Chapter Events
Introduction to Enameling -
Traci Remillard & Dennis Fair
April 15 and April 16- 1:00pm
April 15th, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Kiln-Fired Enamels
Sunday, April 16th, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Torch-Fired Enamels
FSGNE Deland Studio
In-person class
This is a beginning enamels class. In this class you will learn safety rules for working with enamels and some basic metal skills - drilling, filing, shaping and sawing. You will learn how to prepare metals before enameling and how the enamels work on metal. Then you will learn and start enameling using the kiln or torch.
Sword in a Stone- Richard Salley
April 29 - 9:00 - 4:00pm
FSGNE Deland Studio
In-person class
Create an amazing dagger pendant. All the necessary materials to complete the project will be supplied in the $40 supply kit (paid directly to Richard). There is a limit to the number of students so please register early! Students should be proficient at soldering and sawing.
Keepsake Ring - Richard Salley
April 28 - 9:00 - 4:00
FSGNE Deland Studio
In-person class
Create a Keepsake Ring. All the necessary materials to complete the project will be supplied in the $30 supply kit (paid directly to Richard). You can bring your own small stones, decorative wire or other items for embellishments. There is a limit to the number of students so please register early! Students should be proficient at soldering and sawing.
Heirloom Ring- Chris Darway
May 20 - 10:00 - 4:00pm
FSGNE Deland Studio
In-person class
We are going back 100 years to make a sterling silver, pierced finger ring with bezel-set stone. The project appears in the text book "Jewelry Making and Design" first published in 1918. This book came out at the end of the Art Nouveau Period. The design has a very delicate look and feel (think Downton Abbey). Designs change, but techniques do not. Skills required for this project are: sawing, soldering, drilling, file work and polishing.
Wildacres 2023
June 25 - July 1, 2023,
Wildacres, Little Switzerland, NC
5-day workshops with guest instructors:
Ronda Coryell: Fusing, Fabrication and Granulation with Argentium
Explore the technology and techniques required to work with Argentium silver.
Jim Dailing: Stone Setting without Prongs.
Learn to fabricate silver ands and incorporate several interesting setting
techniques, including flush, pave, bead seating and using a bezel block!
Jeff Georgantes: Make it, Wear it, Pass it On!
Expand your design concepts in this intensive techniques class.
Deb Karash -Colorful Creations- Drawing on Metal
This class will focus on technique of drawing on metal with colored pencils
