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Steel Sheet Jewelry - Virtual Workshop
In this live, virtual workshop, students will explore the use of steel sheet as a jewelry component, as well as simple prong settings. The class will be working with 20g mild steel sheet, silver tubing, and steel wire to create their jewelry. Image transfers onto the surface of the sheet will be covered as a finishing method. A torch setup will be needed for this course.
If registering after November 8th, please contact Maia directly at [email protected] to expedite a materials kit.
This course will consist of two sessions. There will be a no-class day between each session.
Class will be held live via Zoom during the designated time frames. A link to the Zoom meeting will be sent via email.
Each session will be recorded and you will receive a password protected link to the recordings that will expire after 30 days.
Please read the Materials & Tools tab!
Meet the instructor
Maia graduated from Tufts University in 2008 with a degree in Biology and Community Health. She received training in jewelry and metals from various craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland School of Crafts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and her Masters of Fine Art from SUNY New Paltz. She has participated in artist residencies at Arrowmont and Fallingwater and has taught around the country including Penland, Arrowmont, Pocosin, and Touchstone. She currently works out of her studio in the Brewhouse Association on the south side of Pittsburgh.
Maia's work is drawn from the need to create volume out of flatness. By using almost exclusively steel sheet, she aims to manipulate the material to have a dimension it did not previously have. Her forms are inspired by botanical elements, abstracted and simplified to their most basic shape.
Materials & Tools
To lower expenses for students, the following $45 kit will be sent to the shipping address you have listed on your Metalwerx account. Kits will be mailed out by November 9th. If you register after the 8th of November, you will need to pay for expedited shipping or order the following supplies yourself. Please inform us if you reside outside of the United States, as your shipping cost may differ from the standard shipping included in the materials kit fee and may also need to be expedited. All items listed below will be included in your kit.
- steel wire .035in diameter - 5ft
- steel wire .041in diameter - 5ft
- steel wire .048in diameter - 5ft
- steel wire .063in diameter - 5ft
- steel wire .080in diameter - 5ft
- sterling 3/8" ear posts
- sterling 7mm ear nuts
- sanding discs 220 grit
- sanding discs 320 grit
- grinding wheel
- 3M micro wheel
- separating disc
- screw mandrel
- snap mandrel
- cup bur 1.4mm
- cup bur 3.5mm
- cup bur 1.7mm
- pin wire
- 3x6" sheet steel
- silver tubing
Students will be responsible for providing the following common studio items. Vendor links (red text) have been put next to some suggested items:
- fireproof soldering area - steel baking sheet will work (Amazon)
- Solderite™ pad or fire brick (Rio Grande)
- torch system
- flux - Handy Flux brand will work
- hard solder
- fan and open window - for ventilation
- cross lock tweezers
- glass jar
- olive oil
- rags
- crock pot with fresh pickle
- safety glasses
- glass bowl of water - for quenching hot metal
- sink or bucket of water - for rinsing after pickling
- hammers - to texture steel
- pliers - bent chain nose, needle nose, and flat nose (plus any other)
- hand drill (Rio Grande)
- flex shaft style hand piece
- 2/0 saw blades
- sharpie markers
- 6in steel ruler
- dividers
- calipers
- 8in mill bastard file (Home Depot)
- needle files
- scribe
- center punch
- heavy duty wire cutters (Home Depot)
- transfer punch set (Harbor Freight)
- saw frame
- bench pin (Rio Grande)
- high speed drill bits - size #67, #60, #55 recommended
- vise - a bigger and bolted down one works best
- rubber cement
- templates and silhouette shapes - for cutting out design
- flat bottomed objects - for prong setting