Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class

Jewelry & Fine Metals

Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class

Learn how to safely and efficiently use jewelers' tools through demonstration and guided, hands-on practice.

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Sun, 9/22/2024 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  2. Sun, 9/29/2024 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Sun, 9/22/2024 - Sun, 9/29/2024

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite, Equipment Certification, Getting Started

Location:
Jewelry & Fine Metals Studio

Interests:
Jewelry Making

About

Whether you are new to the craft or need a refresher, here's a way to get started in the Jewelry & Fine Metals Studio. 

Through instructor demonstration and hands-on practice, you’ll learn the skills that you need to begin working in our studio as well as prepare you for future classes. Those skills include:

  • Cutting metal using a jeweler’s saw, step shear, bench shear, and disk and shape cutters.
  • Texturing metal using stamps, hammers, and the rolling mill.
  • Drilling using the drill press and flex shaft.
  • Forming using dapping blocks and punches.
  • Finishing using files, belt sander, and grinder. 

You will receive a notebook that includes detailed information on the tools, equipment, and procedures that are covered in the class.

To get the most out of the class, plan on coming to at least one Open Studio between sessions to practice what you’ve learned. Open Studios are Mondays from 5:00 to 8:00 PM and Wednesdays from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. 

Details

  • Skill level: All levels

Materials

A $30 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers all materials needed.

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

Joan Hammond

Joan Hammond began working in metal in 1994, when she started taking metalsmithing classes as an antidote to documenting computer software. What she discovered was a medium that not only used her training in painting, printmaking, and ceramics, but also opened the possibilities of creating art that can be worn. Family artifacts and history, plants and animals, and the textiles and jewelry of non-Western cultures inspire her current work, which she executes using various fabrication techniques, including chasing and repoussé.

Hammond exhibits locally and nationally. Her work has been published in Metalsmith magazine’s Exhibition in Print. She is a member of the Seattle Metals Guild and an active volunteer and instructor at BARN.

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