Workshop List
Colors Of The Stone Winter
Skill Level: All
One of the most rewarding aspects about making your own jewelry is seeing your handiwork – the hand of the artist – in your finished pieces. Often times the maker will spend hours beading and stringing the perfect piece only to finish their jewelry with manufactured clasps or other findings. While there is nothing wrong with a well-placed clasp, there’s something beautiful and thrilling of creating your own work from start to finish. Learn wireworking techniques to take your jewelry to a new level with nothing more than a humble spool of copper wire (learn first in copper and then move up to finer grade metals). In this workshop you will easily hand manipulate dead soft wire into various types of links and chain them all together to create one seamless necklace. We will also make a couple of different styles of clasps for the perfect handmade closure. If you love organic looking jewelry you’ll enjoy this fun technique-filled workshop.
Note: If you’re taking my Transformation necklace immediately before this workshop, you’lll have a nice jumpstart on the wirework techniques. However, in these three hours we’ll be taking wireworking to the next level with even more fun link and wire bead styles.
Supplies to bring:
Round nose jewelry pliers
Chain nose jewelry pliers
Bail making pliers – The ones with three different mandrel sizes are great. Wubbers also has pliers in various sizes. For chain making I prefer the medium size. The large ones are great for making clasps.
Small travel anvil or steel bench block
Ball peen hammer. Can be a jewelry chasing hammer or a standard hardware store type ball peen, whatever you own and is comfortable for you to work with.
Wire snips
I small piece of extra fine steel wool
Kit Fee $30 and includes one roll of 16 gauge bare copper wire from Parawire, 10mm beads and crystals, vintage images, patina solution and one clear flat-backed crystal you can add to your necklace as a focal. To learn how to add imagery to the crystal please see my Transformation Necklace workshop as well.
Questions? Email Jen Cushman at jencushmanart@gmail.com
Note: If you’re taking my Transformation necklace immediately before this workshop, you’lll have a nice jumpstart on the wirework techniques. However, in these three hours we’ll be taking wireworking to the next level with even more fun link and wire bead styles.
Supplies to bring:
Round nose jewelry pliers
Chain nose jewelry pliers
Bail making pliers – The ones with three different mandrel sizes are great. Wubbers also has pliers in various sizes. For chain making I prefer the medium size. The large ones are great for making clasps.
Small travel anvil or steel bench block
Ball peen hammer. Can be a jewelry chasing hammer or a standard hardware store type ball peen, whatever you own and is comfortable for you to work with.
Wire snips
I small piece of extra fine steel wool
Kit Fee $30 and includes one roll of 16 gauge bare copper wire from Parawire, 10mm beads and crystals, vintage images, patina solution and one clear flat-backed crystal you can add to your necklace as a focal. To learn how to add imagery to the crystal please see my Transformation Necklace workshop as well.
Questions? Email Jen Cushman at jencushmanart@gmail.com
No Available Dates
