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:
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.
- Beginner
- 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