanking dies to quickly create multiples in sheet Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required metal. $530 (Early Bird: $503.50); Kit $55 Wed, July 29 - Sun, Aug 2; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $750 (Early Bird: $712.50); Kit TBD

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Pat Joe Flynn Wood

Hinged Bracelets CAD for Jewelers with Pat Flynn with Joe Wood

Pat Flynn is a goldsmith Spend five days with renowned jewelry maker Pat Joe Wood is currently a In this 5-day course, students will learn the who lives and works in Flynn in an immersive hinged bracelet experience. Chairperson and Professor for fundamentals for designing objects using Computer High Falls, New York. He is Learn the ins and outs of perfect small scale hinge the Fine Arts 3D Aided Design (CAD.) This type of digital modeling known for both his elegant Department, in the Jewelry & making and build yourself a precision box lock enables makers to take advantage of many useful jewelry that combines Metals Program at mechanism with a snap that will satisfy your ears and exciting technological applications, including blackened steel with gold, Massachusetts College of , diamonds and and your eyes! Beginning with cutting open pre-cast Art and Design in Boston, 3D printing and laser cutting. Joe Wood will provide pearls as well as for his bracelet components, students will first work on MA. He has lectured and led participants with step-by-step instructions and meticulous hinges and filing the exceptionally straight edges necessary for workshops at numerous tutorials that will get them making rings, bracelets, latches. His work has been a properly functioning hinge, move to measuring organizations including The chain links and other jewelry forms. Using Rhino featured in "Metalsmith" out and connecting hinge knuckles, and then finally Royal College of Art in CAD software, students will learn how to design magazine and most recently, begin working on their box and tongue closures - London and Silpakorn and solid objects in a digital space, render them, and included in Masters of Stone exhibits his work culminating all their efforts into one serious feat of then to convert the files for different jewelry Setting by Alan Revere. internationally. engineering. applications. More of Pat's work can be found on his website, Wed, Aug 5 - Sun, Aug 9; 10am - 5pm Wed, Aug 12 - Sun, Aug 16; 10am - 5pm patflynninc.com. Advanced; Jewelry 2 skills required Beginner; No experience needed $875 (Early Bird: $831.25); Kit $200 $700 (Early Bird: $665)

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Paulette Werger and Amy Bonnie Roper Lyons Bishoff

Enriching Cloisonné Enameling Kinetics and Color Techniques with Paulette Werger and Bonnie Bishoff with Amy Roper Lyons

