Classes | lesleyainemckeown

Dec 3-6 • The Heart of the Maker • Sold out - Waiting list

Dec 10-13 • The Heart of the Maker • registration to be announced soon

The Heart of the Maker.

A four day intensive exploring creative process technique and design.

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Classes available through private instruction or your school curriculum.

Please contact me for more information or class syllabus. Interested in any other techniques?

I am happy to tailor a class to your needs.

Etching Non-Ferrous Metals and Beyond - Learn to etch non-ferrous metals, brass, copper and German silver (nickel). Class will cover a variety of construction techniques, including hollow form, fold-forming, shell-forming and box construction, cold and solder connections, coloring metal and incorporating mixed media. Beginners to advanced will learn valuable techniques to apply to any project.

Introduction to Metal Fabrication - This class focuses on understanding design principles, the importance of drawing to help conceptualize your ideas and all extensive fabrication techniques including: sawing,shaping metal, soldering, cold connections, filing, stone setting techniques and surface embellishments and finishing. This class can be tailiored to any skill level form beginner to intermediate.

Soldering Basics - Class focuses on learning the basic soldering techniques in sterling silver, brass, copper and nickel silver. Students will learn to solder hollow forms, overlay technique and much more.

The Art of Metal Manipulation- Shell-forming, fold-forming, scoring and more - Class delves into the fascinating world of shaping metal. Instruction includes shell-forming, fold-forming and scoring hollow forms to create unique pieces of art jewelry.

Keumboo, An Ancient Technique with Modern Applications - Learn the amazing art of Keumboo, fusing high-karat gold to sterling silver. Class will focus on in-depth understanding of the technique and how to incorporate it into your work. Emphasis on application to curved, textured and complicated pieces. Will include finishing and patina.

Cold Connections with a Twist - Learn to incorporate found objects, mixed media, cabochons and much more into your work without soldering! Emphasis on creative thinking and problem-solving to make your work stand out!

Tufa Casting - Learn the art of casting in tufa, a very soft stone. Class will include preparing tufa from the rough material, design, casting, finishing and patina. Creating with tufa allows you cast a unique piece without complicated casting equipment. Tufa casting creates a very organic texture that will make your jewelry unique!

Polychrome on Metal - Application of colored pencil on metal. Class will include complete instruction on how to add colored pencil to your work and make it stay!

Creative Stone Setting - Creative Stone-Setting - This class will cover bezel and prong settings and address alternative techniques to adding cabochons and gemstones to your work, such as tubes, thick bezels and tension sets.

Stoned - Interested in adding stones to your work but don't know where to start? Lecture course discusses the fascinating world of semiprecious and precious stones, what to look for when purchasing, application considerations and collecting.