Classes

• – Beginner Classes
  • Basic Jewelry: Bezel Setting Stones & Hollow Pendant
  • Basic Jewelry: Sawing and Soldering
  • Fold Forming Workshop
  • Fused Sterling Rings
  • Intro to Metals
  • Intro to Soldering
  • Lost Wax Casting Retreat
  • Ribbon Ring
  • Rolling Mill Workshop
  • Tool Making Workshop
  • Torch Fired Enameling
  • Torch Fired Enameling 4 Week Course
• + Guided Studies
  • Guided Metalsmithing Studies
• + Level 2 Classes
  • Basic Metalsmithing: Raising and Planishing
  • Chasing and Repousse
  • Hot and Cold Connections with Enamels
  • Intermediate Jewelry: Hollow Forms
  • Intermediate Jewelry: Silver-Filled & Gold-Filled
  • Lost Wax: Molds and Hollow Waxes
  • Production Soldering Techniques & Oxy/Propane Torches
  • Stone Setting: Flush and Tube
  • Torch Fired Enameling: Special Effects
• + Level 3 Classes
  • Box Clasp & Hinges Bracelet
• + Metalsmithing Retreats
  • Metalsmithing Retreat
• + Shows and Festivals
  • Basket Prong Setting
  • Beginning Soldering
  • Double-Sided Bezels
  • Free Form Prong Setting
  • Fused Sterling Ring
  • Intro to Torch Fired Enameling
  • Reticulation & Keum Boo
  • Riveting Enamels
  • Soldering Near Stones
  • Stamp and Stencil Enamel Charms
  • Texturing and Transparent Enamels
  • Tool Making Workshop
  • Torch Fired Cloisonne Enamels

Tool Making Workshop

Sunday, September 30, 2012
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Cost: $120.00

An important part of metalsmithing is making and modifying tools. Learn how to shape and polish hammers for better performance and custom texture. Make custom stamps for decoration. Anneal and temper steel for easier polishing and durability. These same skills can be used to go on and reshape, reuse and recycle tools new and old into useful solutions for your metal work. Materials required: hammer to polish and tool steel. 

Prerequisites:

Open to students of any level - beginners welcome!

Location: Silvera Jewelry School, Berkeley

Instructor: Joe Silvera