About

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 metal shapes using pancake dies
• Cut your own silhouette dies out of cast acrylic

You can use the metal shapes that you textured and formed as is or enamel them at a later date.

Details

Skill Level: Beginning to Intermediate

Details

• An $18 materials fee, included in the price of the class, covers all supplies for this class

• In addition, you should bring:
  • Towels for drying your hands and metal
  • Pen, notebook, fine-point Sharpie or other pen that writes on metal
  • Optional: texturing punches, textures to run through the rolling mill

Prerequisites

Recommended that you have taken the Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class and Introduction to the Jeweler's Torch at BARN or equivalent classes elsewhere. 

You must be able to:

• Cut metal using a jeweler's saw and a bench shear
• Anneal and file metal

Class Policies

• Ages 14 and up are welcome.
• For your safety, please:
  • Wear closed-toe shoes
  • Tie back long hair
  • Wear natural-fiber clothing
  • Avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry