Advanced Wireworking
EXPLORING WIRE
This class gives students an opportunity to really know and
understand wire. We look at and work with different metals, and the
tools required for working with wires and achieving the bends, folds and
wraps desired. Students will
learn about hardness and the windows of working room that wire provides.
Students will also learn to make coils, jump rings, endpins, beads and
bead cages, chain maille, and jewelry parts, including an assortment of
earring wires, clasps and connectors, and then experiment with different
ways to create patina and oxidation. You will also learn how to apply
dimension and texture to wire, how to use different hammers, the anvil,
how to use the various wire jigs that are on the market, and how to make
one of your own.
This class is a preliminary class, in the art of metalsmithing.
4 Hours (usually on a
Saturday)
Date for next class not yet set.
Price: $50
Materials Fee: $15
Instructor: Anne Karam