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**Canceled due to Covid-19 closure of BARN. 5/7/20 SK

Learn to create beautiful wirework jewelry and improve your soldering skills! Filigree jewelry is made all over the world, from Thailand to Norway to Mexico and everywhere in between. In this class, you will learn how to make these graceful and intricate pieces yourself. We will explore how to construct wire frames to create forms that are lightweight but strong. We'll then work with different soldering methods, including chip solder, paste solder, and dry powdered solder. You will leave with a pair of filigree earrings, a pendant, or both. This is an intermediate-level course; some experience with soldering is required. 

Details:

• This is an intermediate level class. 
• $20 materials fee is in included in the class tuition.
• Please bring a bag lunch. BARN has a refrigerator to store your lunch, located on the lower level.

• Magnification, wax pen, carving tools, wax files, wax burs, apron, pantyhose and if you have any examples of things you have carved in the past, we’d love to see them.  
• You don’t need to buy any tools, but If, and only if you want to purchase tools for the class, this is what is recommended:  Wolf carving tools and a selection of round and cylinder burs, magnification, simple wolf trimmer table and Wolf Wax High-Speed Steel Cylinder Wax Bur 

Instructor: Peggy Foy received a formal training in metalsmithing from the University of Georgia, graduating with a BFA in Jewelry/Metalwork. Drawn by the vibrant arts community (and the natural beauty and ethical sensibilities of the region), Peggy relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2005. She served on the board of the Seattle Metals Guild from 2011-2018, and was its President from 2016-17. Peggy teaches at art centers throughout the Puget Sound region, and in 2020 she opened an art jewelry gallery within her Pioneer Square studio. Visit www.arcanametalwork.com for more information. 

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org