Classes and Workshops

Metalwerx has a great variety of weekly classes and workshops:

• Summer with the Masters Workshops
• Weekly Jewelry Classes
• Weekend Workshops
• One Day Workshops
• Special Events
  
  

See more ways to learn about our classes and workshops.

To register, use our secure online registration from any of the listings below, or call our office to register over the phone.

You can reach our office at 781.891.3854, weekdays from 10am to 5pm.

You can also contact us with questions or send email to info@metalwerx.com

1. Summer with the Masters Workshops
	Carving Techniques for Gold and other metals
	With Tom Herman
	19 June 2013 - 23 June 2013
	Sculpt metal into ornamental patterns with a focus on chasing, engraving, and piercing techniques. Students will also make chasing tools, tune up hammers, modify and sharpen gravers--all the better to carve with!
	High Relief Eastern Repoussé
	With Victoria Lansford
	25 June 2013 - 28 June 2013
	Discover high relief hammered techniques and learn the secrets of achieving exquisite detail, unsurpassed depth, and multiple levels of relief that are exclusive to this type of repousse. No tool making required!
	Russian Filigree
	With Victoria Lansford
	29 June 2013 - 30 June 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 29 May 2013
	Learn Russian ("open back") filigree through extensive demonstrations and hands-on exploration. Participants will make a pendant, and a ring while investigating more three-dimensional possibilities with the process.
	Color-patterns in Metal Clay Hollow Forms
	With Hadar Jacobson
	10 July 2013 - 12 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 10 June 2013
	Make different types of hollow forms from high fire and low fire base metal clays and explore methods for decorating them with different color patterns, such as bulls eye canes, mokume-gane, and negative space.
	Color-patterns in Metal Clay Rings
	With Hadar Jacobson
	13 July 2013 - 14 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 13 June 2013
	Create a band ring and a ring with ornamental front from base metal clay and decorate them with different color patterns, such as bulls eye canes, mokume gane, and negative space.
	Enameling in Depth
	With Linda Darty
	17 July 2013 - 21 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 17 June 2013
	Discover ways to use transparent and opalescent enamel colors to create depth and luminosity. Blend colors to achieve value gradations. Create matte or gloss finishes for optimum clarity. Experiment with foils and fabrication as it related to enameling.
	Marriage of Metals and other Mixed Metal Techniques
	With Pauline Warg
	24 July 2013 - 26 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 24 June 2013
	Achieve variations in color, pattern, and imagery with an array of mixed metal techniques including puzzle fitting, twisted wire, patterned sheet, true inlay and false inlay, and silver solder inlay.
	Approaches to Decorative Surfaces and Textures
	With Pauline Warg
	27 July 2013 - 28 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 27 June 2013
	Learn techniques for adding depth and interest to metal surfaces including chasing, matting & stamping, etching, roller printing & reverse roll print, Keum-bu, file carving, hammer finishes, file textures, and more!
	Imaginative Captures
	With Andrew Cooperman
	31 July 2013 - 04 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 01 July 2013
	Imagine a more fluid way to incorporate a gemstone, enamel or found object into your work: A fresh approach that goes beyond the old standbys of prongs and bezels. Topics include cold connecting, caging, back setting, the flex shaft and advanced soldering
	Fold Forming
	With Charles Lewton-Brain
	07 August 2013 - 09 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 07 July 2013
	Charles Lewton-Brain is credited with inventing fold forming, a technique recognized the world over as a new, original innovation in metal working. Use metal's flexibility to make complex forms resembling chased, constructed and soldered shapes.
	Fold Forming: The Next Steps
	With Charles Lewton-Brain
	10 August 2013 - 11 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 10 July 2013
	This course is geared towards students who have experience with fold forming, but want to take their work to the next level by exploring more complex folds and realizing methods for integrating forms into their artwork.
	Creative Hammering – Anticlastic and Synclastic Forming
	With Cynthia Eid
	14 August 2013 - 18 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 14 July 2013
	Explore the infinite possibilities of synclastic and anticlastic forming. These techniques allow us to create complex three-dimensional structures from a single sheet of metal and seamlessly combine concave and convex curves.
	Fabricating with Gold and Silver
	With Paulette Werger
	21 August 2013 - 23 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 21 July 2013
	Explore fusing, soldering, inlay, fabrication and alloying. Re-use and re-work old gold scrap and combine it with silver in a new way to add value to your sterling and avoid the costs of working entirely in gold!
	Chain Gang 2: Mixing it up!
	With Paulette Werger
	24 August 2013 - 25 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 24 July 2013
	Take your chains to a new level and discover ways of approaching neck pieces and chains made from a variety of materials. A wide range of chain styles will be demonstrated with a focus on methods for incorporating items that cannot be exposed to heat.
2. Weekly Jewelry Classes
	Directed Open Studio
	With Troy Hines
	Tuesday, 02 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 02 June 2013
	10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
	Finish up projects hiding in your bench. Get advice and assistance tackling new pieces based on those ideas swirling around in your head. This is an opportunity to work on independent projects with questions and guidance offered by a professional.
4. One Day Workshops
	Make Your Own Jewelry Findings
	With Joy Raskin
	31 May 2013 - 31 May 2013
	Create rivets, ear wires, clasps, pin backs, hairpins and other findings! This is the perfect course for beaders, glass bead artists and anyone who wants to make their own, unique jewelry findings.
	Do It Yourself Photography for Jewelers
	With Jessica Healy
	01 June 2013 - 01 June 2013
	Learn digital photography fundamentals including basic camera function, equipment, digital photography terms and applications, studio set-up and lighting, and lots more from an industry professional with more than 10 years' experience.
	Stackable Rings
