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Metalworking: Colored Copper & Silver Valentine Necklace $100

February 10 @ 11:00 am 4:00 pm

colored copper and silver valentine necklace

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

Please Read: 

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.