Metalwerx: Mr. Charles Lewton-Brain [143]

Mr. Charles Lewton-Brain

Charles Lewton-Brain studied and worked in Europe and North America. He lectures and publishes internationally on his research into rapid manipulation of metal and it's surface for artistic and manufacturing purposes. He invented Fold-Forming, an internationally reconized new approach to working sheet metals. Head of the Jewellery/Metals Program at the Alberta College of Art and Design, he writes, exhibits and works in his studio. He is President of the Canadian Crafts Federation. He thinks of himself as an artist who works primarily in the context of body ornament. He is a founding partner in the world's largest free educational web site for jewelers, ganoksin.com and has over 700 pages of his writing there.

	Bench Tricks for Metalsmiths
	With Charles Lewton-Brain
	04 August 2010 - 04 August 2010 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 04 July 2010

	If you are interested in homemade tools and bench tricks to speed your production and understanding of metalsmithing, then this workshop is for you!



	Fold Forming
	With Charles Lewton-Brain
	05 August 2010 - 08 August 2010 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 05 July 2010

	Fold forming uses the metal's flexibility to make complex forms resembling chased, constructed and soldered shapes. You can rapidly achieve results is 3 - 5 mintues from single sheets sheets of metal!

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