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Weekly Classes &mdash Sumer 2009

441 Beginning / Intermediate Metals

Jan Wunsch

Tuesday, 6pm to 9pm

Summer 1 & 2 • Levels 1-4

Beginning students are encouraged to design and create a pendant or earrings as well as a simple chain. Sawing, filing, riveting, and shaping metal are introduced while using brass and copper sheet and wire. The torch will be added as needed. Intermediate students may pursue their individual interests. Students must supply their own silver.

Materials and Lab Fee: $18

Tuition: $115 members, $145 nonmembers

new401 Alternatives to Surface Embellishment

Brenda Gregory

Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Summer 1 • Levels 2-5

Learn new ways to add texture and color to your metal. Students will experiment with etching copper, brass, and sterling silver. Discover various ways to add color to your work by using resins and patinas.

Lab Fee: $15

Tuition: $115 members, $145 nonmembers

438 Wednesday Independent Jewelry

Tom McCarthy

Wednesday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Summer 2 • Levels 2-5

This class is a guided independent study class. Its content is determined by you, the student, to meet your interests. Come and learn to solder better, set stones, or create mechanisms.

Students are responsible for providing their own tools and materials.

Lab Fee: $15

Tuition: $115 members, $145 nonmembers

484 Jewelry I

Mark Hester

Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Summer 1 • Levels 1-2

Learn basic jewelry making skills such as sawing, soldering, joining, and finishing metals. Learn helpful tips on how to order materials for future jewelry making. No previous experience is necessary.

Materials and Lab Fee: $55

Tuition: $115 members, $145 nonmembers

410 Jewelry II

Mark Hester

Thursday, 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Summer 2 • Levels 3-5

Become more confident in your jewelry making skills and learn new techniques to incorporate into your own designs such as stone setting and forming. Class discussions include how to set up a jewelry space in your home.

Students are responsible for providing their own materials.

Studio tools are available.

Lab Fee: $15

Tuition: $115 members, $145 nonmembers

 

 

Workshop

407 Just the Basics: Marriage of Metals

Tom McCarthy

July 18 & 19 Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm

Levels 3-5

Marriage of metals is a technique to combine two or more colors of metal in the same plane much like marquetry in wood. This requires previous experience in sawing and soldering. Come learn to make checkerboards, organic shapes, and lines using copper, brass, and nickel silver.

Materials and Lab Fee: $30

Tuition: $115 members,

$145 nonmembers