5149. Tool Making for the Metalsmith

5149. Tool Making for the Metalsmith

Workshop - Metals | This class has been canceled

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

Metals Studio - 209

all levels

5/16/2020-5/17/2020

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

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$225.00

$202.50

Learn how to work tool steel and about tempering and hardening. Learn to profile and polish steel rod to create punches for chasing and repoussé, fluting and lining tools or even a mini-sinusoidal stake. A kit fee of $40 includes use of tools, and materials for several tools you’ll keep and love! Students should bring a propane or MAPP gas plumber’s torch. Join the owners of NC Black for this unique workshop.

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.