Sarah Long | Pot of Gold Rings | Tuesday, January 31, 2023 | 9:00 am until 4:30 pm
$195.00
You create with silver. You have silver scrap. Learn an easy way to completely melt and reuse your bench silver that does not involve a crucible or ingot mold and can all be done with a butane torch.
Create a wrapped ring band that by design can be either adjustable or soldered to a particular size and a heavy gauge cupped focal…both of which are made entirely of scrap sterling silver. The ring’s domed cup is then embellished with gold.
Techniques covered include: melting, forging and annealing silver, using a rolling mill and measuring gauge with digital calipers, dapping heavy gauge silver, sawing, filing. Finish the ring with an easy method of organically applied 18K gold and achieving a deep patina.
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Description
Instructor: Sarah Long (aka Brown Dog Studio)
Title of Class: Pot of Gold: a low-tech way to repurpose your scrap into a beautiful ring with gold embellishments
Date of Class: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Time: 9 am – 4:30 pm
Level: all levels welcome – comfort with a torch and sawing recommended
Type: A Project and Technique Workshop
Class Fee: $195
Kit Fee: $100 (payable at start of class)
*may need adjustment due to the fluctuation of metal prices
Kit Includes
Instructor-made remilled and rolled sterling silver blanks for use in class (see more in additional class comments, below)
18K gold to apply to focal of ring
Hand out with templates
Consumables (solder, flux, sanding paper, paper, glue sticks)
My favorite sanding stick
Instructor will have the following for use in class
Flex shaft (we will have one for the class, most of our work will be done by hand)
digital calipers for demo
Flex shaft bits for finishing and clean up
Torches and soldering stations
Pumice dishes or annealing pan with pumice
Crockpot, pickle and copper tongs
Solder and flux
Metal dapping block and punches
Stamping tools for creating texture
LOS gel
Brass brushes and clean up station (Dawn, paper towels)
Student Supply List
One (1) Troy ounce of your scrap bench (sterling) silver. Should NOT include any fine silver or argentium silver. I will have appropriately portioned scrap sterling silver for purchase in class if you would prefer. I will have details about this in the email you will receive leading up to the class.
Hard charcoal block
Small solderite board to carry your charcoal block and as additional soldering surface
Soldering pick, tweezers, old jewelry pliers for soldering
cross-locking tweezers (my preference over using a third hand set-up)
Ring mandrel (instructor will have one on hand, but bring one if you want to work more quickly)
Jumbo wrap and tap
Metal dapping block and punches (there will be some on hand, but bring your own if you are local or want to work more quickly)
Needle files
#2 flat file
Flat nose pliers (2)
Round nose pliers
Jewelers Saw and 2/0 – 4/0 blades & cut lube or wax
Bench Pin and 3” or 4” C-Clamp to secure bench pin (tables vary in thickness)
Wire flush cutters
Heavy duty cutters
Center punch
Heavy rawhide or plastic mallet
Steel bench block and rubber block or leather
Forging hammer
Hammer for metal stamps
Sharpies (very fine tip)
Metal stamps for decoration, if you have favorites
Pencil and notepad
Ruler
Scissors
Optional Supply List
Work light and extension cord
Magnification if required
Ear protection is strongly recommended (we do a LOT of forging for the early stages of this project)
Eye protection
digital calipers if you don’t want to wait to use instructor’s set
Additional Class Comments:
In the interest of time and to help ensure that everyone’s remilled ring blank will work, each student will be provided with a ring blank and an additional smaller blank for the focal, created in Sarah’s studio and provided in the class kit. We will still each perform the melting and forging process to create the ingots we would have then processed through the rolling mill. We’ll watch and discuss the rolling process, but this literally saves us 2 (or more!) hours of class time and will avoid leaving anyone behind in the event of a “forging fail”. Students are asked to bring 1 troy ounce of sterling silver scrap to melt for their practice ingot. If you would prefer, you may purchase the 1 Toz of sterling scrap from the instructor at the start of class. More details will be provided in the introduction email leading up to the day of the class.
Instructor Email Address: browndogstudio@gmail.com
Instructor Website: https://www.browndogjewelry.com/
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