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This class has prerequisites. Please see the description below before registering.

Using the hydraulic press and specially-designed forming dies, you can create synclastic and anticlastic cuff bracelets. These dies allow you to design and finish your cuff first and then form it into a cuff without distorting the design.

Details:

• Prerequisites: You must have taken the Hydraulic Press Skills: Add Texture and Dimension to Your Work 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. 
• Students need to bring:
  Pen, notebook, fine-point Sharpie, or other pens that write on metal
• $25 materials fee is included in the tuition
• If you want to work in silver, please bring your own 18 or 20 gauge sterling sheet at least 2" x 6" or 2" x 9" (if you have a larger piece, don’t cut it prior to class).
  
• 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.