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Experienced Beginner, Prerequisite "Silversmithing 101"Unsure if this class is appropriate for your skill level? Contact us and find out.Rachel Morris
JF0612 Mar 17-18, 2012 (10am-5pm) Sat/Sun (Jewelry Studio, Mill Building)
This class is a continuation of “Silversmithing 101” but is open to students of equivalent experience. It will offer students, who have completed an introductory class (basic sawing, soldering, basic stone setting, and polishing experience), a chance to build on their skills and learn new techniques. You will learn more advanced stone setting techniques, make a bezel (the piece that holds a stone in place) and you will get more practice with soldering and using the torch as you make something you’ve designed yourself. You can choose to make another ring, a pendant, earrings, a brooch – you decide! A materials fee of $100, payable to Brookfield Craft Center at the beginning of class, includes everything you'll need: 3" x 3" sheet of 22 gauge sterling silver, a 12-inch length of 14 gauge sterling silver wire and 2 large cabochon stones. A studio/materials fee of $100 is due at time of registration.
- Rachel Morris' Artist's Statement
"I - was fortunate enough to be involved with the Firehouse Art Station, a
- school very much like BCC in Norman, Oklahoma, as a child. They had
- instructors who welcomed me into the adult jewelry making classes when
- I'd gone beyond the youth programs. Their patience and skill bolstered a
- strong creative streak and inspired me to try various media, ranging
- from silversmithing and stone setting to enamel work. Their training
- helped me begin a business making enameled jewelry and beads that I
- continued through my teen years, but in college and beyond, time was
- scarce and my creative energies went elsewhere until, years later,
- having wandered away from the craft for a time, I lucked upon Annemarie
- Ciuffini teaching at BCC. Her enthusiasm and ability to encourage her
- students' freedom to design as they chose thoroughly revived my
- interest. As a result, I'm about to hold my first show with two fellow
- students from BCC and have begun a new business (Eclectic Nature Jewelry
- & Design) which highlights the elements of nature presently
- influencing much of my design work. These days, I’m enjoying the
- creative outlet more than ever."
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