Stamped Silver Earrings with Faceted Stones

Stamped Silver Earrings with Faceted Stones

Adult | This class is completed

286 Whisconier Rd, PO Box 122 Brookfield, CT 06804 United States

Jewelry Studio

Beginner

Saturday, April 27, 2024 (one day)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sat

$179.00

Make your very own sophisticated earrings while learning new jewelry skills. Students will practice on copper sheets before advancing to silver where they will cut the silver sheets with a disc cutter and use stamps to create their own design and texture. They will then add dimension by hammering the earrings into domes and create a step bezel using round and setting burs.

Each student will solder wire to the back and work harden to make earring posts.

Using liver of sulphur to darken, then sand and polish all raised areas for contrast.
Lastly, they will set sparkly stones and burnish.

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    There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.

    Members will have the $4 fee deducted from the tuition.
    A Materials fee of $49.00 is included in the tuition.

     

    ** Class size is limited to 6


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    Please note that classes at Brookfield Craft Center must meet a minimum number of registrations for the class to run. Students will be notified within a week's notice whether their class will be held. If the class is canceled due to low enrollment, students may request to be transferred to another class or be refunded in full.

Sherman, MaryAnne

Mary Anne Sherman been creating jewelry since 1989. Initially self-taught, she took metalsmithing classes at Rhode Island School of Design and Brookfield Craft Center in order to learn traditional jewelry techniques. Her inspiration comes from the hidden rhythm under the chaos of nature, especially the sea. Her work has been sold in galleries throughout the U.S. She has taught jewelry making workshops in her studio as well as Mystic Museum of Art in Mystic, CT, and Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program in Williamsburg, MA

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