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Lectures & Workshops

Contact me if you would like to take one of these as a private (1 person - $200/day),  semi-private (2 people - $100/day/person), or group (3+ $75/day/person) or as a workshop at your club.   Arrangement can be made by contacting The Silversmith. 

Chasing & Repousse: 
  • Lecture: Chasing & Repousee - Revival of an Ancient Art.  
  • Workshop:
    • Beginner
      • Learn the basics of chasing & repousse, lining, repousse, chasing, planishing, texturing.  (4 days)
      • Make a celtic knot panel (copper) that will be riveted to a leather cuff.  (4 days)
    • Advanced Beginner 
      • Build upon and improve your chasing & repousse skills including other ways to transfer designs and use other tools for textures. (4 days)
      • Ginkgo leaf medallion (copper), you will also learn how to solder the frame and loop to hang from a chain or use it as a key fob. (3 days)
    • Intermediate 
      • Make A Memento Box using a small mint tin - requires Intermediate chasing & repousse skills (1 day)
      • Chasing & Repousse Tool Making - Learn when to make a tool your own tools;  taken after Advanced Beginner or before the Advanced skills workshop. (2 days): 
    • Advanced 
      • Cuff Making - Learn to measure for a custom cuff; solder on a frame, work your design and form the cuff.

General Skills:
  • Forging Basics
  • Viking Knit 
  • Fold Forming Basics
  • Soldering Basics - from small to large flames, heat control, chip and stick soldering
  • Chain Maille 
  • Sinking a Bowl 
  • Polishing - to make your metal sparkle!
  • The Alchemy of Patina 
  • Keum-Boo - Adding Gold to your Silver work
  • Boxes
  • Synclastic and Anticlastic forming
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