Fall Classes 2012

Here's whats on my plate for fall...sign up now, classes start soon!  I'll be at Mesa Art Center, Central Arizona College, and doing a few weekend workshops all over the place(more details on those to come).

Mesa Art Center:

Intro to Fabrication Basics: Beginning Jewelry

Mon. Aug. 27-Dec. 10, 9:30am-12:30pm

Hand Fabricated Chains

Thursday, August 30 - Thursday, October 18, 2012, 9:30am-12:30pm

Brooches and Pins

Friday, August 31 - Friday, October 19, 2012, 9:30am-12:30pm

Filigree
Saturday, September 8 - Saturday, September 15, 2012, 9am-5pm

Creative Entrapments/Cold Connections for found objects

Saturday, September 22 - Saturday, September 29, 2012, 9am-5pm

Earrings

Thursday, October 25 - Thursday, December 13, 2012, 9:30am-12:30pm

Marriage of Metals 

Friday, October 26 - Friday, December 14, 2012, 9:30am-12:30pm

Holiday Ornaments with the Hydraulic Press

Saturday, December 1, 9am-5pm

Central Arizona College (Superstition Mountain-Apache Junction Campus)

Beginning Jewelry Design/Metalsmithing

Tuesdays 2:30-5:00pm

Tuesdays 6:00-8:30pm

August 20-December 12

Hand Fabricated Chains Workshop

This weekend I taught a Hand Fabricated Chains Workshop at Mesa Art Center. This is a class I have been teaching and developing for a couple of years now and each time I teach it it gets better. It may be my favorite class to teach. The possibilities are just endless with chain, which I guess is what makes it so much fun. Some people don't like the detailed monotony of it, but I love chain making.
I start the students out with a discussion of their backgrounds and goals, and then I show them a powerpoint with about 200 slides of historical and contemporary chains. We discuss chains in depth from historical, industrial, and adornment viewpoints. It really helps to get their creative juices flowing.
After the discussion, I move on to talking about wire, different shapes, metals, gauges, hardnesses, etc. I talk about how to choose each of these before getting to work on their designs. Then we go in to making and cutting jump rings, soldering, and assembling.
The format of this workshop is two 8 hour Saturdays. I've taught the class in an 8, 6, and 4 week format, but never 2 days. I like the weekend time frame but there is so much to cover!! The students learned how to make round and shaped jump rings, solder, and texture. I demonstrated traditional chains like the loop in loop and sailors knot, and also a dozen or more cold connected chains with NO soldering. We briefly touched on forging and twisting as well. Whew, it was one packed Saturday! Next week we go in to using the Smith Little Torch and working with sheet metal for linkage. I hope the students are having as good a time as I am!

Spring Classes

This semester I will be teaching a new round of classes at Mesa Art Center. Info here.

Marriage of Metals
Findings and Finishing Touches
Tips and Tricks in the Jewelry Studio
Soldering Techniques
Earrings
Pins and Brooches
Fabricated Chains
Filigree

I will also be teaching 2 classes down in Tucson at Pima Community College West Campus.
ART 170: Metalwork I Jewelry
ART 270: Metalwork II Jewelry
Sign up Here.

Holy smokes am I going to be a busy girl. Good thing I LOVE my job!

Fall Classes

I've got another session of classes starting up next week! Sign up now!

Weekly Classes:
Introduction to Jewelry: Fabrication Basics
August 29th-December 12th, Mondays 9:30am-12:30pm


Forming Shaping and Embossing
Fridays, September 2 - October 7, 2011, 9:30am-12:30pm

Creative Entrapments/Cold Connections for Found Objects
Thursdays, September 1 - October 6, 2011, 1:30-4:30pm


Filigree
Fridays, October 14 - December 16, 2011, 9:30am-12:30pm


Hand Fabricated Chains
Thursdays, October 13 - December 15, 2011, 1:30-4:30pm


Weekend Workshops:

Acid Etching
Saturday, September 3 AND Saturday, September 10, 2011 , 9am-5pm


Marriage of Metals, Patterning and Inlay
Saturday, October 29 AND Saturday, December 3, 201, 9am-5pm


Holiday Ornaments with the Hydraulic Press
Saturday, November 12 OR Saturday, December 3, 9am-5pm

Filigree

I just finished teaching an 8 week Filigree class at Mesa Art Center. Part of the fun of teaching is getting to make samples and play with techniques myself. Here are a few images of some samples I made to prepare for my class. I'm slowly listing these pieces in my etsy shop.

See the work my students created here.

A few more classes this spring...

I'll be teaching a few more classes at phoenix center for the arts this spring, click on each one for details. Don't wait to register, these classes fill fast!
Findings and Finishing Touches
Marriage of Metals and Solder Inlay
Forming, Shaping, and Embossing (working with the hydraulic press)
Creative Entrapments

Classes I'm Teaching this Spring

In case you are interested in taking any of my classes this session, here is a list of what I am teaching (sign up asap, some classes start next week!):

At Mesa Art Center
Filigree
Introduction to Fabrication Basics, Beginning Jewelry
Hand Fabricated Chains
Sawing, Filing, Sanding, Finishing
Making Ornaments on the Hydraulic Press
Sawing and Piercing
Colorful Patinas on Metal
Low Tech Casting
Making Reticulation Silver
Creative Entrapments/Cold Connections


At Phoenix Art Center
Hand Fabricated Chains
Reticulation
Surface Textures

Classes I'm Teaching this Fall

Just a quick update (non-Guam related!) to let those of you who are interested know what classes I'm teaching this fall session.

At Mesa Arts Center:
Introduction to Jewelry: Fabrication Basics
Hand Fabricated Chains

At Phoenix Center for the Arts:
Beginning Jewelry
Filigree
Holiday Ornaments in Metal

Click on any of the links to see class descriptions, dates, times, etc.

Report: Hand Fabricated Chains Class

Just finished up 4 weeks of one of the most fun classes I have ever taught, Hand Fabricated Chains at Phoenix Art Center! I had a great group and they worked hard in what little time they had and finished with some great stuff. The first few images are chains I made as samples for the class, and the rest are a few images of some of the student work (I didn't get pics of everything unfortunately) . Ill be teaching this class again in the fall, but in an 8 week format as opposed to 4 weeks, and it will be at Mesa Art Center...stay tuned for details!samples

More samples. I made a bunch of copper samples too but forgot to take pics of them so I guess I'll post them later.

samples
Sandy Halka

Paula Ellis

Paula Ellis
Kay Cummins

Cole Allen
Nina Jeffre
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