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Introduction to Jewelry Soldering

Learn how to use the jewelers torch to take your jewelry-making skills to the next level.

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Introduction to Jewelry Soldering

Introduction to Jewelry Soldering

Learn how to use the jewelers torch to take your jewelry-making skills to the next level.

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Learn how solder flows and how to solder jump rings, earring posts, chain links, bails, joints, and mixed metal to hone your torch skills.

In this one-day skills class, you'll use the Smith® Little Torch to solder copper and silver. You'll practice several types of soldering techniques and leave with samples you completed in class.  

Details

  • Experience level: Beginner to intermediate
  • We'll take one 15- to 30-minute break if you want to bring food or snacks. BARN has a refrigerator and microwave on the lower level.

Details

  • A $30 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers needed class materials.
  • You should bring a cotton apron and a hand towel.

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 long hair in pony tail or bun.
Instructor
Karin Luvaas

Karin Luvaas is a Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler with a degree in encaustics, painting, and metal sculpture. She has studied under numerous jewelry masters including Blaine Lewis, founder of New Approach School for Jewelers in Tennessee, and achieved graduate jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world-renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco. Karin also is a GIA Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate. Her current work can be seen at karinluvaas.com

Instructor
Jody Lyle

Jody Lyle is a goldsmith with more than 25 years' experience designing and making jewelry. She graduated from the University of North Texas where she studied with Harlan Butt and has continued her education through classes with masters, apprenticeships, trade school training, skill-building classes, and lots of bench time. She believes in learning by doing, listening to others’ experiences, and looking at how things are made around you. Her main focus right now is wax carving, fabrication, chasing, and repoussé. She works mostly with silver, gold, steel, rock, and semi-precious and precious stones to create pieces to be worn and enjoyed. See her work https://movingmetals.com/ and on Instagram @movingmetals and Flickr.

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