Amy Roper Lyons is a studio Learn methods of adding subtlety, complexity, or Paulette Werger is a metalsmith This class is specially designed for makers who want goldsmith and enamellist. gestural quality to your cloisonné designs. In and teacher from Lebanon, to take a mixed media approach in their making She creates bold addition to the basics of wire bending and wet New Hampshire. She works in process and will emphasize working with Argentium compositions of gold and a variety of materials including packing, we will cover an assortment of techniques silver and polymer clay. Through the making of glass, each unique piece high karat gold, platinum, and for incorporating texture, pattern, and markings into veneers that employ a variety of approaches for made by hand in her studio. precious stones. Her work is Her award winning work has your cloisonné design. Texturing , using exhibited and sold both pattern making, students will combine the rich been published in magazines textured foils, creating smooth color gradients, nationally and internationally colors of polymer with fused-formed and soldered and books such as "500 inlaying opaque enamels as accents, using through museums and galleries. Argentium, to create jewelry pieces that twist, Enameled Objects", “Jewelry underglaze and burs for mark making, and pivot, swing, drape, or otherwise move. Bonnie and Bonnie Bishoff is a polymer Artist“, “Ornament“, and much more will be explored. Several different Paulette will partner their expertise to illustrate the “ Magazine”. clay artist who makes jewelry approaches to finishing cloisonné will be covered. utilizing metal armatures and points of intersection between these two mediums Wed, Aug 19 - Sun, Aug 23; 10am - 5pm polymer surface and will address how to make lasting, well-designed Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required designs. Her work has been jewelry. exhibited widely in galleries $875 (Early Bird: $831.25); Kit $60 Wed, Aug 26 - Sun, Aug 30; 10am - 5pm and fine craft shows including Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required the Smithsonian and the $995 (Early Bird: $945.25); Kit $45 Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Beach Pebble & Sea Glass Introduction to Jewelry Cuff Bracelets Bezel Exploration: Jewelry with Sarah Doremus with Diane Lawton From Cabochons to Micro with Sarah Doremus with Erika Jorjorian Turn your beach treasures into eye This workshop is a condensed three-day This workshop is a perfect introduction Bezels are beloved for their sleek design catching pendants that will conjure "crash-course" exploration that will to many of the basics in jewelry making! and modern curves, often being featured memories of a special day each time they teach you all you need to know about Start off with learning the fundamentals at the center of jewelry. Student will are worn. Learn how to drill through metalsmithing and jewelry fundamentals. of cutting out shapes and patterns using learn to properly set cabochons inside a glass and stone safely and add silver While working towards completing a ring a jeweler's saw, move to using files to bezel, as well as how to cut, manipulate, accents or findings that will highlight the bezel-set with a stone, students will learn clean up edges and annealing or and set their own "gems" using vintage unique quality of each piece. Students foundational skills that are necessary for softening your metal using heat, then glass, celluloid, and plastic with should bring their favorite beach stones all metalsmithing projects, including learn how to form your metal using varying degrees of opacity, texture, and and sea glass to class and can expect to cutting and shaping metal with a hammers and stakes, and finally, polish shape. Additional jewelry techniques will complete at least one pendant from start jeweler's saw and files, using a torch to or put a textured finish on your piece include micro patterns using scrap to finish. Gain the skills necessary to anneal and solder components together, of jewelry - end the day wearing two pieces, riveting, and decorative create meaningful pieces of jewelry you creating texture or other surface unique, textured cuff bracelets in copper bezel making. Brush up on your basic can wear long after those beach days embellishments, and putting a final finish and . jewelry skills and add another onto turn to snow days! on a completed piece. Mon, July 6; 10am - 5pm your jewelry making repertoire! Sun, June 28; 10am - 5pm Mon, June 29 - Wed, July 1; 10am - 5pm All Levels; No experience needed Mon, July 13; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required All Levels; No experience needed $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $60 Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $30 $480 (Early Bird: $456); Kit $65 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $50

18 For full course details and to register go to our website: www.metalwerx.com Workshops Summer 2020

Resin Inlay in a Day Chain Maille: Stackable Rings Delft Clay with Wendy Jo New Kaede Weave Bracelets with Alanna Robbins with Patrick McMillan with Karen Karon

Add color and style to your jewelry with Chain maille is an ancient art form This one-day workshop shows students Have you ever been curious about the resin inlay! This process allows students originally used to create garments worn of any skill level how to make a series of casting process? Learn some of the basics to expand their color palette without for protection by warriors from Europe, silver, stackable rings. Participants will while practicing two part sand casting the use of a kiln. Beginning with color the Middle East, and Asia. Led by expert receive wire, sheet metal, bezels, and using a Delft Clay casting setup to create experimentation, pouring and curing chain maille jeweler, Karen Karon, our loose stones to turn into as many as six one-off objects in silver and . resin, as well as putting a final finish on chain maille workshops teach coordinating rings to wear together or Using Delft Clay, students have the a completed sample, to understand and students how to transform classic alone. As the workshop progresses, capability to mold ring blanks, duplicate practice the technique, students will then patterns of connected jump rings into students will be introduced to simple non-brittle natural materials for spend the remainder of the workshop striking pieces of jewelry. This workshop fundamental skills that are essential to pendants, or create components for fabricating a unique design to fill with will focus on how to construct two metalsmithing, like sawing, soldering, larger pieces. Students will have a chance colorful resin inlay. Learn how to quickly bracelets using two types of uncommon texturing, and putting a final finish on to cast and clean several pieces during add absolutely any color you can think and beautiful chain weaves known as each piece. Sizing rings and bezel-setting the class to take home. of to your design process and walk away Forars Kaede and Hawkskaede (a Forars cabochon stones will also be covered. Mon, Aug 10; 10am - 5pm with a vivid piece of jewelry! Kaede variant). Mon, Aug 3; 10am - 5pm All Levels; No experience needed Mon, July 20; 10am - 5pm Mon, July 27; 10am - 5pm Beginner; No experience needed $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $65 Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Intermediate & above; Jewelry 2 skills req’d $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $55 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $25 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $90

