Portland Art and Soul Workshops
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Susan Lenart-Kazmer
9-4:30
Thursday

1276 - Creating Containers & Bezels--Cold Join

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$ 135 Plus $20 materials fee  

Build distinctive personal metal structures in a jewelry art form that is reminiscent of past cultures. In India, these forms are meant to hold special prayers, goals or messages and bring them to fruition. As an American artist, I construct these forms using an array of fabricated metal, wire and found objects.
Cold connection techniques include drawing a bead for attachment, cold knots, dimensional rivets and alternative cold join forms. Learn an array of new ideas, structures and tools. Build two jewelry containers and more as time allows.

Supply List:
--hammer
--anvil
--needle nose pliers
--chain nose pliers
--wire snips
--tin snips
--jewelers saw and blades
--bench pin
--vice
--small file

Optional:  awl, center punch, interesting paper, tissue, ink and ink stamps, oil pastels, silver wire, found objects and metal, tin, stones, ribbon.

Materials fee includes:  silver round bezel, transparent paper forms, 18 gauge silver wire for ring form, sheet metal, copper wire rivets and expendables.