Pieces by Christine Dhein

Level: All Skill Levels
Requirements: Jewelry I or Equivalent
Program: Spring
Status: Open
Length: 3 Days
Tuition: $ 450
Only $ 427.5 for registration before 20 May 2008
Materials: TBA
Date: June 20, 2008 - June 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Metalwerx

Here's your chance to learn how to add depth, texture, layers and gold to your work. Students learn to embellish the surfaces of their work with exciting and fun techniques including roller printing, subtractive texturing, hammer textures, stamping, punching, and keum-boo on Argentium®.

Students will then layer their embellished metal with rubber and other non-traditional materials to assemble and make a pendant and bracelet with basic and advanced cold joining techniques.

Learn to make simple, flush, countersunk and ball rivets, as well as spacing and tube rivets. Fabricate a drilling jig and make tube-riveting punches. Next, learn to finish the piece with a dramatic effect by applying a patina. Basic metalsmithing skills required.

Materials & Tools

There is a materials kit for this class. The estimated cost of this kit is $75 and is payable to the instructor on the first day of class. It includes copper, tool steel, Argentium, Keum Boo Foil, tubing in several different metals, and several tools you will need to complete the projects.

Students should bring:

(You may use any supplier. Part number, where indicated, are from Otto Frei, for reference only.) Metalwerx has the hand tools below on hand but if you do not bring your own, you may have to share. Make sure you bring your own consumables such as saw blades and drill bits.

Required Tools:

• Apron
• Thin leather gloves (snug fit)
• Fine-pointed sewing needle
• Fine-tipped permanent marker
• Fine tipped paintbrush (116.259)
• Clean tweezers (157.0752)
• 1mm drill bit (128.560)
• Half-round file (131.130) with handle (137.821)
• Chain-nose pliers (146.106P)
• Center punch (147-900)
• Saw frame (149-703)
• Saw blades #3/0 or finer
• 220, 400 and 600 grit sanding sticks
• Brass brush (116.310)
• 2 mm Setting bur (118.724)
• Digital caliper
• Dividers (135.075A)
• Chasing Hammer (137.174)
• Mallet (deadblow with Delrin faces preferred)
• Goldsmithing hammer
• Flush cutter (146.125)
• Insulated Cross Lock Tweezers (157.760)
• Xacto Knife
• Scribe
• Charcoal block (154.152)

Optional

• Optivisor (Highly recommended)
• Joyce Chen Shears, sharp scissors or X-acto®
• Fancy cut craft scissors or punches
• Japanese and handmade papers or other textured materials for
• roller printing
• Steel burnisher
• 2mm drill bit
• 2 and 3 mm ball burs
• Dapping punches and blocks (125.118)
• Disk Cutter
• Tube cutting jig (126.448)
• Filing Block (126.499)
• Stove surface thermometer (from wood burning fireplace supplier)
• Stamps and punches for texturing

If you have questions about the tools required for this class, please contact me at christinedhein@yahoo.com.