Jewelry Subtracting and Adding – Carving and Construction
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Armory Art Center 811 Park Place, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Armory Art Center
The Armory's Visiting Master Artist Workshops give aspiring artists the chance to study with the best of today’s master artists in the areas of ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, painting and drawing.
Taught by James Meyer
February 3-5, 2023, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (1 hour break)
Tuition: $460, Lab Fee: $30
Class Description: The act of carving leads naturally to a different visual vocabulary of form than that of fabrication in sheet and wire. This class will explore the carving of non-metal materials. This could be wood, plastic, or ©Richlite (a material comprised of recycled paper in a natural resin). Additionally, the class will cover metal fabrication processes, utilizing silver, gold, or copper-based alloys, in order to embellish and make functional the carved forms. Students will be free to make pieces of jewelry or small-scale objects. Metal processes will include the use of stakes and hammers, small-scale forging, soldering, and cold joinery. This course is designed for students with a basic knowledge of jewelry construction techniques, i.e. basic soldering, forming, and finishing of metal.