Virginia Art and Soul Workshops

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Nina Bagley 9-4:30 Friday/Saturday	811 - Sticks & Stones (2 days)	[back to quicklinks] $ 260 Plus $10 materials fee
The focus of this class will be on rough/basic jewelry technique and demonstration, with emphasis on soft stone, shell, and stick drilling – and shall include a miniature shadowbox construction we will incorporate into a very basic jewelry design. Are you tired of gathering the same old tiresome buttons, keys, dominos, or vintage photographs for your own “unique” jewels and assemblage?  Glance out your window and marvel at what is there for the taking – rocks, sticks, feathers, seashells, beach glass – all treasures waiting for your taking!  We will spend two full days exploring different ways to incorporate natural findings into lovely jewelry pieces using simple hand drilling, wiring, hammering and collage in addition to well-loved wordplay.  I’ll be demonstrating glass and stone drilling/grooving as well as ways to use a dremel for rockwork – a true passion. We will also explore the unique design of resin casting into shallow bezel forms; I’ll provide a few bezels in the kit, but feel free to bring a few forms of your own (small, please, because we will have limited resin for classroom use).  Resin – GOOD, crystal clear resin - takes a full 24 hours to cure, so we will work with that technique the first morning of our two day class, allow it to cure, then spend the next day drilling and assembling the resin charms into our necklace chain, and hanging them as charms. Supply List: --bent needle-nosed pliers*, round needle-nosed pliers*, and wire snips* (smaller version for craft work--available at  volcanoarts.biz) --small hammer, and small benchblock* if you have one --cutting pad to prevent marring table surface and to absorb hammering --assorted junk chain; mismatched odd lengths are fine! --20 gauge wire* (copper or base metal), enough to work with in class; can be found in picture-hanging section of hardware stores --Fisker’s hand drill, if you have one, (can be found at Michael’s in the sewing section) as well as small clamps --Dremel, if you have one; I’ll bring mine, and I’ll provide use of diamond drill bits (stone and glass drilling). --metal ruler, utility knife (exacto), scissors, PVA* or matte medium glue, small binder clips (one or two) --Paper ephemera, thin paper is best (no wallpaper, in other words!) --One or two pages of old book text (dictionary, etc) --Small amount of masking tape --Assorted small natural “treasures”, i.e. THIN stones, shells, THIN beach glass, beads, charms, miniature pieces of driftwood/branches/sturdy twigs – even dried bugs, if you want! --ribbon or small amount of fabric, torn into strips (optional) Materials fee includes:  the brass frame and mica, resin and bezels, small eyelets, and pre-cut squares/rectangles of copper for charms.  Please make sure to bring tools and materials listed; you’ll appreciate not having to wait your turn!   *all items with asterisk can be easily ordered from volcanoarts.biz, via paypal.  Cristine Cox is a wonderful gal, and will ship out everything to you priority mail.  I get no kickbacks – I just happen to believe in her fine business, and like helping her out. CLOSED - CLASS FULL

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