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Metalworking: Colored Copper & Silver Valentine Necklace $100
February 10 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
This is an intermediate to advanced metalworking skills. Follow this basic design and create your own rustic-style Valentine’s Day necklace from sterling silver and heat-colored copper. The project utilizes cold connections (riveting) to create a framework for copper hearts that are torch-colored red and treated with lacquer to preserve color. The silver pieces are additionally textured by hammering with a ball peen hammer and bent to shape where shown. The pendant is otherwise oxidized with liver of sulfur, and suspended from your choice of silver link chain that can be decorated with beads and spacers. Credit for design inspiration: Allison Norfleet Bruenger.
Please Read: The class fee shown above does not include any materials. You will be charged for materials the day of the class. All materials and tools for classes must be purchased at Beadoholique Bead Shop. This allows us to continue providing you with quality classes.
| Supplies & Tools Needed: Please visit this link for more info on some of the tools used for this class. 24ga sterling silver sheet (for vertical support beam and bail) 22-24ga copper sheet 12ga sterling silver half round wire, minimum 1.5″ 20ga sterling silver round wire for rivets, 2″ 24ga sterling silver round wire for bead drop One 3mm cubic zirconia (optional), etc., matching bead drop Assorted jump rings (connection chain, etc.) Drill bit (for riveting) matching thickness of 20ga wire Narrow diamond bit for enlarging rivet holes Slightly larger drill bit for bur removal, and various other bits for jump ring holes Round wire gauge, used to match drill bits to gauge of rivet wire Xacto knife, scissors, small ruler, paper & pencil Rubber cement (supplied) Sharp scribe Hand saw and blades (2/0), and bur & bit lube Bench pin Hand files Straight flat file (7″ etc.) Steel block Flat nose pliers, soft jaw pliers Large looping pliers (13-20mm) or a ring mandrel Burnisher Other finishing tools you like to use for silver parts Center punch with hammer (not an auto-punch) Drill press (provided) Credit card spacers for riveting Rivet anvil (hexagon-shaped) Riveting hammer and ball peen hammer for riveting/texturing Rawhide mallet (or nylon hammer) Wooden or metal dapping block and dapping punch Small piece of steel wool (about 1×2″ thick) Polishing papers Torch and fuel Soldering station with block for heating copper Soldering tweezers Bowl for fresh water mixture (mixture provided) Fresh pickle solution (provided) Paper towel for use as a brush with lacquer Toothpick that is filed to a sharp end to clear out lacquer from holes (lacquer is supplied for this class) LOS (supplied for class) ProPolish pads Silver Glory (supplied for class) Magnifiers/readers are highly recommended for a successful class experience (even if you wear contacts or glasses)! | Techniques Used: Metalworking, rivets, heat patina, texturing, sawing metal, filing, etc. Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced Prerequisite: Prior metalworking classes using torches, hammers, saws, files, etc. Instructor: Shauna Three ways to sign up: Click here Send me an email Give me a call at 832-674-9005 |
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1. Classes will begin on time! All students must arrive early for class. Even if you have already purchased supplies for the class, it takes time for everyone to set up and settle in. Students arriving late will need to re-schedule. Please be respectful of others by arriving early for class.
2. All beads, materials, and tools are available for purchase at the bead shop. We appreciate you purchasing materials and tools at the bead shop so that we may continue offering you the best classes around.