- $540
Sublime Wire Bundle: Link Love, The Art of Closure & Bloom Bangles
Every jewelry maker and metalsmith should have the skills but build their own components. The techniques taught in this combination of classes will give you all the skills you need for just that. Included in this bundle are three big wireworking classes: Link Love, The Art of Closure and Bloom Bangles, offered together for cost-effective skill building. This bundle will give you a very solid foundation in creating your own clasps, links and connections. Learn an abundance of different techniques to apply to your jewelry maker's skill set.
Skill level: beginner and up.
Skill level: beginner and up.
Link Love
What you'll get:
Detailed instruction...welcome to my studio! As a pioneer in the field of online jewelry making classes, I strive to make sure my workshops are of the highest quality and my online classes are an outstanding value. You'll feel like you're right there in my studio, with me!
- Lifetime access to both courses: high quality, highly detailed videos available 24/7. Watch as many times as you like; no driving, no airfare, no hotels and no schlepping your heavy stuff!
- Online: Our classroom is a well organized site with plenty of videos and sample photos, as well as written instruction and advice.
- Resources with photos and links: Kit site with photos and links to all tools and materials, for easier shopping. Complete printable (and video) tools and materials overview, advice and resources. Total access, to the way I do things and the tools I use.
- Coaching: Access to an experienced instructor. I'll be with you every step of the way. When it comes to building your pieces, I'll be available for technical advice as well as design advice and lots of support. I want you to succeed!
- Satisfaction: My workshops are fluid, work-at-your-own-pace classes with a friendly, classroom atmosphere. You'll have the satisfaction of creating something with your own hands, from start to finish.
What you'll learn:
Link Love
- Creating a perfect spiral
- Making connections, adding beads, making springs
- Making jump rings
- Making twisted wire, annealing, drawing a bead on wire, shaping, forging
- Working with a butane torch
- Silver soldering for chain making, pick soldering
- Finishing and operating a tumbler
Classic links as well as some of my own original creation. 22 different links, in all, including the following:
- Jump rings; plain and twisted...soldered and cold closed
- Abacus Link
- Double Spiral Link
- Cloverleaf Link
- S Link
- Spiral and Post Link
- Double Hoop Link
- Arrow Link
- Scroll Link
- Herringbone weave
- Egyptian coil
- Spring end crimp
- more...
The Art of Closure
- creation of many different types of clasps
- shaping, forming, filing
- making perfect springs and spirals
- how to use a butane torch
- drawing a bead on wire
- forging, annealing and hardening
- making perfect jump rings
- bead wrapping
- using a circle cutter
- dapping
- drilling metal
- liver of sulfur patina
Bloom Bangles
- Bangles: two styles, cold connected
- Working with heavy gauge wire
- Twisting wire
- annealing, drawing a bead, texturing, shaping, sizing
- Working with two kinds of torches: map/propane and butane
- Wire wrapping beads to bangles
- Metal preparation: cutting, shaping, filing, texturing, finishing, and more
- Fabrication: freeform blooms and notched blooms
- Layering and attaching blooms; attaching charms
- Creating charms, drawn bead headpins, wrapped briolettes
- Making "fruit" charms
- Finishing
- Resin paper wire forms: flowers, leaves and headpins
- Resin: mixing, application, curing, tips and tricks
The Art of Closure
Takeaway:
Skills: Grow your skills in working with wire and metal.
Techniques: A wide variety of techniques that will allow you to become proficient in wire working; making links, clasps, connections, bangles, and more, which can then be applied to many more of your own projects.
Knowledge: I guide you through the process of creating beautiful, wearable pieces.
Confidence: I always recommend that students make the class samples, then once they become proficient, encourage them to use the learned skills to create work in their own style. I find this greatly helps build skills, confidence and individual style.
Bloom Bangles
Policies:
If you have logged into one of my workshops, then you agree to respect my copyright and terms of use. Artistic integrity is an important matter...please be mindful.
This site tracks log-ins. Sharing the log on information, the cost of the class, or any class material will result in your removal from class and exclusion from future classes.
Due to the nature of my online classes, refunds will not be given. No exceptions.
This site tracks log-ins. Sharing the log on information, the cost of the class, or any class material will result in your removal from class and exclusion from future classes.
Due to the nature of my online classes, refunds will not be given. No exceptions.
Helping students develop their own artistic style is a passion of mine and something I try to include in every class. Please take a look at the copyright materials supplied with class. Designs from this class are the sole property of Deryn Mentock and may not be duplicated for profit. Techniques from this class may be used in any way you like.
Use of power tools and other jewelry making tools can be harmful, if used improperly. Upon registration, students agree to hold harmless and indemnify Something Sublime and Deryn Mentock from any or all loss, damages, costs or expensed incurred during the course of this workshop.
Originally from Oregon, with a long stop in Texas, I now live in the wild west of Wyoming where my husband was born and raised. Wyoming has always been home to me and we're lucky to have an amazing, old farmhouse built in 1900, that sits at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains. We are host to deer, pheasant, wild turkeys, bald eagles, great horned owls, moose, osprey and even a bear in our yard. This is the setting for Owl Creek Studio, and the inspiration for much of my work.
Through years of practice in metalsmithing and jewelry making techniques I've developed a unique style of my own. I traveled the country, for years, to feed my love of teaching and discovered a true passion for sharing my knowledge of technique and design. I was one of the first instructors to offer online jewelry making classes and am proud to offer excellent and inspiring creative content, online and in person.
Through years of practice in metalsmithing and jewelry making techniques I've developed a unique style of my own. I traveled the country, for years, to feed my love of teaching and discovered a true passion for sharing my knowledge of technique and design. I was one of the first instructors to offer online jewelry making classes and am proud to offer excellent and inspiring creative content, online and in person.
- $540
Sublime Wire Bundle: Link Love, The Art of Closure & Bloom Bangles
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