Portland Art and Soul Workshops
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Lisa Call
9-4:30
Monday

1227 - Charm School

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$ 135 Plus $20 materials fee  

Learn to make beautiful one-of-a kind charms from PMC3, and a sterling link bracelet. We’ll cover alternative firing techniques and everything you need to get started with PMC. After a morning of making charms, we’ll cover simple and fun wire technique for creating a coil link charm bracelet. We’ll use a butane torch to make strong headpins and I will demonstrate some techniques that simplify creating jump rings so you can hang all your charms. The possibilities are endless and this technique is addicting.

Supply List:
--Chain nose pliers
--Round nose pliers
--Flush cut wire cutters
--Small Steel Bench Block (if you have one – I have a few to share)
--Chasing Hammer
--Beads that fit on 20 gauge wire (approximately 15 varying in size from 4mm – 8 mm)
--16 gauge dead soft sterling silver for links 3 feet (extra if your bracelet size is bigger than 7.5)
--PMC3 – 25 gram package
--Playing cards
--Exacto Knife
--Natural hair paintbrush small
--Acrylic rolling pin like the ones used for polymer clay (pvc pipe approx. 7” will work too)

Some tools on the supply list will be available to share, but if you have your own bring them.
Instructor will have cutters, rubber stamps, jewelry tools, but if you have your own bring them

Materials fee includes:
--Fine silver wire for headpins to hang beads - 15
--Sterling jump rings to assemble and hang beads
--14 gauge sterling silver wire for hook – 5 inches
--Badger balm and olive oil
--Liver of Sulpher
--Steel wool and sanding paper
--Butane
--PMC slip

CLOSED - CLASS FULL