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Brooch Backs
This workshop is currently closed. Please contact us by phone if you have any questions, at (781) 891-3854. Tank you and we are sorry for any inconvenience.
In this workshop, we will look at different ways to create brooch pin backs. Students will focus on making two pin back designs. There will also be discussion during class on creating interesting compositions to make a brooch that's appealing on both sides! At class, participants can expect to make two complete samples, and be given the opportunity to create a pin back for a pre-existing brooch if they bring a piece that is ready to go with them to class.
If you'd like to see more of Brie's work, please visit her website brie-flora.squarespace.com
Meet the instructor
Brie Flora is a contemporary jeweler and educator currently living in east Tennessee. Brie is a graduate from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a dual degree in Metalsmithing & Jewelry and Art Education May 2015. Her wearable jewelry plays with symmetry and consists heavily of line work, negative space, patterns, and color. She pulls elements from nature, fantasy, & fiction to create unique works of wearable art with a minimalist aesthetic balanced with pops of intricate marks and illustrations.
Brie has been featured in over 10 group exhibitions, recently including Touchy Feely at the Baltimore Jewelry Center in Baltimore MD, and HOTDOG! Show Chicago at the Ornament and Object gallery, Chicago IL. She also created and curated the first vol. of “Guidelines – A contemporary jewelry project” that featured works by 15 jewelers and makers including herself. “Guidelines” was on view during Adorned Spaces at the 2019 SNAG Conference in Chicago, and then up for a month-long exhibition at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN (for more information go to @guidelines_jewelry on Instagram).
Materials & Tools
The $15 materials kit, payable when signing up, includes tubing, sheet metal, and steel wire for samples.
- An unfinished piece that could have a pin back attached. Note - The piece must be able to be heated. e.g. no set stones!
- Metalwerx has hand tools available for student use during class. However, if students already have files, sanding sticks, pliers, or any basic tools they want to use during class - they are welcome to bring them.
- Ruler
- Ultra Fine point Sharpie permanent marker
- Sketchbook, pen and pencil
- Reading glasses if you need them to see at a close distance
- Rubber band/hair elastic if you have long hair so you can tie it back for safety