Workshops

Many natural and found objects can be cast in metal using the lost wax method, capturing incredible detail and preserving the intricate textures. Learn how to prepare objects, cast, and finish your pieces for jewelry. Click on course image or title to learn more.

Clean product shots are important, but sometimes you need something more alive - images that show your jewelry on a real person and help viewers imagine how it feels to wear the work. Working together with a model, students will explore how styling, clothing, pose, crop, expression, and lighting all affect the final image. Click the course image or title to learn more.

Learn how to tell stories through your chasing by creating depth and expression in human and animal subjects. Click the course image or title to learn more.

In this full-day workshop, students will learn how to weave Candy Cane Cord (CCC) and Liquorice Lace (LL). These 2 closely related weaves produce round, rope-like chains. CCC is dense, while LL lets some light show through. Students will learn the following techniques: CCC weave, LL weave, color patterning, joining the ends to make continuous chains that do not need a clasp and Spiral and Alternating versions of both weaves. Please click the course image or title for more information.

Forming, or the altering / manipulation of metal into voluminous shapes, gives a piece more character, dimension, and adds a new level of visual interest. In this weekly class students will learn to properly use hammers and other forming tools such as "stakes", sinking stumps, and mandrels to efficiently move or shape metal to create volume. Click the course image or title to learn more.

This workshop will bring students to a new understanding of working with stone and incorporating it into their designs, without needing any lapidary equipment! Click the course image or title for more information.

In this class, you will learn the ins and out of engraving and what it takes to master the materials and tools involved. We’ll explore tool sharpening, basic line work, image transferring and ideas for taking this technique beyond a traditional context and into new realms of creative expression. Click on the course title or image to learn more.

In this workshop, students will learn how to cut and shape a handmade cabochon out of a rough stone. Click on course image or title to read more.

Looking for an entirely new technique for jewelry construction? Join Bonnie Bishoff for 3 days of experimentation and fun creating jewelry with polymer clay multi strand stainless steel beading wire. Learn about her creative journey from simple earrings to entire garments made from these two simple mediums. Learn to create clean and light findings for earrings and necklaces, playful flower compositions and big chandelier earrings with demonstrations, portfolio sharing and plenty of hands on building. Click the course image or title to learn more.

Hone your fabrication skills and make a custom set of measuring spoons for your kitchen, or for the perfect holiday gift! Click on course title or image to read more.

Spend a fun, creative weekend making a collection of thoughtful keepsakes while learning the surprisingly simple art of repoussé on lightweight metal foil. Click on course title or image to learn more.

In these paired half-day workshops, we will explore the GSG (Great Southern Gathering) weave in the morning, and then level-up in the afternoon with AGSG (Alternating GSG). Take one or take both and have a bracelet to keep and a bracelet to give as a special holiday gift! Click the course title or image for more details.

In these paired half-day workshops, we will explore the GSG (Great Southern Gathering) weave in the morning, and then level-up in the afternoon with the Alternating GSG (AGSG) weave. Take one or take both and have a bracelet to keep and a bracelet to give as a special holiday gift!

Ring in the holiday season by making your very own jingle bell keepsake while learning fundamental forming skills in just one day! Click on course image to read more.

Tuition covers 6 hours of instruction and practice time with Wendy Jo New. These dates and times are flexible and can be adjusted directly with the instructor after registration has been completed. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Click the image for more details!

Tuition covers 6 hours of instruction and practice time with David Baird. These dates and times are flexible and can be adjusted directly with the instructor after registration has been completed. Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. Click the image for more details!