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Metals and Jewelry Intermediate I
Apr
3
to May 1

Metals and Jewelry Intermediate I

This course is the continuation of Basic Metals and Jewelry, you will be able to expand your skills working independently to horn your metalsmithing techniques. You will learn how to make a silver ring with bezel set stone setting, a decorative silver chain bracelet, and a soldered hollow formed pendant. Tools will be provided, and you will receive a material purchase list from instructor after registration. Students will provide their own materials. Some metals and wire available for purchase at the Art Center. Prerequisite: A beginning Metals and Jewelry class at Cary Arts Center. 

Register this class at: Cary Arts Center

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Beginning Jewelry Wax Carving
Mar
31
to Apr 14

Beginning Jewelry Wax Carving

Beginning Jewelry Wax Carving (16 & Up) Carving wax is a great technique for creating jewelry. Intricate and complex details can be created in wax that you can't achieve in metal fabrication. In this workshop, you will learn how to use jeweler's wax to make sculptural jewelry such as rings and pendants, using additive and/ or subtractive techniques. Students will have the opportunity to have cast at least one of their pieces in metal ( sterling silver), and learn how to bring the cast piece to a desired finish. All carving tools will be provided in this workshop including carving wax, students are responsible for the cost of casting fee and metal. 


Sunday03-31-2019 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Sunday04-14-2019 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

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Stone Setting with Faceted Stones
Mar
6
to Mar 20

Stone Setting with Faceted Stones

Make your own metal sculptures and jewelry while you are learning metalsmithing techniques. Stone Setting with Faceted Stones (16 & Up) Learn two intermediate stone setting techniques with faceted stones - Flush Setting and Tube Bezel Setting. Learn the anatomy of a faceted stone, types and sizes of burs, and the process of Flush Setting and Tube Bezel Setting. You will be able to complete at least one project (ring or pendant) by using those setting techniques. Tools will be provided, and you will receive a material purchase list from instructor after registration. Prerequisite required. 

Meets:

Wednesday 03-06-2019 6:00PM - 9:00PM Studio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 03-13-2019 6:00PM - 9:00PM Studio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 03-20-2019 6:00PM - 9:00PM Studio U50 - Cary Arts Center

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Beginning Metals and Jewelry
Jan
9
to Feb 27

Beginning Metals and Jewelry

Make your own metal sculptures and jewelry while you are learning metalsmithing techniques. Learn to saw, file, texture, hammer, solder, polish and other basic metalsmithing techniques while creating small sculptures, earrings or pendants. Use hot and cold fabrication techniques to emboss, rivet, embellish, pierce; and solder with an acetylene torch. Metals available for purchase at Center. Class satisfies eligibility for Open Studio Pass.

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Special one-day electroforming workshop
Jun
9
10:00 AM10:00

Special one-day electroforming workshop

I'm offering a special one-day electroforming workshop as a double fundraisers in order to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation and Town of Cary Scholarship Program.  Your tuition goes to both organizations 100%, and I'm donating my time, knowledge, equipment, and supplies for this one-day workshop.  If you would like to support these two great causes, please call Cary Arts Center at 919-469-4069 or visit the center to register this workshop, and let me know if you have any questions, thank you!

Date: Saturday, June 9

Time: 10am - 5pm

Tuition: $90 (supply included)

Level: Easy, no experience is necessary.

What is electroforming? You can explore the endless possibilities that copper electroforming has to offer in jewelry design. 

Electroforming is the intricate process of fusing copper onto another medium via a low voltage charge that is passed through the materials to create a relief that becomes a separate part in its own right. This technique enables artists to create thicker copper structures layered over other materials like glass, shells, clay or wax. This form, unlike electroplating, creates a totally new layer and is actually a science, a method that reflects the best copper use in art.

Thomas Edison used electroforming in his work, as did Michael Faraday, a famous 19th Century physicist and chemist. It was exotic, it was costly, and in the early days, was used to reproduce art pieces.

During this workshop with me, gain insight into the creative process involved in electroforming various organic and non-organic objects to create beautiful and unique jewelry. 
 

