Creating with Silhouette Dies & Making Hollow Forms : Hydraulic Press Part 2
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Creating with Silhouette Dies & Making Hollow Forms : Hydraulic Press Part 2
In this class students will learn how to safely use the hydraulic press with silhouette dies and the tools associated with them. Silhouette dies create raised, 3-dimentional shapes and forms that can be incorporated into jewelry.
We'll go over how to prepare your metal, how to use a silhouette die, design options, annealing, how to use a jewelers saw, how to file, texturing metal, soldering and finishing work.
Students will be given demonstrations on creating pendants and earrings.
*** Registration Closes 4/27/25 :
There is a $4 registration fee included in tuition.
Members will have the $4 deducted from tuition.
There is a $47.00 materials fee included in tuition.
This class is held in the Jewelry Studio which is beneath the Gallery.
There will be a set of steps to walk down.
Please note that classes at Brookfield Craft Center must meet a minimum number of 2 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.
Lori Meehan
Lori Meehan, the metalsmith and designer behind LMM Design, creates handcrafted jewelry using modern and ancient techniques. She grew up in rural western New York State and went to college in Rochester, NY and London, England where she studied marketing. While working in the hectic television industry in NYC and looking for a creative release, she discovered the art of creating jewelry in 2002.
After moving to Connecticut in 2008, she found the Brookfield Craft Center and this is where her love (addiction) for working with metal started. She has studied with well known artists and masters from around the country.
Finding inspiration in nature, geometric patterns and architectural elements, she works primarily in 24k gold, fine silver, silver and semi precious gemstones, using various techniques including Keum-boo, fold-forming, anticlastic and synclastic forming, forging, cold-connections and more.
“I enjoy the process of taking a flat piece of metal or a straight piece of wire and creating shapes, forms, textures and sculptures. I love the way in which lines and curves play against each other and the movement they create. Sometimes my creative process is planned out, and other times it's spontaneous and I won’t know what I’m making until the piece is complete.”
She is a member of the Nutmeg Collective and has been featured in the Connecticut Magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide and in Handmade Business Magazine. Her work can be found in many galleries and stores throughout Connecticut and New York.
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