metal working class
Fundamentals of Metal Working
$128.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/20/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class is for beginners through intermediate metal workers. Learn or enhance your ability to manipulate metals by sawing, filing, and riveting metal to form a pendant. Your skill level will determine the detail of your pendant.
Bezel a Stone
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/10/2019 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use a bezel cup to set a stone. Learn to set this stone professionally and solder it to another piece of metal to form a pendant.
New Class! Metal Bails & Bead Caps
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/04/2018 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create your own findings. Another fast and fun workshop in our metalworking series. Saw, bend, dap, drill and hammer metal and wire into bails and bead caps. Picture coming soon!
New Class! Make a Sterling “S” Hook Clasp
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/24/2018 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use sterling wire to create your own “S” Hook Clasp. This allows you to customize your clasp to best fit the design of a piece of jewelry you have made.
New Class! Gyrls Night Out: Sterling Heart Toggle Clasp
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/09/2018 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use sterling wire to create both sides of a heart shaped toggle clasp. Perfect for a Valentine’s Day piece and just as great for every day. Dutch treat snacks and drinks downtown for those who want to participate.
Make a Stone/Glass and Metal Ring to Size
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/24/2019 from noon to 4PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make a ring band to size. Then add a stone or glass bead as the focal. This is a way to learn and enhance your metal working skills and to learn tricks to size a ring professionally.
New Class! Metals Smorgasbord
$128.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/15/2017 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Holland Houdek
Prerequisites: Soldering skills
Holland Houdek, our metals instructor, is leaving to head up a metals department at a university in another state. This will be her last class and will be a full day of soldering, sawing, filing, drilling, bezeling, and etching. Come for a full day of metalworking review.
New Class! Etching Metal–only 2 seats left!
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 05/13/2017 from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Holland Houdek
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create designs on copper sheeting using a variety of techniques. Safe use of acid will etch away at your metal to reveal the design underneath. There will be time for many samples to be made.
Metal Chain Making and “S” Hook
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 06/24/2018 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: Soldering skills--see Soldering Sampler on June 10.
Learn to form, cut, and close your own jump rings that are consistent in size and shape. Then use your soldering skills to make them into a chain. You will also learn to make an “S” hook clasp for your chain.
Metal Working 201: Earrings in Motion
$128.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 04/14/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills--see Simple Soldering on April 7.
Move your metal working skills to the next level by using a variety of techniques to make a pair of earrings. Learn how to create movement and depth by linking and layering elements. Explore a variety of cold connections and advanced soldering techniques, as well as making ear wires in sterling silver! Learn how to work in multiples to make the most of your creative time and increase your results.