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Currently I am not holding classes on a schedule, but if you are interested in one please contact me. If you can gather up a few of your friends who would be interested in learning, an option would be to hold a lesson in your home, and I will come to you! Basic Bead Stringing | Byzantine Chain | Earrings | Link Bracelet Mosaic Pendant | Wire Crochet | Solitaire Ring Wirework I | Wirework II | Wirework III | Wireweaving (TBA) Tools for jewelry making: * Wire cutters or nail clippers Learn how to lay out your design, string and crimp so you can create your own necklaces and bracelets. Materials needed: Beading wire, beads, clasp, soldered jump rings (included with some clasps), crimp tubes, spacers and basic tools This is a chain-maille technique of weaving jump rings together to form a chain. Great practice for opening and closing rings. Materials Needed: Jump rings. 2 pairs of chain nose pliers, (or 1 chain nose and one flat nose), a scrap piece of wire a few inches in length, a few beads (optional), clasp Learn to make chandelier, cluster, simple drop, and briolette drop earrings. Materials needed: Chandelier earring components, headpins, jump rings or chain, earwires, small- to medium-sized beads, 20-22 gauge wire, chain-nose pliers, round-nose pliers, wire cutters. This is an excellent opportunity to learn the basics of wire. Learn to make simple loops and wrapped loops, as well as you own s-clasp. Materials needed: 20 gauge wire, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, wire cutters, medium to large beads, bead caps (optional). This is a great use for bead mixes or your leftover odds & ends. I'll teach you to make the frame and then fill it in with beads. Thank you to Eni Oken for teaching me this design! Materials Needed: 16-gauge and 26-gauge wire, small to medium beads, large jump ring, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, wire cutters, hammer & bench block. Learn how to make multi-strand necklaces using the most basic of crochet stitches and finish off professionally with cones. Materials needed: 28 gauge wire, 2 cones, 6" of 20-gauge wire, clasp, extender chain (optional), medium- to large beads, 6-9mm crochet hook, round-nose pliers, chain-nose pliers, wire cutters. This is a ring people will say, “You made that?” Learn how to manipulate the wire to form a beautiful pronged ring, with a facetted stone set in it. Materials needed: Please ask for the specific list. This class will help you learn wire techniques and incorporate them into link style jewelry, including simple loops, wire wrapped loops, jump rings, caged beads, spirals, swan clasps, and figure 8 links. This class would be best suited to those who have worked with wire before or taken the Link Bracelet and Solitaire Ring class. Materials needed: 16 gauge dead soft copper or sterling wire, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, wire cutters, 4-5 large beads, hammer & bench block. Optional: bead caps, large jump rings (8-10mm). Wirework II: (Prerequisite Wirework I) In this class we will make a link bracelet incorporating more wirework techniques to create a variety of links and we’ll discuss oxidation techniques. Materials needed: Dead soft sterling wire (16, 20 & 24/26ga), large jump rings (8-10mm, 16 gauge), round nose pliers, chain-nose pliers, wire cutters, large beads, hammer & bench block. Wirework III: (Prerequisite Wirework II) More wire links to add to your repertoire: love knot, easy link, double helix, triangle spiral, twisted wire horseshoe, infinity link, and freeform clasp. Materials needed: Dead-soft copper or sterling wire in gauges 16, 20, & 26, round-nose pliers, chain-nose pliers without teeth, wire cutters, pen or pencil, hammer & bench block, drill (optional). Wireweaving: TBA
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