In this fun workshop you will learn how to apply Lazertran decals to metal and use a jeweler’s saw to cut out your image. Constructing hats, crowns and other accessories from metal using tin snips and hand drills is the next step. Demonstrations of cold connections such as rivets and nuts and bolts will give you options for attaching your accessories to your image. A pin back that can be converted into a necklace bail will finish off your pixie, allowing you to wear it proudly! You should have time to complete at least two pixies in class. Previous experience with a jeweler’s saw is preferred, but not absolutely necessary.
Kit Fee: $15
Supply List:
(If you are serious about making jewelry, you will probably want to buy these!)
- Jeweler’s saw (www.riogrande.com item# 110-041)
- Bench pin (www.riogrande.com item# 110-010)
- Small ball peen hammer (www.riogrande.com item# 112-205)
- Fiskar’s hand drill (www.fiskars.com)
- Bench block (www.volcanoarts.biz -metal top with wood base)
- Small clamps (American Tool Quick Grip Micro Bar Clamp -available @ Lowe’s, etc.)
- Fiskar’s Microtip Softtouch Scissors (www.fiskars.com -under craft scissors)
- Rawhide/nylon mallet
- Thin gauge metal from candy and cookie tins,etc.
- Metal pieces for decorations
- Flush cutters
Teacher will Provide: (I will have some tools for you to use, but you won’t have to wait in line if you bring your own.)
- Adhesives
- Jeweler’s saws
- Fiskar’s hand drill
- Bench pins
- Bench blocks
- Clamps
- Center punch (www.riogrande.com item# 118-111)
- Rawhide mallet
- Flush cutters
- Riveting hammer
- Hammer
- Metal files
- Alphabet metal stamps
Kit Fee Includes:
- Prepped nickel silver with decal (2)
- Saw blades
- Drill bit
- Rivets
- Nuts and bolts
- Pin backs
- Socket wrench
