2205 - Beginning Jewelry/Small Metals/Silversmithing & Bench Skills
Course Overview
Prepare to be adorned! This beginning course provides the fundamental techniques for the design and creation of handcrafted jewelry.
Starting with a series of sterling silver rings, you learn how to size, texture, chase, file, form, silver solder with an acetylene torch, saw, pierce, drill, oxidize,
hand-finish from satin to high polish, and follow safe studio practices. Your next project will involve fabricating a bezel cup and setting a cabochon stone.
We will work with sterling silver, fine silver, copper, brass and semi-precious stones. Local supply sources will be addressed, as well as working lavishly within a limited budget.
Note: A materials fee of $125 payable to Kristin Diener (check), Venmo (@kristin-diener) or cash will be collected at the first class meeting.
Kristin Diener, MFA
info@kristindiener.com
Note: This class is limited to four students.
What You'll Learn
• Learn the fundamentals of design and creation of handcrafted jewelry
• Learn to size, texture, chase/stamp, file, form and silver solder
• Learn the tools of the jewelry-making trade and to follow safe studio practices.
Who Should Attend
Appropriate for beginning jewelry-makers and more experienced students who have not taken 2205 Beginning Jewelry/Small Metals/Silversmithing & Bench Skills.Additional Information
Please note the following:
1. Masks Are Currently Not Required.
2. Do Not Attend Class If You Do Not Feel Well, Or If You Have Tested Positive For COVID-19, Or If You Have Been Exposed to a Person/Persons Who Have Tested Positive.
3. If You Have Tested Positive for COVID, use this calculation to know whether to attend class or not:
Count the day you test positive as Day 0 and go 10 days from that. Test Negative on the day you return.
I will continue the emphasis on socially distanced workstations, individual tool kits, extensive cleaning, and smaller class size. ALL students will continue to practice excellent studio sanitation protocol such as frequent hand washing, use of disinfecting hand gel and wipes, cleaning tools you use as you go that are not in your individual tool kit, staying home if you do not feel well, excellent coughing/sneezing/hygiene protocol, and following all Diener Studio requirements.
The always-in-place studio safety protocols of shop apron, wrap around safety glasses, closed toe shoes, non-drapey non-flammable clothing, hair/bangs pulled back, no food eaten in the studio, ventilation, and wearing a particulate respirator when Enameling remain ongoing.
If you have your own safety glasses bring them with you. Bring water to drink as there is no vending machine.
UNM Tuition Remission
UNM Staff, Faculty, and Retirees: This class is eligible for UNM Tuition Remission under Personal Enrichment.