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You’ve seen them on the cover of Somerset Studio…now is your chance to create your very own Butterfly Box! A glassed-in shadow box holds a wooden cut-out sporting real butterfly or moth wings, arranged among your favorite bits of papers, paints and other ephemera. Add a crown or other accessories fashioned from vintage tin and you are well on your way to dressing up Aunt Irma’s childhood photo in ways she never imagined! In this class you will learn how to use a jeweler’s saw to cut wood and metal, work with the metal itself, and play with some fun cold connections. Ideas for background finishes will be discussed, along with options for creating custom boxes. $15 kit fee paid to instructor at beginning of class.
Supplies Needed for Class:
5x7 or 8x10 glassed-in shadow box (glass needs to be set into a channel, not loose and back should not have fabric on it).
Piece of 1/8” birch plywood to accommodate your images
Jeweler’s saw 6”frame (RioGrande #110-007)
Bench pin (RioGrande V-Slot Bench Pin and Clamp #110-010)
Hand Drill –I highly recommend the Fiskar’s version
X-acto knife
Color copies of favorite photos sized to your box
Favorite papers and ephemera (think things to stand or sit your cutout on, no wider than depth of box)
Thin gauge metal from vintage tins and such, rusty bottle caps and cans, etc
Optional Items: Very handy to have and you won’t have to wait in line!
Tin snips-Fiskar’s SoftTouch Microtip scissors work great!
Bench Block (www.leejewelrycrafttools.com- metal surface on a wood base)
Nylon/rawhide hammer
Small hammer
Small clamp (American Tool QuickGrip Micro Bar Clamp-available @ Lowe’s, etc.)
Center punch
Metal files
Other decorative items-acrylic paints, pens, etc.
Kit Fee Includes:
2 sets of butterfly wings, miniature nuts and bolts, socket wrench, saw blades, drill bit, sandpaper
CLOSED - CLASS FULL
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