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Soldering Tips and Tricks Perfecting Image Transfers Pearl Knotting Seminar Marketing 101 with Joy Raskin & Champlevé with Mary Stachura with Marlene Richey with Kelly Conroy

Put your soldering struggles behind you Press and Peel Blue transfer paper is Study the classic art of pearl knotting Learn to describe your product, identify with a set of troubleshooting tips aimed most commonly used to create a resist on from an expert in the pearl trade. This potential clients, and market your work to at helping you take charge of the torch. the surface of metal before exposing it to workshop will begin with an overview the right audience from Marlene Richey, Learn how to implement these new skills an etching technique and for enameling of pearl types and shapes, how to buy a a craft business consultant with over 30 and even how to properly manage your applications in the form of decal good strand, spotting fakes, and proper years' experience in the jewelry industry own soldering setup, in this one-day transfers, resulting in black or brown care. Demonstrations on knotting and and author of the award-winning book workshop which covers basic to advanced imagery on the enamel. In this workshop, termination methods for a variety of about running a small jewelry/craft soldering fundamentals. Several methods you will learn how to get consistently closures will follow. Practice crimping, business, Profiting by Design. Follow and techniques will be covered, from crisp results using PnP Blue, after setting attaching a clasp, using a bead tip, Marlene's simple steps to create a different types of solder joints to unique up a safe salt water etching bath and French wire/bouillon, as well as making marketing plan that will target your ways of connecting hard to reach seams. discussing the multitude of uses for an endless necklace with no clasp at market in the most cost-effective way This workshop is ideal for anyone seeking etched metal, ranging from rolling mill all. There will be an opportunity to buy possible. Press releases, press kits, to improve their skills at the torch and embossing to champlevé enameling. additional pearls from Joseph P. Stachura mailing lists, and artist statements are brush up on soldering know-how. Mon, Aug 24; 10am - 5pm Co., Inc. just a few of the topics covered. Mon, Aug 17; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required Tues, Aug 25; 10am - 4pm Mon, Aug 31; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $40 All Levels; No experience needed All Levels; No experience needed $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $15 $110 (Early Bird: $104.50); Kit $55 $155 (Early Bird: $147.25)

20 For full course details and to register go to our website: www.metalwerx.com Workshops Summer 2020

Spinning Rings Skill Builder Series: Stamp It Out: Tool Making with William Vanaria Finishing Techniques with Avery Lucas with William Vanaria

In this one-day workshop students Applying the right finish to a piece of The focus of this workshop is to use will create a ring with a free , jewelry is one of the most important heat to anneal, forge, shape, temper, kinetic element in the center. This project aspects of creating successful work. and harden tool steel. Students will will teach tight tolerance fabrication There are countless ways to finish jewelry, learn to make small tools for chasing, techniques, selective soldering strategies, from the flawless mirror finish seen in repousse, stamping, texturing, and more. decorative surface treatment commercial jewelry, to the matte brushed With these tools, everyone will learn considerations, and proper polishing finish popular with many art jewelers. In methods of bringing a variety of unique protocols. Students can expect to walk this workshop, students will learn industry texture and visual interest to the surface away with a finished ring and knowledge level tips, tricks, and techniques, while of metal. Every student will leave the for future projects. Completion of Jewelry producing several of these finishes on class with a set of handmade tools and 1 or equivalent is required. numerous ring blanks. Students are also samples. Tues, Sept 1; 10am - 5pm encouraged to bring in personal work to Thurs, Sept 3; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required get feedback and suggestions on how to All Levels; No experience needed $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $30 finish it. $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $40 Wed, Sept 2; 10am - 5pm Basic and above; Jewelry 1 skills required $155 (Early Bird: $147.25); Kit $35

Early Bird Discount: Register one month or more before the start of any course and save 5%! 21 Pulse Arc Welding 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. We have designed a hands-on private class that covers a wide variety of weld tasks and tricks intended to enchance current processes. Our tailored certification gives students time to practice applications so they can become qualified to rent time on our Orion 200i2 welder. Fees: Available Spring/Summer Dates: Tuition - $400; Kit - $35 Wendy Jo New Tuition covers 6 hours of instruction Aprit 1; April 15; June 4; July 17 over 1 or 2 sessions with David Baird Wendy Jo New or David Baird. April 14; May 5; May 12

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