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Jewelry

Silver Jewelry (Beginning)
Instructor:  Belinda Duclos

Learn design, piercing (sawing), soldering, finishing and stone setting in silver bezels; safe and proper use of the tools as well as sources for tools and supplies. Additional techniques covered are findings, texturing by hand or rolling mill, and embellishing. You may bring your own cabochon stones, if you have something you want to use. There will be stones, glass and silver available to purchase.

Silver Jewelry (All Levels)
Instructor:  Dianne Brooks

Learn design, piercing (sawing), soldering, finishing and stone setting in silver bezels; safe and proper use of the tools as well as sources for tools and supplies. Additional techniques covered are findings, texturing by hand or rolling mill, and embellishing. You may bring your own cabochon stones, if you have something you want to use. There will be stones, glass and silver available to purchase.

Glass Fusing for Jewelry
Instructor:  Dianne Brooks

Learn to fuse your very own dichroic glass cabochons for use in jewelry. You will make about 20-30 pieces in the six-week class. We will cover types of glass, basics of glass cutting, and assembly and kiln firing using dichroic and non-dichroic fusible glass. You will learn what dichroic glass is, how to tell how it should behave, and achieving different effects. Additional material fee of $50.

Wire Wrap Jewelry
Instructor:  Diana Reinhard

Classes are offered for both beginners and advanced students. Participants will progress from the basics to advanced techniques of wire wrapping. Each week, you will be challenged with a new set of parameters. Topics to be covered include: tools, all about wire, what is the difference between a stone and a cabochon, measuring, creating a design, where to shop for supplies, helpful hints, and the ever popular "what to do when things go wrong." Supply list available at registration. Basic wire wrap kit available for purchase ($16) at first class.

Cold Connections for Jewelry - No Soldering
Instructor:  Dianne Brooks

Cold connections are used to connect materials that cannot tolerate heat (paper, plastic, heat-sensitive stones, change color) or that will not join well by soldering (aluminum to copper, highly textured metals, found objects). Examples include jump rings, rivets, hinges, tabs/slots, solderless stone settings and many others. They can be simply functional or become design elements in themselves. That’s up to you.

Enameling: The Basics & Beyond
Instructor:  Dianne Brooks

The Basics will cover safety, tool and material usage, kiln firing procedures, metal preparation, enamel application methods (sifting, wetpacking), discussion with examples of different design techniques (sgraffito, stencils, inclusions, textured surfaces, champleve, cloisonne, plique a jour, painting, etc.). Basic projects will include sgraffito, stencils, inclusions, textured surfaces. Instructor will have die-cut copper forms available. Beyond the Basics will depend on skill level and interest of individual students. Students may choose from advanced techniques such as: champleve or plique a jour, cloisonne on copper or silver, beads, foil, enamel on PMC, etc. $25 material fee will include all enamels and consumable supplies and inclusions, cloisonne wires and tool usage as well as 5 copper pieces to enamel. Additional copper and silver will be available for purchase.

Beginning Beading
Instructor:  Karen Johnson

The Beginning Beading and Design course is an opportunity for interested students to enjoy the art of beading. The class will allow students to advance one step at a time each week as they build a firm foundation for jewelry making. The only requirement is a little patience and a good sense of humor! The instructor will provide supplies for each class with a wide assortment of beads and findings to choose from in a broad price range, from very inexpensive to moderately expensive. As students advance each week, there will be beads left over from the previous week’s course that may be utilized. (Students may bring their own beads, but it is preferred that they wait until after the first class so supplies are somewhat standard.) Instructions will be in lecture form with hands-on demonstrations. Written instructions will be provided for each class. A supply list will be provided the week before, with the exception of the first week. 
Note: This class has a materials fee paid to the instructor.

 

Art Camp for Kids ages 6-12
Instructor: Multiple Instructors

PAINT - DRAW - POTTERY - MIXED MEDIA
Explore different projects and techniques through instruction by teachers experienced with elementary age children. Cost is $50 per student and includes all supplies.
Four 2-week sessions throughout the summer.

Pottery Camp for Teens ages 13-16
Instructor: Jack Vartanian

Learn how to throw, finish and glaze your own unique pottery pieces from the pottery "master" ... Jack Vartanian! Cost is $60 per student and includes all supplies.
Four 2-week sessions throughout the summer.

Video-Making Camp for 7th & 8th Graders
Instructor: Tom Hamilton

Learn to produce movie shorts using video camcorders to shoot material and PC based computers to assemble clips, edit the movie and produce DVDs or YouTube productions.
Two 2-week sessions throughout the summer.