Prayer Boxes in Jewelry

Susan Lenart Kazmer

Build distinctive personal metal structures in a jewelry art form that is reminiscent of past cultures. In India, these forms are meant to hold special prayers, goals or messages and bring them to fruition. As an American artist, I construct these forms using an array of fabricated metal, wire and found objects. Techniques include Cold connection techniques include attachments by drawing a bead, cold knots, dimensional rivets and alternative cold join forms. Learn an array of new ideas, be introduced to a variety of new tools and finish a pendant prayer box. As time allows build a dimensional wire ring structure and metal forms and work with resin.

Supply List:

• 6 hour workshop- Kit fee silver round bezel, transparent paper forms, use of resin, some 18 gauge silver wire for ring form, sheet metal, copper wire rivets and expendables.
  
  
• Please Bring- hammer, anvil, needle nose pliers, chain nose pliers, wire snips, tin snips (or jewelers saw, blades and bench pin), small file,
  
  
• optional- interesting paper, tissue, ink and ink stamps, oil pastels, more silver wire, (I will provide copper wire and sheet metal as you need)