Starry Night Nature Scene Flush Set Pendant
Visiting Artist - Metals | Registration opens 5/19/2026 9:00 AM EDT
Learn to create a layered magical Starry Night scenic pendant that involves piercing, soldering, texturing and setting little sparkles into a hinged bail pendant. These techniques all open the door to understanding hand fabrication and how to approach more complex and interesting pieces. You'll walk away with a finished pendant and skills to catapult your creative ideas to the next level. Project based learning gives a ton of techniques into a finished piece. All of these techniques can be applied to your own work in a variety of ways.
This is an intermediate level workshop and students should have familiarity with the torch, saw, soldering, basic file and hand tool usage.
Skills covered during the workshop include sawing, soldering, heat control, filing, texturing with bits, forming bails, using and making templates, flush setting, basic hinge making and so many tips, tricks and pointers to bring your ideas to fruition.
A materials/kit fee will be collected, details will be added here when available.
Join us for Sawtooth Luminaries, a long weekend of immersive and intensive workshops in Winston-Salem, NC, from October 2 to 4, 2026.
Sawtooth Luminaries offers an unparalleled long weekend filled with in-depth instruction, communal bonding, and a platform for exchanging ideas and igniting inspiration. Workshops led by innovative leaders in contemporary art and craft deliver an enriching experience for those seeking to take their practice to the next level.
Programming is designed to offer a balanced experience, with structured studio time in Sawtooth’s landmark downtown facilities, communal lunch offerings, and evening events that explore Winston’s reputation as the City of Arts and Innovation
Tuition includes three days of instruction and dedicated studio time, catered lunches, opportunities to socialize with other artists in attendance, and exclusive access to some of the city’s most beloved art institutions. Special rates at The Historic Brookstown Inn, Sawtooth’s preferred lodging partner, are available for enrolled students and guests. (Discount code is provided after registration.)
Registration for Sawtooth Luminaries 2026 opens May 19th! Secure your spot as soon as possible; enrollment will close one month prior to the workshops.
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- A materials/kit fee will be collected, details will be added here when available.
Renee Ford
Renee Ford is a full-time studio jeweler and adult life long metalsmith living in Nashville,Tennessee. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1991 with a BA in 2-D Studio Art (concentrations in Painting and Drawing). She studied Metalsmithing in graduate school also at EIU creating a body of figurative hollowware. In 1994, she opened Blue Moon Jewelry Designs, a fine jewelry store in Eugene, Oregon. She currently makes her own hand fabricated, engraved and cast jewelry, world travel teaches a variety of metalsmithing and jewelry techniques and creates high end contract work for several Nashville designers. She lives with her musician husband and their army of 5 cats.