Cynthia Eid is an internationally known Jeweler and Silversmith. She works primarily in Argentium Silver formed through the creative use of hammers and/or a hydraulic press. She has won awards for creativity and design, been featured in many publications and exhibited extensively. Based in the USA, Cynthia teaches weekly classes at Metalwerx and also teaching at the De Cordova Museum School and other workshops in the USA. Cynthia has also worked as a designer/maker of bespoke jewellery in goldsmith galleries and a senior model maker in a gold jewellery manufacturing. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing and Jewellery Design 1980 and has a B.S. in Art Education.

If you'd like to see more of Cynthia's work, please visit her website.

	Silhouette Dies for Beads and Hollow Forms
	With Cynthia Eid
	24 February 2012 - 26 February 2012
	Learn to make and use silhouette dies, which create forms that are perfectly matching opposites using the hydraulic press. This technique is great for creating beads, pendants, lockets, containers, boxes, or even bud vases.
	Synclastic and Anticlastic Forming with Hammers
	With Cynthia Eid
	12 April 2012 - 07 April 2012 5% Early Bird Discount for registration before 12 March 2012
	Anticlastic and Synclastic "Shellforming" techniques allow the creation of complex, strong, and flexible three-dimensional structures from a single sheet of metal of any shape. Experience how metal can be moved with hammers.