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Learn to make this beautiful necklace with matching earrings. If you haven’t had a chance to work with enamel on copper, this is the perfect opportunity. In this class you’ll learn how to torch fire enamel and how to make soldered attachments. You will also learn a simple technique for making your own enamel on copper beads that you can use in your own creations. ‘Turn over a new leaf’ and join the fun.
Turning Leaves
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kit fee: $3 supply list
- A $3.00 kit fee will be charged and includes the following:
- Copper tubing for beads
- Enamel powders in a variety of colors
- Silver solder and flux
- Pickle solution
- Liver of sulfur
- Students should bring the following tools to class:
- 14 or 16 gauge copper wire for jump rings – 3 to 4 feet should be plenty
- 24 gauge copper sheet approx 6 inches x 9 inches.
- Round nose and flat nose pliers, Scissors, Metal shears or tin snips suitable for cutting 24 gauge sheet metal, Wire cutters – flush cutters preferred but not essential
- Tweezers
- Small hammer
- Small butane torch for soldering (crčme Brule variety will work nicely)
- Soldering pad or firebrick for soldering on
- 2 Small plastic containers to hold water for quenching and pickle solution
- Fine sandpaper, sanding block or Scoth-brite type pad for cleaning and polishing
- Small inexpensive brush for applying flux
- Jeweler’s saw and #2 blades for cutting jump rings
- Bench Pin and Bench Block
- Resources: supplies and tools can be found at the following
- www.monsterslayer.com
- www.riogrande.com
- www.sfjssantafe.com
- www.contenti.com
I have had a life-long love affair with art and ‘making stuff’. I began working with metal in 1969 as an assistant to Carmel, CA metal sculptor Malcom Moran. After a brief period of operating my own metal sculpture studio and gallery, I entered the teaching profession. For the past 30 years I have taught art and photography in public school. More recently I have turned to making found-object jewelry as an outlet for my metal work and have been teaching jewelry making classes to adults at various venues in the Southwest. My work has been featured in ‘Step-by-Step Wire Jewelry’ and ‘Jewelry Artist’ magazines and included in Susan Lenart-Kazmer’s book ‘Making Connections’. My artwork can be viewed at www.rsalley.com.
