In this virtual workshop, attendees will learn how to transform an ingot of silver into a signet style ring and a bracelet using forging techniques commonly used in west Africa with just a hammer, an anvil, and files! Class will focus on learning to create and forge out lengths of wire, sphere elements, ring and bracelet shapes, as well as some decorative elements. How to properly pour an ingot will also be covered. 

GET FIRED UP! In this workshop students will learn how to effectively use a torch to fire enamels. Numerous aspects of enameling basics will be covered, including efficient and safe home/studio setups, metal typing and preparation, enamel variants and applications methods, as well as multiple sifting techniques and firing methods for creating dynamic designs

So you've got your polymer canes, now what?! In this virtual course, students will learn to create complex surface patterns in polymer clay with simple millefiori cane designs and Bonnie’s marquetry process. Techniques will cover how to build up thin polymer veneers for rich surfaces and surprising depth, inlay methodology, as well as how to address light. 

Explore synclastic forming, anticlastic forming, and spiculums, while learning to hammer comfortably and with control. In this live, virtual course, students will create concave and convex curves to transform a flat piece of metal into elegant fluidity through domed synclasts, saddle-like anticlasts, and tapered tube spiculums. 

In this virtual course, students will learn the fundamentals of working with reclaimed tin (printed steel) to easily add color, pattern, and depth to their jewelry designs. Class will focus on crafting flower motifs to learn the ins and outs of working with tin and participants can expect to gain the knowledge and ability to make a pair of earrings, a pendant, and one brooch using printed and patterned tin as their primary material.

This intensive three-session virtual workshop explores the traditions of Keum-boo with a variety of techniques and variants to create jewelry in an economical way. Students will learn about the properties of gold and silver foils, how to create their own foils, and multiple application methods in combination with embossing, stamping, roller printing, soldering, and many more tips and tricks!

What’s better than a tube set gemstone ring? A stack of them! This virtual course will focus on fabricating a set of tube set gemstone and sterling silver rings that can be stacked together or worn solo on different fingers! Learn to add a contemporary element and extra dimension to your stacking rings with gemstones and varying tube setting heights! 

This virtual workshop will focus on unusual ways to trap stones, pearls, or found objects, while placing emphasis on small scale fabrication for building a variety of mounting styles. This is a perfect class for makers with some jewelry experience seeking to refine their skills and learn time-saving shortcuts for designing and fabricating settings efficiently!

In this intensive virtual course, Jayne Redman will teach students how to solve the challenge of duplicating unique and functional jewelry findings by making, modifying, and inventing forming tools for sheet and wire. In addition to modifying hand tools that create perfect loops, tapers, clasp elements and post notches, students will gain the knowledge of how to work with acrylic, Delrin, thermal plastic, and wood which are perfect for making jigs that don't mar metal and enable exact duplicates to be made, enhancing craftsmanship and adding appeal to jewelry!

Learn to add dramatic movement and satisfying functionality to jewelry and small-scale metalwork of all sorts in his technical workshop designed to introduce students to spring-based mechanisms that can be used to make lids pop open, make catches easier to use and more secure, as well as to make mechanisms last longer.

This live, virtual course will teach student how to complete the Sense of Humor Staggered Sheet weave, a silky and slinky chain maille weave that behaves like fabric. This complex weave will be approached in stages, starting with learning how to construct Josue units and Sense of Humor Chain during the first class session and then Sense of Humor Sheet standard and staggered the second class.

KEEP HEATING IT UP! This course is the next continuation of the Torch-Fire Enameling trilogy. In this workshop, students will learn how to work with and apply underglazes, foils, and decals using torch-firing techniques. Variable media will be explored and emphasis will be placed on how to utilize underglazes to create fine lines, properly apply metal foils, and work with a variety of decals compatible with the torch-firing methodoogy.

Learn how to master the hand file and add embellishments to your work through decorative filing techniques. Students will explore this deceptively simple tool in depth and will learn about the various types of files on the market, their applications, and how to get the most out of their function. 

So you've got your polymer canes, now what?! In this virtual course, students will learn to create complex surface patterns in polymer clay with simple millefiori cane designs and Bonnie’s marquetry process. Techniques will cover how to build up thin polymer veneers for rich surfaces and surprising depth, inlay methodology, as well as how to address light.