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Hydraulic Press Skills: Forming Cuff Bracelets

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.

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Hydraulic Press Skills: Forming Cuff Bracelets

Hydraulic Press Skills: Forming Cuff Bracelets

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.

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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.

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  • Skill Level: Beginning to intermediate.
  • You'll create several cuff bracelets using copper that you’ve textured.
  • Bring food for our 30-minute lunch break. There is a refrigerator and microwave you can use on the lower level.

Details

  • A $24 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers all the jewelry supplies you'll need.
  • You should bring:
    • Apron.
    • Towels for drying metal and hands.
    • Pen, notebook, Ultra Fine-Point Sharpie or other pen that writes on metal.
    • Safety glasses and magnifying glasses (or use the studio's).

Prerequisites

You must be able to cut, file, anneal, and solder metal. It’s recommended that you have taken Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class and Introduction to Jewelry Soldering at BARN or equivalent classes elsewhere. 

Class Policies

  • Ages 14 and up are welcome.
  • Wear closed-toe shoes and natural-fiber clothing.
  • Do not wear loose or synthetic-fiber clothing, dangling jewelry, scarves, or ties.
  • Tie back beards. Tie back long hair in a bun.
Instructor
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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