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Cuttlefish Casting
Apr
14
to Apr 28

Cuttlefish Casting

Make your own metal sculptures and jewelry while you are learning metalsmithing techniques. Cuttlefish Casting (16 & Up) Cuttlefish casting is a simple and traditional metal casting technique takes advantage of the splendid properties of a finely porous bone-like internal organ that is shared by all members of the cuttlefish family. Because cuttlebone is able to withstand high temperatures and is easily carved, it serves as mold-making material for small metal casting for the creation of jewelry and small sculptural objects. The finished product has a unique wood-grained looking texture.

Meets:

Saturday 04-14-2018 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Saturday 04-28-2018 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

 

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Intermediate Jewelry Wax Carving
Mar
10
5:00 PM17:00

Intermediate Jewelry Wax Carving

Intermediate jewelry wax carving (16 & up) This is an intermediate and advanced level wax carving workshop which will explore in depth wax model making techniques. Students will create either a ring or pendant with cabochon gemstones. Student will have the opportunity to cast at least one of their pieces in metal ( sterling silver), and learn how to set the stone after casting and finishing. All carving tools will be provided in this workshop including carving wax, students are responsible for the cost of casting fee, metal, and gemstones. 

Saturday03-03-2018 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Saturday03-10-2018 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

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Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press
Sep
20
to Oct 4

Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press

Make your own metal sculptures and jewelry while you are learning metalsmithing techniques. Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press (16 & up) Copper and silver sheet can be pressed into three-dimensional forms by applying hydraulic press, using a die to define the shape of the outer edge. It makes forming more accessible, and creates the depth and volume to a personal ornament. Prerequisite: A Beginning Metals and Jewelry class.

Meets:

Wednesday 09-20-20176:00PM - 9:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 09-27-20176:00PM - 9:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 10-04-20176:00PM - 9:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

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Metals and Jewelry (Intermediate II)
Apr
5
to May 3

Metals and Jewelry (Intermediate II)

Make your own metal sculptures and jewelry while you are learning metalsmithing techniques. This course is the extension of Intermediate Metals and Jewelry. You will take one step ahead and learn more about advanced metalsmithing technique. Demonstration includes how to fabricate a hollow form box ring, prong setting cabochon ring. Additional techniques will be shown upon class interest. Students will provide their own materials. Some metals and wire available for purchase at the Art Center. Prerequisite: A beginning Metals and Jewelry class at Cary Arts Center. 

Wednesday04-05-2017 6:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday04-12-2017 6:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday04-19-2017 6:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday04-26-2017 6:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday05-03-2017 6:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

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Beginning Metals and Jewelry
Jan
11
to Feb 15

Beginning Metals and Jewelry

Learn to saw, file, texture, hammer, solder, polish and other basic metalsmithing techniques while creating small sculptures, earrings or pendants. Use hot and cold fabrication techniques to emboss, rivet, embellish, pierce; and solder with an acetylene torch. Metals available for purchase at Center. Class satisfies eligibility for Open Studio Pass. 

Meets:

Wednesday 01-11-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 01-18-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 01-25-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 02-01-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 02-08-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Wednesday 02-15-20176:30PM - 9:30PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center
 

Register this workshop at: Cary Arts Center

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Enameling 101
Jan
8
to Jan 15

Enameling 101

Enameling 101 (16 & up) Enamel means glass fused on metal, in this workshop, you will learn how to play with opaque color powdered enamels alone with basic enameling techniques including kiln-firing, sifting, graffiti, sgraffito to explore the unlimited colors and patterns possibilities with your own creations. Tools will be provided. 1-hour break for lunch each day. Metals can be purchased from the Center. Prerequisite: A Beginning Metals and Jewelry class. 

Meets:

1/8/2017 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

1/15/2017 10:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Register this workshop at: Cary Arts Center

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Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press
Sep
25
to Oct 2

Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press

Effortless Metal Forming by Hydraulic Press (16 & up) Copper and silver sheet can be pressed into three-dimensional forms by applying hydraulic press, using a die to define the shape of the outer edge. It makes forming more accessible, and creates the depth and volume to a personal ornament. Prerequisite: A Beginning Metals and Jewelry class.

Meets:

Sunday09-25-201610:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Sunday10-02-201610:00AM - 5:00PMStudio U50 - Cary Arts Center

Register at: Cary Arts Center

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