	With Leah Meleski
	02 June 2013 - 02 June 2013
	This one-day workshop on stackable rings will show students how to size, solder and embellish up to 6 individual rings. Explore basic stone setting, roller printing, texturing and stamping to manipulate and add onto each band.
	Torch Fired Enameling
	With Troy Hines
	07 June 2013 - 07 June 2013
	Enamel without a kiln! This class will cover torch fired enamel techniques using champlevé as a framework to explore non-traditional color effects in enamel.
	Chains without Solder
	With Troy Hines
	08 June 2013 - 08 June 2013
	Chains are one of the easiest forms to make using only basic hand tools and equipment. Explore chain making as a design exercise while learning a variety of link styles that can be done without solder.
	Casting with Color: Resin Forms from Rubber Molds
	With Kat Ely
	09 June 2013 - 09 June 2013
	Resin is a very affordable--and colorful--material for jewelry. This one-day seminar demonstrates how to make silicone molds from found or sculpted objects and casting with a nontoxic resin. Experiment with adding color and embedding found objects!
	Chain Maille: Jewelry with European 4-in-1 weave variations
	With Karen Karon
	14 June 2013 - 14 June 2013
	Classic chain maille gets a modern update with weaves such as the European 4-in-1, and several variations. Topics include length- and width-wise weaving, closures for ring bands and cuffs, and making tube-like formations. No experience necessary!
	Soldering Tips and Tricks
	With Andrea Zatarain
	15 June 2013 - 15 June 2013
	No more soldering headaches! This intensive one-day workshop will review classic soldering techniques as well as offer tips and tricks to ensure gorgeous solder seams and minor clean-up.
	Filing Boot Camp
	With Andrea Zatarain
	01 July 2013 - 01 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 01 June 2013
	Discover how to fine tune filing skills to gain more control over shaping and finishing metalwork. Achieve perfectly flat surfaces, smooth curves, and straight lines through a series of guided exercises.
	Jewelry Finishing Techniques
	With Joy Raskin
	08 July 2013 - 08 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 08 June 2013
	Gain the skills needed to polish to perfection! Familiarize yourself with the flex shaft, tumbler, ultrasonic cleaner and buffing machine - select the right tool for the job and learn about the many types of grinding and de-burring wheels available.
	Etching & Image Transferring
	With Wendy Jo New
	15 July 2013 - 15 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 15 June 2013
	Learn the art of photo-etching to transfer and produce images in relief on metal. This is a great way to capture graphic imagery in your metalwork.
	Bangle Bracelets
	With Leah Meleski
	22 July 2013 - 22 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 22 June 2013
	Explore basic stone setting, roller printing, texturing, stamping and leave with an "armful" of new jewelry! Students will size, solder and embellish up to six bangle bracelets over the course of a day.
	Stone Setting Basics
	With Leah Meleski
	29 July 2013 - 29 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 29 June 2013
	Your new pendant is only a stone's throw away! This course covers several different stone setting methods as students construct a sterling silver pendant, using cabochons to highlight and inspire designs.
	Introduction to Forging
	With Munya Avigail Upin
	05 August 2013 - 05 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 05 July 2013
	Transform round wire into elegant and interesting shapes using cold forging techniques. Learn to do a "change of direction," a taper, and more. Wrap up the day with a variety of copper samples and a forged sterling silver bracelet.
	Knitting Wired: Exploring Wire Sculpture
	With Adrienne Sloane
	12 August 2013 - 12 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 12 July 2013
	Use knitting fundamentals to create wire sculptures in a broad range of beautiful colors. This class covers different approaches to creating stitches, adding beads/found objects as well as resources, materials and design ideas.
	Linear Scale Maille
	With Karen Karon
	13 August 2013 - 13 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 13 July 2013
	Scales are a popular trend in chain maille jewelry. When approached in a linear form, they resemble rows of spikes and can be integrated into a variety of chain weaves including Box Chain, Half Persian 3-in-1, Dragonback, and European 4-in-1 sheet weaves
	Earrings in a Day
	With Monique Rancourt
	19 August 2013 - 19 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 19 July 2013
	Join us for a fun and fast paced earring intensive and create a couple new pairs to wear home! Demonstrations include basic wire forging, surface texture options, and ear wire variations, including posts.
	Enameled Bowl and Silver Spoon
	With Troy Hines
	20 August 2013 - 20 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 20 July 2013
	Arrive with nothing but your smiling face and leave with a beautifully enameled bowl and hand formed silver spoon. The completed set is food safe and can be used as an impressive salt cellar, condiment server, or a trinket for your home.
	Embellishing Ceramic Beads with Metal Clay
	With Michela Verani
	26 August 2013 - 26 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 26 July 2013
	Here's a fresh and interesting approach for making eye-catching metal clay beads while saving on material, time, money! Learn to create large and light weight pieces using bisque ceramic beads as a substructure.
	Simple Stylish Clasps
	With Troy Hines
	27 August 2013 - 27 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 27 July 2013
	This workshop focuses on several simple but great looking clasps that are extremely versatile, secure and easy to use. Each clasp style covered can readily be adapted to fit a wide variety of designs.
	Two Rings in One
	With Wendy Jo New
	28 August 2013 - 28 August 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 28 July 2013
	Acquire fundamental jewelry making skills while creating a distinctive silver ring—that is actually two rings in one! The finished piece is a ring within a ring that can spin or stay in place.
5. Special Events
	Stone Sale - Gustave Hebert of Trinity Imports, LLC
	With Gustave Hebert
	05 July 2013 - 05 July 2013 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 05 June 2013
	Come to Metalwerx on Friday, July 5, 2013 between 11am and 7pm for a special private sale of precious and semi-precious gemstones by Gustave Hebert of Trinity Imports, LLC. (and a regular at Metalwerx' Vendor Day!)