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we're very excited to present this class as it uses materials not often associated with jewelry making while producing very unique one-of-a-kind pieces. we'll be working with concrete, vintage tin, handmade bezels, various sheet metals, papers and ink, to create rich "layered" patinated pieces like the ones we've become so well known for. techniques and demos abound and we'll attach our bezels by exploring both riveting and sweat soldering techniques and then we’ll fill them with concrete - yes concrete! a fabulous material that you can carve, color and embed objects into. we'll further explore the properties of concrete, ways to color it as well as working with it's "sister product". lastly, we'll create a chain that incorporates fragmented chain pieces (we all have some), drilled beach stones and a sari ribbon wrapped bead or two. all levels.

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kit fee: $15        supply list

• your material fee of $15.00 includes sheet metals, a vintage tin bezel, a hand cut copper tube bezel, a sterling silver bezel cup and semi- precious cabochon to embed, all rivet, concrete, and patina materials, pre-drilled lake stones with a demo, silk sari with a demo and more.
  
  Students Should Bring (items with an * can be purchased from our website):
• * jewelry pliers- (a set or round, chain, flat and cutters will give you everything you need)
• * tin shears - a two-hole metal punch - and a mini eyelet setter
• * steel block (preferred) or anvil AND a hammer
• 1 small flat brush and 1 oz. of matte medium or your favorite collage adhesive.
• a small spool of 20 ga. copper or brass wire from the hardware store as it is NOT coated. old broken or discarded chain fragments from your junk heap pile and a couple of beads to incorporate into your chain.
• 1 small rubber stamp (small text, symbols or numbers – just something you like) and staz-on or a permanent black ink pad of your choice.
  
  
• Optional: something tiny to embed into the concrete (we’re supplying a sterling silver bezel cup and cabochon for one piece), 2-3 colored pencils, a cheap electric engraver (sears sells one for marking tools and we’ll have one to share).
• To see pictures of the tools we use and sell, please visit our website at www.burntofferings.com or email questions to: gourdart@burntofferings.com

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Opie and Linda O'Brien are mixed-media artists, authors and workshop instructors, who enjoy pushing the envelope in myriad ways, using organic, recycled and found materials because they seem to have a voice that must be heard, a story that must be told, and a life that would otherwise be too soon forgotten. They consider themselves "caretakers of the mundane and the ordinary" and their unique offerings include jewelry, dada dolls and recyclabots, assemblage, books, collage, masks and more. They are project designers for several publishers and teach art workshops nationally and internationally based on techniques in their book; Metal Craft Discovery Workshop and their upcoming book; Who's Your DADA: Redefining the Doll through Mixed Media. Their work has been featured in over 25 books including Larks 500 Handmade Dolls and 500 Handmade Books, and in magazines including Art Doll Quarterly, Belle Armoire, Somerset Studio, Legacy, Handcrafted and The Craft Report, in addition to art galleries, museum gift shops and both group and solo shows. Opie, an artist and musician, attended SVA in N.Y.C., while Linda is self-taught. New York City transplants, they now live in Ohio on Lake Erie with their cat Angelus and his cat Angel.

For more information about the artists, visit their website and blog at: www.burntofferings.com or http://burntofferings.typepad.com