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Handle Your Utensils
Teri Walters and Jessie Ward
Saturday, April 5, 9am – 4:30pm
The morning will be spent at the forge creating a barbeque fork for the grill or kitchen. Hammer out your utensil while learning how it feels to be working as a blacksmith. In the afternoon personalize your fork handles by choosing your colors and creating your own design using polymer clay. No experience is necessary.
JWL0405 Members: $75/Non-members: $95

Handle Your Utensils
Teri Walters and Jessie Ward
Sunday, April 6, 9am – 4:30pm
The morning will be spent at the forge creating a barbeque fork for the grill or kitchen. Hammer out your utensil while learning how it feels to be working as a blacksmith. In the afternoon personalize your fork handles by choosing your colors and creating your own design using polymer clay. No experience is necessary.
JWL0406 Members: $75/Non-members: $95

Polymer Bead Making
Teri Walters
Wednesdays, April 9 – 30, 10am – 1pm
Learn how to make beads with this incredibly versatile material. Learn techniques of layering, twisting, mixing, stamping, painting, extruding and manipulating to make your own personalized jewelry with very little tools and equipment. No experience is necessary.
JWL0409 Members: $120/Non-members: $145

The Well-Rounded Jeweler
Martha and Ed Biggar
Monday – Friday, July 7 – 11, 9am – 4:30pm
Come learn some basic jewelry techniques including wire working, chain making, and glass and silver bead making, capped off with Precious Metal Clay as accents. Students will complete several finished pieces including earrings, bracelets, necklaces and pendants. Materials fee will range from $125 to $150, and includes everything needed to complete class projects. Extra materials will be available for a nominal fee.
JWL0707 Members: $375/Non-members: $410

Polymer Bead Making
Teri Walters
Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13, 9am – 4:30pm
Learn how to make beads with this incredibly versatile material. Learn techniques of layering, twisting, mixing, stamping, painting, extruding and manipulating to make your own personalized jewelry with a few tools and little equipment. No experience is necessary.
JWL0712 Members: $150/Non-members: $180

Wire Wrapped Cabachons
Tammy Parks
Thursday and Friday, July 17 and 18, 9am – 4:30pm
During the first day of class, students will cut various patterns and colors of dichroic glass and design their own glass cabachons. The next day is devoted to grinding those cabachons, fired the previous evening, with a glass grinder and jewelry bit and transforming them into necklaces with easy and attractive wire-wrapping techniques. The techniques used in class can be repeated easily at home with equal to better results with practice.
JWL0717 Members: $150/Non-members: $180

Wirewrapping Weekend
Cy Olson
Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, 9am – 4:30pm
This class covers basic wireworking techniques and projects using them. Learn how to form perfect simple loops, wrapped loops and flat coils. Apply these techniques securely, attractively and functionally. Students will leave with a finished bead, wire bracelet and ornamental pendant. Written instructions with illustrations will be provided along with the option of purchasing extra materials to take home for continued practice.
JWL0726 Members: $150/Non-members: $180

Jewelry 101
Linda Osborne and Cy Olson
Monday – Friday, July 28 – Aug. 1, 9am – 4:30pm
This class focuses on creating unique and wearable jewelry. Projects include: necklace with matching earrings, bookmarks with beads and tassel and pendants using copper, brass and silver wire. Instructors provide all tools necessary and assist with individual projects. Kits of materials will be made available upon arrival for a fee. No experience is necessary.
JWL0728 Members: $375/Non-members: $410

Intermediate Millefiori Canework
Teri Walters
Saturdays, September 13 and 20, 9am – 4:30pm
Students will jump in to explore more advanced cane work and learn how to manipulate polymer clay to create more personal, unique designs to be used in jewelry pieces, household items and functional gifts. The possibilities are endless. There will be many demonstrations, discussions, and work with different polymer clays. Some experience with cane making, or a previous class with Teri is highly recommended.
JWL0913 Members: $150/Non-members: $180

Wirewrapping Weekend
Cy Olson
Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5, 9am – 4:30pm
This class covers basic wireworking techniques and projects using them. Learn how to form perfect simple loops, wrapped loops and flat coils. Apply these techniques securely, attractively and functionally. Students will leave with a finished bead, wire bracelet and ornamental pendant. Written instructions with illustrations will be provided along with the option of buying extra materials to take home for continued practice.
JWL1004 Members: $150/Non-members: $180