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Make and Take Workshop
Wire Wrapped Jewelry
November 16, 2024
10AM-1:00Pm
$99.00 + $35.00 Kit Fee
Whiting Mills, 100 Whiting Street, Winsted, CT. Studio 310
Getting ready for the holidays? Let’s make beginner jewelry at the make and take class with our wire wrap teacher Kara Centrella. You can make Quick earrings, rings, or more elaborate rings can be made. Our class is made for your pace and experience, and it can be for beginners or more seasoned wire wrappers. Come join me! Kit includes sterling silver wire and CZ’s or small cabochons.
Silver Clay Workshop
Silver Clay Jewelry for Beginners with Lisa Bronson
DATE: January 4th 2025
$265.00 Includes SilverMetal Clay
Did you know you can make pure silver jewelry from metal clay? So much fun and perfect for beginners as well as jewelry pros!
Come and Learn about fine and sterling silver metal clay—Lisa will offer you a brief history of metal clay and then show you many of the techniques you will be using in this 6 hour class.
We will TORCH FIRE earrings or pendants (your choice). I will also show you how to kiln fire larger pieces. You will go home with a beautiful silver earrings and a pendant OR Two pendants—again—your choice!
The studio has tools, textures and molds you can use and as part of your tuition, you will receive 20 grams of silver clay
INTRODUCTION TO LAPIDARY ARTS
Observe and Explore the Art of Transforming Stones from Rough into Beautiful Cabochons for Jewelry with Joe Hurst
Coming in January 2025
CLASS LIMITED TO 4 PARTICIPANTS FOR EXTRA ATTENTION
Have you ever wondered how gemstones are cut and processed from a rock in the ground to a beautiful polished nugget or cabochon?
In this workshop demo, Participants will observe how a lapidary artist takes a very rough stone and transforms it into a beautiful cabochon ready to be set into jewelry. Each student will have an opportunity to try out the equipment and make a small cabochon. Students will go home with their own cabochons that they create in the workshop. Questions and interactive discussion is welcome and encouraged. You will go home with 3 high quality stone cabochons, beautiful agates, jaspers and turquoise available—or bring your own rough to cut!
Opportunities to purchase additional cabochons and/or to sign up for semi-private instruction on making your own cabochons will be available following the demo.
Instructor: Joe Hurst from “On the Rocks, Norfolk”
$125