Meet our Metals on the Mountain 2026 Instructors! Members can choose from one of three classes led by this year's featured artists, sign up, and have a wonderful week of learning, fun, and community. Each workshop is limited to 12 students to ensure everyone has a wonderful experience, and all workshops are supported by the instructor and a teaching assistant.
Bonnie Bishoff
Endless Pattern and Color and Metal Sandwiches: Integrating Polymer Clay with Metals
The sky is the limit for color and design with polymer clay and the myriad of ways that it can be incorporated into your fine metal jewelry designs!
Instead of looking for the perfect gem, you can create your own wonderful components. Join Bonnie Bishoff at Metals on the Mountain 2026 for this special intensive all about polymer clay, creating highly patterned and colorful surface designs that can be integrated with wire and sheet metal in jewelry.
Jenny Reeves
Gold on Silver Goes Big: Advanced Techniques in Argentium and Gold
Join Jenny Reeves at Metals on the Mountain 2026 and scale up your skills as you go from small to statement piece! Designed as a follow-up to Jenny's recent class "Gold On Silver Three Ways" or for anyone with previous experience with Argentium Silver and Keum-boo.
Kristin Mitsu Shiga
Stone Setting Intensive: Precision, Process, & Practice
Ready to level up your stone setting? Join Kristin Mitsu Shiga at Metals on the Mountain 2026 for a deep dive into bezels, step bezels, tube and flush settings, and other inventive stone captures that expand your design vocabulary. Add in gold-filled soldering strategies, some serious bench time, and focused feedback, and you’ll leave Metals on the Mountain with sharper precision, finished work, and a stronger, more confident studio practice!
