Classes

• + @ Baubles & Beads
  • Basic Metalsmithing
  • Basic Soldering
  • Basic Stringing
  • Basic Wire Work
  • Beads and Leather Bracelet
  • Double-Sided Bezels and Soldering with Beads
  • Enameling on Curved Forms
  • Fandango Necklace
  • Fold Form Cuff
  • Fused Sterling Rings
  • Hand Fabricated Chains
  • Handmade Prongs
  • Intro to Enameling
  • Pearl Cluster
  • Polishing with Power Tools
  • Pretty Wire Rings
  • Revolving Ring
  • Soldering and Enameling
  • Stone Setting: Bezels
  • Textured and Formed Jewelry
  • Transparent Enamels with Texture
• – @ Silvera Jewelry School
  • 5 Week Guided Metalsmithing Workshop
  • Art of Soldering Retreat
  • Earrings and Beads Nest Suite
  • Etching Workshop: Etching Sterling, Copper, Brass & More
  • Jewelry Illustration: How to draw your designs
  • Lost Wax Casting Retreat
  • Lost Wax: Figurative Wax Carving
  • Lost Wax: Molds and Hollow Waxes
  • Lost Wax: Stone Setting in Wax
  • Rolling Mill Workshop
  • Solder your Jewelry: Production Soldering Techniques
  • Stone Setting Suite Retreat
  • Torch Fired Enameling Workshop - 2 days

Tool Making Workshop

Sunday, February 19, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Cost: $120.00

An important part of metalsmithing is making and modifying tools. Learn how to shape and polish hammers for better performance and custom texture. Make custom stamps for decoration. Anneal and temper steel for easier polishing and durability. These same skills can be used to go on and reshape, reuse and recycle tools new and old into useful solutions for your metal work. Materials required: hammer to polish and tool steel. 

Prerequisites:

 Any metalsmithing class with Joe Silvera or equivalent skill. Basic Metalsmithing recommended. 

Location: Silvera Jewelry School, Berkeley

Instructor: Joe Silvera

Upcoming Schedule
No upcoming occurences at this time.