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This workshop features a unique marriage of materials and techniques not traditionally used together to create a wearable art sculpture that tells a personal story. Each student will gather ephemera and paper or thin cloth mementos in advance of the workshop that will speak of the story the artist carries within. There will be some class discussion of how we can tune in to those stories we all carry in our hearts and how to release them in our art in a way that draws interest from the viewer. The students will create the foundation and pin back of the brooch from steel wire. Techniques in wire shaping, texturing, soldering, and creating pin backs from wire will be learned. The papers used are preserved with encaustic wax. The students will then learn how to bond the two elements for their completed brooch. If time permits we will create necklace pendants or other pieces of jewelry as well. The students should leave the workshop with at least one completed work of art and the knowledge to apply these techniques to other projects.
$10 Materials fee payable to the instructor include: encaustic wax, solder, flux, small butane torches, butane, steel pins, soldering pick, sandpaper, and steel wool.
Supply List:
16 or 18 gauge steel wire sturdy round nose & standard pliers
wire cutter
metal file
hammer
steel block or anvil
hand towel or metalsmith sandbag
soldering pad (need to be able to push steel pins into it)
dremel with grinding wheel
bits of meaningful or personal ephemera (does not need to be large – but consider color and texture as design elements when choosing)
small disposable paintbrush
long tweezers
small crafters quilting iron
glass or bone burnishing tool or old credit card/gift card.
Optional supplies:
rubber gloves
finger rubbers (to protect fingers while sanding the pinback)
oil pastels
oil paint
charcoal pencil or colored pencils.
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