Metalsmithing workshops and tutorials

Metalsmithing presentations can range from hands-on show and tell what it takes to make a metal object from start to finish, to a full blown daylong or several weeks long residency. Processes include forging, raising, construction, sinking, engraving, chasing and repoussé, soldering, welding and cold connections. Make jewelry to small to large pieces. You name it, put the effort into it and we will do this together!

Stamping and wiggle -cut engraving are age old ways of decorative embellishment. 
Hand engraving can be simple or elaborate as the design demands.
Chasing and Repoussé over pitch using chasing tools is a way to add interest and detail to work.
Steps showing the progress of forging a spoon, starting with a outline pattern (of brass) and blank of metal to be transformed into a useful object.
Metal that is work hardened needs to be annealed using a torch or forge,
Modern day layering of metal includes plating – this shows a bath-less process that also uses negative and positive electric current.

Drawing wire to size has been done for centuries.
Raising sheet metal over T-stakes is a way to create hollow forms.

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