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3 Day Workshop Friday, Saturday, Sunday
September 27, 28 and 29 and new dates Oct 4, 5, 6th 2 fabulous rings and a pair hoops Triple the fun Multi Stone Ring
Big, Bold and Beautiful, this creative piece will have your design skills hopping and your soldering skills growing! This statement ring is all about style. Students will spend their studio time first learning about design before moving on to fabrication. We will focus on how to best balance multiple stones together or taking just one larger stone and using silver wire embellishements to build around it. There will be a large assortment of twisted wires, beaded wires, fancy and plain bezels to choose from. |
.Hollow Form Ring With Bling
This project teaches design, construction, soldering and tube setting, all wrapped up in one stunning ring! Light in weight, yet heavy in wow factor, this ring with easily become an everyday wear. Students will begin the project by coming up with a fun and funky ring design and then we'll spend the rest of the time constructing it. We will basically create a box that is completely closed with our silver sheet and then add 3mm and 2.5mm stones to add a little bling. Stones can be placed where ever suits your ring design and up to two stones per ring can be added. *Choice of natural or CZ stones |
Classic Hoops
The two rings above are more complex and will take a little longer than one day each to complete. Therefore, time permitting and only after completion of your two ring projects you are invited to make a pair of simple but elegant, hoop style earrings. Learn to make a number of fun textures with files and or burs. Kelly will demo for everyone as these skills can be utilized anytime, here in the workshop or in your studio. Solder your posts on, wear them and wait for the compliments. |
1 Day Workshop - Monday September, 30
AND new date OCT 7th Beautiful chevron mixed metal bangle! Spend the day playing with triangle wire and learn fun new ways to teture the cuff portion of your bangle. You will then modiify the round wire with files and hammers to adust and customize the shape which will be the focal point of your bangle. Lastly, you will solder on gold filled wire accents for added bling! Mixed metals are always in style. |
Embrace the natural flow of hot molten metal.
This class allows you to cut loose and play in a way that we don't often get to do with silver. Learn to create organic forms with soft fluid shapes. Learn to pour silver and create water castings in a safe and fun way and create your own one-of- a-kind- components that you will use to create a pendant or ring of your choosing. Once you have mastered the art of water casting and have created enough bits and pieces, our focus will turn to how best create a beautiful design and then how to solder them together. |
There are some tricks and techniues to soldering these cups and stick forms together that will be covered in detail in the class demo on an overhead projector for easy viewing.
Once assembled, you will polish and set a pearl in your project. These pieces are always fun, beautiful and completely different from each other. Ring can be made open and adjustable or fully closed. There will be a good selection of freshwater pearls to choose from in an assortment of colours and sizes. FUN! |