5132. Cold Connections and Alternative Settings

5132. Cold Connections and Alternative Settings

Workshop - Metals | This class has been canceled

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

Metals Studio - 209

All levels

4/6/2024 (one day)

9:30 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Sat

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$120.00

$108.00

$15.00

Learn some great techniques to expand how you capture stones or incorporate other materials into your jewelry designs.

 

Cold connections will cover flush, tube and decorative rivets which allow you to combine metals without heat. They can also be used to add depth and movement. Alternative settings consists of designing and cutting tabs, plus forming and soldering prongs to hold a variety of stones. With a focus on pendants, you will start new projects incorporating these techniques. You may also bring an unfinished piece to work on. Many tips, one-on-one design feedback and individual technical support will help you feel comfortable using these new skills right away. 

 

Recommended materials to bring from home:

20 gauge sheet metal, silver, copper, brass (or variety)

 

Material fee of $15 will cover silver tubing and a variety of sterling wire sizes.

Some tumbled stones and metals will be available to purchase, if desired.

Clark, Thea

Thea Clark is recent transplant to Greensboro from New Jersey where she was a 2012 New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellow. Her artwork includes jewelry, sculpture, and installation. She has exhibited widely with solo shows at the New Jersey Center of Visual Arts, Velvet DaVinci (San Francisco), a two person show at The Houston Center of Contemporary Craft (Houston). National and international exhibitions including: The Museum of Art and Design (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (Arnhem, NL), University of Birmingham (Great Britain), Textile Museum (Washington D.C.), The Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, MA), Newark Museum, State Museum (Trenton, NJ), Noyes Museum (Oceanville, NJ), Rochester Institute of Technology (NY), Jersey City and Kean Universities (NJ), among others. She has sold her work at American Craft Council, Sausalito Art Festival, and Smithsonian Craft shows. Publications include seven books in the US and Europe, and exhibition catalogues. She was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center (artist grant), visiting artist at Boise State University, and has given artist talks at Glassell School of Art (Houston), Rutgers University- Robeson Gallery (Newark, NJ). She has taught at Peters Valley School of Craft (Layton NJ), the Visual Arts Center of NJ, and the former Arts Workshop in Newark, NJ. She also enjoyed six summers teaching children metals and enameling at Frenchwoods Festival of the Arts (NY).