Make luminous and lightweight wings for pendants, earrings, mobiles, sculptures and dolls in this experimental workshop. Expand your technical repertoire with these useful techniques: decorative wire working, coloring resin, attaching and painting acetate films and using interference pigments. Students will create a variety of wing shapes, starting with simple leaf-like pieces, advancing to more ornate wrapped pendants and layered pieces with painted embellishments.
Supply List:
- 18 gauge stainless steel wire
- 24 gauge brass wire
- flat nose pliers
- round nose pliers
- cutting pliers
- optional embellishments: tiny seed beads, Swarovski flat-backs
- fine tip paint brush
- medium size cheap brush
- white glue with nozzle tip
A Little About ME
Cynthia Thornton is the proprietor of Green Girl Studios, a metal jewelry component company specializing in sculptural beads, pendants and charms cast in pewter, silver and bronze. She is also the author of the popular book ‘Enchanted Adornments - Creating Mixed Media Jewelry with Metal clay, Wire, resin and More’ and contributes to ‘Stringing’ magazine and several other jewelry-based publications. Cynthia is from Orlando, FL and is alumni of The Columbus College of Art and Design, where she met her husband, fellow artist and business partner, Greg Ogden. They have two charming children, Azalea (6) and Max (19 months) who will hopefully carry on the family business. They are located in beautiful Asheville, NC.
