5123. Micro-Forming Earrings - Workshop

5123. Micro-Forming Earrings - Workshop

Workshop - Metals | This class has been canceled

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Metals Studio - 209

All levels

11/8/2019-11/9/2019

10:00 AM-5:00 PM EDT on Fri Sat

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$225.00

$202.50

This popular workshop instructs students on all the ins and outs of micro shell formed earrings. Learn to incorporate anticlastic and synclastic forming, fold forming, roll mill and roller print forming, as well as other techniques combined to fabricate earrings. Patten making will be included and focus on symmetrical and asymmetrical formed pairs. Students will leave this workshop well versed in earrings.
A 30lb kit of tools is provided for each student at a rental fee of $30 (payable during class). Students should bring 24 gauge sheet metal of their choice.

Harvin-Kennington, Andrea

Metalsmith Andrea Harvin-Kennington has been involved in the metals industry for more than 25 years. She studied metals in Sweden in the 1980’s and earned her MFA in Metals Design from East Carolina University in 1994. She apprenticed with Betty Helen Longhi from 1995-1997. During her apprenticeship, Andrea began teaching at the Sawtooth School for Visual Art, and still instructs classes there. She has owned and operated Kennington Designs since 1994. In 2009, Andrea established NC Black Co. LLC in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where she and her team craft micro-tools for metalworking.