Optional Evening Class Descriptions

Leaf Cluster Pendant with Lisa Claxton

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Delicately veined leaves cluster together to create this tantalizing pendant all folded together to make a neat bail top. Several wire techniques will be used including wire wrapping, shaping and coiling.

Offered: Saturday, September 5th, 7:00-9:00pm.

Bezel Basket with Iris Sandkühler

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This wire workshop is an introduction to the concepts of prong and bezel setting. Explorations will be centered on capturing flat-backed stones, sea glass, and other found objects through weaving and simple, nontraditional strategies.

Offered: Saturday, September 5th, 7:00-9:00pm.

Earring Duet with Peita Ramos

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Let Peita show you how to weave jump rings together to create these fun & funky earrings. One earring pair is created using the Shaggy Chain weave which spirals your favorite Swarovski crystals to the bottom. The other earring pair is deceptive in its simplicity. Weaving large and small rings together and adding your favorites drops creates a stunning earring suitable for day or evening wear.

Offered: Sunday, September 6th, 7:00-9:00pm.

Bowl of Gems Pendant with Kate Richbourg

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In this class Kate teaches several techniques that students can apply to their own metalwork. Students will begin by punching, stamping and shaping the "bowl". Next the bowl is riveted to a base and a bail is riveted to the top to form the pendant. In class several types of riveting methods will be explored including tube riveting. To finish, students will embellish the pendant using a free-form wire weaving technique.

Offered: Sunday, September 6th, 7:00-9:00pm.

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Last updated Thursday, April 23rd, 2009