August 1st - 2nd, 2015 Workshop - Lisa Barth - Designing From the Stone Paige 10:00 AM 0 comments

Canceled

"Designing from the Stone"

*with Lisa Barth*

This workshop defines the technique of Bezel Setting with Metal Clay and teaches how to "listen to the stone" before designing the setting.  Design principles are applied and illustrated to help you learn to think like a designer and respond to what is inherently offered in the stone.  The goal is to create a harmony between the stone and the metal setting.

Saturday
Power point presentation
Stone analysis - time to sketch ideas individually
Group huddle and critique of stone analysis and sketches

Templates created from final versions of sketches

Demo of making tabbed bezel wire
Tabbed bezels are made and fired
Backing plates made and bezels embedded to dry over lunch

Lunch

Work on pieces, refine and dry
Fire first round of pieces

Sunday
Fix and fill fired pieces if needed
Burnish fired pieces

Demo bezel setting
File the seams of bezels
Patina - Liver of Sulfur all pieces

Lunch

Custom fitting of bezels before setting
Setting the stones
Hand finishing the setting of the pendant

Enjoy your new piece and all the skills you've learned!!!

If you are interested in this workshop please contact Michelle at:  mross50@sbcglobal.net

Where:

Paige's Studio

Culver City, CA Just west of Centinela Avenue off Washington Boulevard.

Address provided when you sign up for a workshop or join New Metal Artists.  

When: 

Most workshops, including this one, happen from

10:00am - 6:00pm

Lunch:

Please bring your own lunch.

On hand for all to share;

Coffee, tea, water, cups, plates, utensils, and napkins.     

Class Materials:

List provided to participants in due time before the workshop

Tools for General Use:

Please see The Studio post.