Next month I will be teaching a
workshop in a fundamental and
foundational aspect of working with precious metals that may
be of interest to some of the forum members.
This is where it all
begins, the torch and the metal, the traditional
approach to
goldsmithing and jewelry fabrication.
Studio Essentials is a two day class on October
18/19 at the Mesa
Arts Center in Mesa Arizona. The focus
of this workshop is making
precious
metal mill products
in house:
forming sheet, wire, and
tubing
from raw materials
in a typical jewelry studio environment.
This class offers a
unique opportunity to learn about alloying and
amalgamating precious
metal as well as hands on experience
in annealing
and forming nonferrous
metals. This knowledge and
ability will
provide the studio
artist greater range of versatility and
increased
fluency
with the
material.
Further information and a detailed workshop description
available
click on Studio Essentials on the right side of the
page.
For those who may not know about MAC, it is a brand new
fully
furnished
state of
the art Art Complex with wonderful studios for
metals
and
jewelry,
metal
clay, lapidary, enameling, ceramics,
and
glassblowing instruction.
with any questions about this event or check my
website schedule
dates for my 2008/2009 workshops and
classes.