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Learn to Saw using a Jeweler’s saw frame. Make straight, zig-zag, curvy lines and internal saw cuts through demonstration and practice. But that’s not all, in this two-day skill-development workshop we will cover all the different cutting tools and procedures available in the jewelry studio. Each cutting procedure will include hands-on safety training. Measuring and marking for gross cuts on the Step Shear, Beverly shear, and the guillotine shear, will be followed by the use of a circle cutter and a blanking die on the hydraulic press.  

Competency in sawing with a jeweler’s saw will culminate with a sawing project. This skill building project is also a fun design challenge. Using only Sawing bending and folding techniques students will create a 3-dimensional object from a flat sheet of 20-gauge copper or brass. Techniques that will be focused on are Sawing, Pliers use, File use,  and polishing options. Additional techniques practiced in class will be buffing machine use and safety and hydraulic press use and safety. 

This perpetual calendar in the photo is an example of what can be made by a student in this class.

Details:

• This is a beginning level class.  
• $20 materials fee will be added to class fee when you register.
• Please bring a bag lunch. BARN has a refrigerator to store your lunch, located on the lower level.
• Please wear closed-toe shoes. Wear hearing protectors when warranted and safety glasses; bring your own or use BARN's. Tie back long hair. Avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry; roll up sleeves.
  

Instructor: Nanz Aalund’s wide ranging career as a jewelry designer, goldsmith, and educator, began with high school shop classes. After serving as a fine jewelry designer and marketing consultant for Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Tiffany & Co., Aalund taught jewelry and metals classes at the University of Washington and at the Art Institute in Seattle. Earning a Masters of Fine Art (MFA/Metals) and a Masters of Education/College and Technical Teaching Curriculum (CTTC). Her work has been exhibited both national and international since the 1980s. She authored the book, "Masters Gold,” published by Lark Books in 2009 and her most recent publication, “A Jeweler’s Guide to Apprenticeship” published in 2017 for MJSA, received a Silver Medal in the national AM&P Excel Awards, in 2018.

Nanz Aalund, certifications@bainbridgebarn.org

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org