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  • $150 or 6 monthly payments of $25

Put A Lid On It!

In this course, you will learn to fabricate small metal containers with tension-fitted lids. Will you make a pillbox, poison ring, or treasure box? The choice is yours! Techniques covered will include die forming with a hydraulic press, scoring and bending for angular boxes, larger-scale soldering, tension-fit lid construction, and hollow construction. Beginning jewelry-making skills are helpful for this course.
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  • $100 or 4 monthly payments of $25

Architectural Ambiance

In this class, students will learn to hand saw multiples or use pancake dies in the hydraulic press to quickly and efficiently cut out shapes to be used for earrings. The shapes will then be manipulated by cutting slotted joinery, scoring and bending, forming, and soldering to create more complex shapes for truly unique earrings!
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  • $100 or 4 monthly payments of $25

Can't Pin Me Down: Pinned Earrings

**A Smith "Little Torch" is necessary for this class.** In this class, you will learn to create beautiful earrings made from pinned chain elements. Sheet metal chain elements will be cut either by hand with a jewelers saw, or with pancake dies in the hydraulic press. Students will learn “pinning” – balling up a wire on either side of the chain elements as well as pinning beads made from glass, stone, shell etc.
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  • $100 or 4 monthly payments of $25

Hinged Hoop Earrings

In this class, students will learn how to make hinged hoop earrings. We'll cover riveted hinges, as well as "pinned" hinges with the little torch. You'll learn how to texture metal for your hoop earrings with impression dies in the hydraulic press as well as various other methods of texturing including stamping and different hammer textures.
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  • $125 or 5 monthly payments of $25

Married Metals

In this course, students will learn to create beautiful pieces of sheet metal combining different metals using a technique known as marriage of metals. Married metal techniques covered will include solder inlay and puzzle inlay. These techniques give the metal the appearance of being a single piece composed of 2 or more different types of metal. Stamping, embossing, and piercing will also be covered.
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  • $150 or 6 monthly payments of $25

Flourishing Filigree

In this course, we will cover techniques used in the fabrication and construction of handmade filigree.  You will learn how to create the framework for filigree designs, make your own filigree wire, and fill the framework with filigree for pendants, rings, earrings, chains, etc.  This course is recommended for students who have basic silversmithing or jewelry making skills including sawing, soldering, and finishing.
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Hi, I'm Lynette.

I began jewelry making as an awkward 8th grader in a silversmithing class at my junior high school.  We soldered,  enameled, melted metal, and caught the tables on fire.  It was the best part of my adolescence.  In college, I earned both a Bachelors and a Masters of Fine Arts in Metals and Jewelry.  I've been teaching jewelry and metalsmithing classes since 2007.  I've been lucky enough to teach at some of the best jewelry schools and community centers around, including Mesa Art Center in Mesa, AZ, Baltimore Jewelry Center in Baltimore, MD, Peters Valley School of Craft in Layton, NJ, Pocosin Arts in Columbia, NC, Fuse Makerspace in Albuquerque, NM, The Ranch Center for Arts and Crafts in Snohomish, WA, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Doha, Qatar, as well as other schools that there isn't space to name! I love teaching people how to work with their hands and fall in love with the processes and techniques involved in jewelry making.  I love that you can spend a lifetime learning this craft and only scratch the surface of what there is to know.  I'd love to share my passion with you. 
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