Susan Lenart-Kazmer
9:00 - 4:30
Friday

3052 - Altered Surface on Metal-Jewelry

Add color, layer and style to your metalwork. Learn personal methods, formulas and techniques for altering, patterning and coloring the surface of  sheet metal.  Work with hand made traditional and nontraditional formulas to create colorful patinas or emulate artifacts from a lost civilization. Build dimensional pieces by dapping, folding, forming and cold join manipulation. Use these altered metal pieces to build a unique bracelet.  Jewelry techniques include clean up, polishing, design, color and layout of ideas.

Supply list:  Please bring- wire snips, needle nose, chain nose pliers, tin snips or jeweler saw, bench pin and blades, metal files, small hammer, anvil, 

Optional:   Vice, small personal or found objects, paper images, scrap metal,

Kit fee includes-  copper and brass sheet metal, sandpaper, patina solutions, eyelets, hand out and expendables

CLOSED - CLASS FULL