About
This class has prerequisites. Please see the description below before registering.
Learning how to form metal using the hydraulic press opens new possibilities for your work! In this skills-focused class, you’ll learn how to:
- Texture metal using the rolling mill
- Create dimensional squares, diamonds, teardrops, and other shapes using pre-made dies in the hydraulic press
- Cut your own dies out of cast acrylic
Upon completion of this class, put your skills to work by registering for Hydraulic Press Project: Make a Pendant. Click here to read more and register.
Details:
- Prerequisites: You must have taken the Introduction to Jewelry-Skills Class and Introduction to the Jeweler's Torch at BARN or equivalent classes elsewhere. Please login to your BARN account, click on your profile name and check the link "My event registrations" to ensure you have completed the prerequisite classes. You must know how to:
o Cut metal using a jeweler's saw and a bench shear
o Anneal, drill, and file metal
- Level: Beginning/Intermediate class
- $30 materials fee is included in the tuition
- Please bring a pen, notebook, and Ultra-fine Sharpie pen
- Masks are required for all activities in the Jewelry studio. Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
- BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here.
Instructor Bio:
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 utilized her previous 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, and her work has been published in Metalsmith magazine’s Exhibition in Print. She is a member of the Seattle Metals Guild; has served on the Board of Northwest Designer craftsmen; and co-chaired a national conference for the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She is currently the Lead for the Jewelry and Fine Metals Studio at BARN.
