Woven Pendants by Joy Raskin
Wire Weaving Techniques
Instructor: Ms. Joy Raskin

Level: All Skill Levels
Requirements: None
Program: Winter
Status: Closed
Tuition: $ 450
Materials: $ 50
Date: January 22, 2009 - April 02, 2009
Time: Every Thursday at 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Metalwerx

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Wire is such a wonderful and flexible material which begs to be worked with beyond the usual twisting or wrapping. This class will cover all textile and basket weaving techniques from the simple tabby weave to twining, triple weave, soumak, coiling and more. Students will explore flat weaving and 3-dimensional forms as well as woven tubes. Knitting techniques will also be covered in order to make woven chains or small vessels. Time permitting; the class will also demonstrate tinkering to expose students to the full range of working with wire.

Joy will also teach tips on soldering woven sections as well as finishing techniques in order to complete proficient and polished work. Wire weaving can be very flexible and lends itself to a wide range of applications from small-scale jewelry to life-size sculpture. Students will be working mostly in copper, brass, but also polymer coated wire and silver. Gauges will be mostly 14g. to 28g. Small beads or glass seed beads can be woven right into the weave so bring some if you wish to try.

This class is 10 sessions long. Each session is 3 hours. There will be no class on February 19. If a make-up class is necessary, it will be held on April 9, 2009.

You can see more of Joy's work on her website at www.joyraskin.com.

Materials & Tools

All the materials for this class including colored wire, silver, copper, and more will be supplied in the kit.

Students Should Bring:

  • If you have your favorite hand tools that you can't work without, you can bring them along.
  • Any old knitting needles that to use as mandrels for weaving tubes.
  • Small beads or glass seed beads if you'd like to try weaving them into your designs.

 

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