JEWELRY MAKING
Recycle Your Treasures
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
In this class you will learn the art of transforming old costume and antique jewelry found in your wardrobe into a contemporary piece suitable for today’s fashion.
Date: Saturday, January 22
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 315
Fee: $84, includes materials fee
Lariat
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
Create a luxurious beaded lariat necklace using assorted beads, crystals and pearls. Finish with a custom designed silver loop and customized beaded end pieces.
Date: Saturday, January 29
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 315
Fee: $84, includes materials fee
Art and Design Soldering Basics
Instructor: Pat Sullivan
Create a cool linked sterling silver bracelet while learning basic soldering techniques. Learn how to heat and flow solder like a professional. We will cover flux, solder, pickle and the tools required to get you started.
Date: Saturday, February 26
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 127
Fee: $69 (plus a $20 CASH materials fee payable to the instructor in class)
New session added!
Date: Saturday, February 26
Time: 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
Location: Art Center 127
Fee: $69 (plus a $20 CASH materials fee payable to the instructor in class)
Soldered Silver Cuff
Instructor: Pat Sullivan
Prerequisite: Soldering Basics Take your soldering skills to the next level with this traditional sterling silver cuff bracelet. This class consists of fabricating oval shaped rings and soldering them within a bracelet cuff frame, sized for you.
Date: Saturday, March 5
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 127
Fee: $74 (plus a $25 CASH materials fee payable to the instructor in class)
Soldered Bezel-Set Stone Pendant
Instructor: Pat Sullivan
Prerequisite: Soldering Basics
This class consists of fabricating a bezel setting for a glass or gemstone cabochon stone of your choice. Design a beautiful piece of jewelry.
Date: Saturday, March 12
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 127
Fee: $74 (plus a $15 CASH materials fee payable to the instructor in class)
Soldered Watch Piece Pendant
Instructor: Pat Sullivan
Prerequisite: Soldering Basics
Old watches contain many beautiful parts that can be recombined and soldered into fantastic contemporary jewelry pieces. Bring your old watches and we’ll supply the rest.
Date: Saturday, March 19
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 127
Fee: $74 (plus a $15 CASH materials fee payble to the instructor in class)
Patrick Sullivan has been creating and teaching jewelry making for over ten years. Specializing in found objects, gems and sea glass combined with silver, copper and brass, his distinctive work has won awards and has been featured in Coast Magazine.
Create-A-Watch
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
Choose from an assortment of watch faces. Customize your watch using beads, pearls, crystals, silver findings and chains.
Date: Saturday, February 26
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 315
Fee: $74 (plus a $20 CASH materials fee payable to the instructor in class)
Felted Beads
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
Learn to make simple, colorful felted beads. You will learn the basics of turning wool fleece into dense balls which you will string onto a necklace.
Date: Saturday,March 5
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 322
Fee: $74 (plus a $15 CASH materials fee payble to the instructor in class)
Nuno Felting
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
Nuno felting is a fabric felting technique, which bonds loose wool fibers on to silk fabric. You will create your own decorative colorful designs on scarves in this class.
Date: Saturday, March 12
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 315
Fee: $74 (plus a $15 CASH materials fee payble to the instructor in class)
Viking Knit
Instructor: Christine Sullivan
This is an ancient style of wire knitting. This is woven around a wooden dowel, then pulled through a draw plate to achieve a tight dense look. You will use this to create a beautiful woven sterling silver bracelet. The finishing touch will be your personally made hammered wire clasp
Date: Saturday, March 19
Time: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Location: Art Center 315
Fee: $74 (plus a $15-25 CASH materials fee, depending on type of metal chosen, payable to the instructor in class)