Foundations in Metalsmithing: Bracelets

Whether you’re just getting started in metalsmithing or have been experimenting for years, Foundations in Metalsmithing: Bracelets will help you deepen your skills while exploring the exciting world of bracelets. From torchless techniques (like forming and riveting) to more advanced concepts (like hinges), you’ll walk out of this class with a heap of new metalsmithing skills! (And a pile of new bracelets).

In this class, jewelry designer and metalsmith Megan Auman will help you build your metalsmithing skills in a way that’s completely approachable - no matter what level you’re currently at.

You will learn how to:

• Create unique cuff bracelets by forming wire and sheet.
• Join metal without a torch by riveting.
• Solder wire and sheet into different shapes.
• Make hinges (with or without a torch) to take your bracelet designs to the next level.
• Finish your designs and experiment with color on metal through patinas.

Whether you’re looking to grow your existing jewelry making knowledge or for a new creative outlet that you can proudly wear (and show off!), you’ll leave Foundations in Metalsmithing: Bracelets with a series of bracelets you can call your own - and a new set of metalsmithing skills you can expand into even more jewelry ideas!

• Prerequisite #1: Basic Metalsmithing Tools
• Prerequisite #2: Tools for Soldering
• Prerequisite #3: Soldering Basics
• Class Introduction
• Design Considerations for Bracelets
• Choosing Your Materials
• Sawing Bracelet Blanks
• Forming Cuff Bracelets in Wire and Sheet
• Determining the Length of a Riveted Bangle
• Creating a Standard Rivet
• Creating a Tube Rivet
• Making a Hinged Bracelet
• Drilling Holes Cutting Interior Shapes And Finishing Your Clasp
• Soldering A Basic Round Or Oval Wire Bangle
• Soldering Other Shaped Wire Bangles
• Soldering Wire to Sheet to Create Bangles
• Soldering a Basic Round or Oval Bangle from Sheet
• Soldering Other Shaped Sheet Bangles
• Pickling Metal After Soldering
• Filing, Sanding, and Basic Finishing of Bracelets
• Patinas: Achieving a Dark Finish with Liver of Sulfur
• Patinas: Creating a Heat Patina
• Patinas: Green and Blue Liquid Patinas
• Sealing and Finishing Patinas
• Taking Your Bracelet Designs to the Next Level