Basic Jewelry Stone Setting Techniques
Students Will Learn Basic Gem Stone Setting Techniques For :

Prong and crown settings
Bezel Settings
Channel settings
Bearing settings
Demonstration Participation Limit - 16
Hands on Participation Limit - 8, contact hours 28

Requirement:

General Jewelry Studio with soldering stations and bench pins set up for at least 8 students

Supplies:

24, 5mm round faceted CZs
30, 3mm round faceted CZs
24 silver 4 or 6 prong die struck heads
Calibrated stone setting burrs for the above stones
Burnishes, stone setting pliers, Flex shaft machine with variable chuck attachment

24K Kum-Boo Technique With Fold Forming

Kum-Boo 24K gold overlay technique is a stunning way to add the color and the richness of high karat gold to sterling silver jewelry designs. Students will learn how to make their own overlay 24K gold foil from a pure gold ingot. Student will design and fabricate a simple sterling fold form brooch and apply Kum-Boo to their designs. Each student will leave the class with a completed sterling and gold art object. 3'x2' Sterling Silver 18 gauge Silver Solder – Medium and Hard 2 inches of 12 gauge round Sterling Silver Wire Agate Burnisher (Tungsten-Good, regular steel burnisher would be OK, but not preferred) 1 - 10" Serrated with Blunt Ends Tweezer (Non Locking) Leather gloves Sharp Scissors to cut through gold foil 2 Sheets of Tracing Paper

Applied Fold Form Technique For Jewelers And Metalsmiths

Fold Form technique can easily be adapted to the creation of fine jewelry and hollowware in precious metals. When fold forms are "decked" they become structurally solid hollow forms that can be cut and redecked into an infinite variety of art objects. This class will focus on the design and creation of hollow form jewelry objects in precious metals with emphasis on craftsmanship and surface treatments. Students who attend this class should have some previous experience creating and planishing fold formed objects and have a good understanding of high temperature silver solder soldering technique.

Studio Requirements:

Rolling Mill
Planishing stakes
Hammers
Strong bench mounted vise
Forging Anvil

Recommended Student Tools And Supplies:

Rawhide or plastic mallet
Small and medium forging hammer (smooth or polished)
Small and medium cross peen hammer (smooth or polished)
Small and medium planishing hammer (smooth or polished)
6-8 inch vise with smooth or polished jaws (sturdy mount)
4" x 6" 22ga. Fine Silver Sheet (1/student)
6" x 6" 22ga. Sterling Silver sheet (1/student)
Medium and Hard silver solder ( 2' of 20ga. wire solder each)
Karat gold sheet (optional)
Cotton lace
Dapping blocks and punches
Oxy/Gas torches
Med. and easy silver solder and soldering set up
Polished butter knife (1/student)
Rolling Mill
Scribe, sketch pad, rubber cement
Aviation snips
Finishing files
16ga steel binding wire
Jewelers saw
Burnishes
Fabric for roller printing
EYE AND EAR PROTECTION

Fold Form Techniques In Ferrous Metals For Blacksmiths And Metalsmiths

Jewelers Fold Forming techniques can be modified and interpreted in larger scale using blacksmith and steel fabrication techniques. Design pattern layout is essentially the same for fold forming in non-ferrous metals but heavier thicknesses and larger steel objects often require high working temperatures and specialized tools used buy blacksmiths. This workshop will demonstrate a variety of fold forms in 1/16 - 3/16 mild steel plate. Students should have some experience with blacksmithing technique and completely understand the etiquette and safety requirements used in blacksmith studios. Hands On Participation Workshop Limit - 12, 18 contact hours Hands on workshop Demonstration Workshop only - Limit - 20, 6 hours

Recommended Tools And Supplies:

Complete blacksmith studio with gas forge
4 anvils and 2 post vise (or similar sturdy vise)
Supplies:1/16 mild steel plate, 3/16 mild steel plate
EYE AND EAR PROTECTION

Steel Vs. Copper: Experimental Forging Techniques For Jewelers

This workshop will introduce the Jeweler/Metalsmith to the premeditated forging process used in basic blacksmithing technique. The forms and techniques being demonstrated in steel will become the inspiration for the student to design a collection of smaller scale forged elements in non-Ferris metal. These small forged elements will then become prototype forms for future jewelry designs. Students will learn basic blacksmith techniques and get a chance to work directly with forging hot mild steel, the forms and techniques demonstrated in mild steel will then be interpreted into designs using hot and cold forged 1/4 inch copper rod. 20 contact hours, Limit 12 students

Recommended Tools And Supplies:

Complete blacksmith studio with gas forge
4 anvils and 2 post vise (or similar sturdy vise)
Supplies:
12 feet ½ inch mild steel square rod, 6 feet round or square ¼ inch pure copper wire EYE AND EAR PROTECTION

Steel And Bronze Forging Techniques For Sculptors And Metalsmiths
This workshop is open to anyone, novice or skilled, who is interested in learning the basic skills or honing his or her skills of hand forging non-leaded bronze (naval bronze) and mild steel. Ira will demonstrate traditional blacksmith forging techniques for forming these metals into sculptural and utilitarian objects. This hands-on workshop will place equal emphasis on aesthetics and technique. 20 contact hours, Limit 12 students

Supplies:

12 feet ½ inch mild steel square rod, 6 feet round or square ¼ inch pure copper wire

PLANT CELL PHYSIOLOGY AS ARTISTIC INSPIRATION

Often the results of a scientific discovery becomes the inspiration for artistic expression. Students rarely have a chance to get a formal introduction to the creative process of melding two seemingly unrelated academic disciplines. This 6-8 week class will teach the basic use of traditional microscopes and the use of a computer enhanced optical microscope to examine specimens of plant cells and later modify optical images of these cells into 2 dimensional computer generated color artwork.

7 Contact Hours

Maximum Student Participation - 12, All students will receive basic introduction on the use of a microscope, plant cell physiology, and rules of abstract graphic design. Students will be divided into teams of 5 students to identify a plant specimen, prepare a microscope slide of the specimen and transform the microscopic cell image into a artistic graphic image.

Techniques:

Basic slide preparation
Basic microscope technique
Basic computer processes including applying graphic filters to photographs of microscopic specimens.

Supplies:

5 good quality 30-120x microscopes with illumination
Two color ink jet cartridges
Microscope slides and cover slips
20 page personal sketch pad of 8 x 10 paper (homemade pads are just fine)
Blank CDs

Students Requirements:

Science laboratory etiquette requires students to be attentive and courteous to each other and be able to work together as a team. Not every student will be doing the same procedure and students will need to be able to explain and share to each member of the team what they have learned. No food, drinks or gum is ever allowed in the science lab.