Masters Workshops

Take your soldering skills beyond the basic join and into the world of truly complex construction. This workshop focuses on the often-overlooked art of assembling and soldering challenging multi-part forms using resourceful, low-tech methods—no laser welder required. Click on the course title or image to learn more!

Explore the unique possibilities for jewelry in this master class as you learn about Argentium Silver and the art of foldforming! A pioneer of Argentium, Cynthia Eid presents this one-of-a-kind master class in partnership with Rio Grande all about creating beautiful, light, strong, three-dimensional jewelry that is highly tarnish-resistant and fire scale free. Click on the course image or title to learn more.

Create beautiful jewelry and metal art working with multiple dimensions, functional and beautiful clasps, and layers in metal. Suzanne will share several methods for 3-dimensional layering construction, from designing and assembling to finished projects. Click on the course title or image to learn more!

This workshop explores ring design, fabrication, stone setting, and assembly techniques centered around the concept of the ring. Click on the course title or image to learn more!

Tension. Friction. Gravity. Entrapment. Our jewelry findings invariably use at least one of these elements to “clasp” whatever they’re holding dear for us. Spend five days this summer delving into four distinctly different clasps that each have FRICTION as a common critical aspect of their functionality… Click on the course title or image to learn more!

In this class students will learn to be "productive pyromaniacs" by fusing sterling silver into richly patterned and textured sheets of precious metal. These sheets will be used to create striking, one-of-a-kind rings! Click on the course title or image to learn more!

Chasing is a beautiful fusion between illustration and sculpture. Learn to transform any drawing into a three-dimensional form in this 5-day master class. Click on the course title or image to learn more!

Join Charles Lewton-Brain for a rare, five-day master workshop exploring the rich intersection of surface, texture, and color in contemporary metalwork. For the first time, multiple decorative surface techniques are brought together in a single, immersive experience—offering a broad yet deeply informed approach to transforming metal surfaces. Click on the image or title for class details and to sign up for the waitlist.

Explore two of the most dynamic and historically rich surface techniques in metalsmithing—reticulation and granulation—in this hands-on workshop focused on heat, control, and transformation. Click on the image or title for class details.

Chasing and repoussé are among the oldest—and most powerful—techniques in the metalsmith’s toolkit. In this hands-on workshop, metal artist Jeff de Boer shares the streamlined methods he has developed over decades of creating his iconic cat and mouse armor, offering a practical approach that makes these historic techniques more accessible and efficient at the bench. Click on the image or title for class details.

Tired of the same old stone setting solutions? Looking for a way to more fluidly integrate enamels, gemstones and found objects into your work? Looking for a new approach, a way to shake things up at your bench? Well, this may be the class that you've been looking for! Click on the course title or image to learn more!

Forming master Michael Good will lead students through a series of exercises designed to teach the principles of anticlastic forming - moving metal from flat sheet into complex curved forms. Click on course image or title to read more.