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Jump Into Jewelry is a welcoming beginner class designed for anyone curious about jewelry making—no experience needed. Learn foundational metalsmithing techniques including sawing, soldering, texturing, forming, and finishing while creating wearable projects. Build confidence at the bench and discover the excitement of transforming metal into your own unique jewelry.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

Ready to build on your foundational skills? This intermediate project-based class is designed for students comfortable with basic sawing, soldering, and fabrication techniques who want to strengthen skills through guided projects. Each project introduces new design and construction approaches while refining core bench techniques such as soldering, stone setting, texture, forming, and finishing. Students will complete a series of structured projects that develop confidence, craftsmanship, and creative problem-solving while expanding their jewelry-making toolbox.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

Create a ring that is both interactive and wearable in this one-day spinner ring workshop. Learn jewelry-making techniques including sizing, texturing, forming, soldering, and finishing while designing and creating your own custom fidget/spinner ring. Leave class with a unique handmade ring that is as much fun to wear as it is to make.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

Discover the possibilities of metal clay in this 2-week class as you transform a clay-like material into solid metal jewelry. Learn techniques including shaping, texturing, carving, refining, and finishing while creating original jewelry pieces. Explore the creative flexibility of metal clay and watch your designs transform through the firing process.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

This one-day workshop is a fun crash course into an everyday wearable - a set of stacking rings! In Stackable Rings you’ll learn to make a stack of hand-textured sterling silver rings. With each demonstrated step, you will be learning fundamental jewelry making skills, making this a great course for beginners as well as those with more experience. We will texture, form, solder and complete rings to a desired finish.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment: 4

Learn the art of stringing pearls and beads on silk thread. You will learn these pearl stringing techniques: knotting between each pearl; clasps; necklaces, including multi-strand and endless necklaces. No previous experience necessary.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

In this 5-week project-based jewelry class, expand your metalsmithing skills through a new technique and finish projects each week. Demonstrations and hands-on instruction will explore design approaches, soldering, forming, finishing, and color application to metal while strengthening craftsmanship and confidence at the bench. Students will leave with a collection of completed pieces and new techniques to continue exploring beyond class. No class November 16.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4

Ready to build on your foundational skills? This intermediate project-based class is designed for students comfortable with basic sawing, soldering, and fabrication techniques who want to strengthen skills through guided projects. Each project introduces new design and construction approaches while refining core bench techniques such as soldering, stone setting, texture, forming, and finishing. Students will complete a series of structured projects that develop confidence, craftsmanship, and creative problem-solving while expanding their jewelry-making toolbox.
Teaching Artist: Jessica McGrath
Minimum Enrollment:4