Susan Lenart | Crafting Personal Stories in Silver | Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 9:00 am until 4:30 pm

$220.00

We all have our own authentic story to tell through our jewelry.

At the core and origins of my art form in jewelry and adornment lies a very strong love and passion for history, culture and personal stories.

       I teach practical skills of silversmith, soldering, brazing, forging, cold connections and attachments of sterling silver and include an expression and representation of building your own personal symbolism and objects to embed through your own personal work.

While we add symbolism through layered wire and granulation the use of negative and positive space with twisted wire you will see your own personal story emerge. We all have one. It is in discovering your shape and symbolism of wire expression and color of gems that you choose.

  Layer sheet metal, gems, wire and granulation to build a ring or pendant using expression of negative and positive space to create an interesting and personal piece of jewelry to express yourself.

Silversmithing Skills

Master practical techniques such as soldering, brazing, forging, and creating cold connections and attachments in sterling silver.

Setting small stones

Twisting and shaping wire

Creating negative and positive space through piercing

Finishing and polishing techniques

Learn to build rings or pendants that reflect your own narrative and symbolic

Develop your own symbolism and learn to incorporate it into your work

Use layered wire, granulation, and the interplay of positive and negative space to tell your unique story

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Description

Instructor: Susan Lenart

Title of Class: Crafting Personal Stories in Silver

Date of Class: Thursday, February 6, 2025

Number of hours of class: 6 hours

Time: 9:00 am until 4:30 pm

Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate

Type: techniques-oriented and project-based

Class Fee: $220

Kit Fee: $TBD (payable to instructor at class time)

Kit includes and instructor will have the following for use in class

all metal to complete practice steps and projects

complete soldering stations

table and floor protection

flux

pickle pot station

patina pot station

copper tongs

flex shafts

Student Supply List

personal jewelry tools – chain nose pliers, bent nose pliers, round nose pliers, flat nose pliers

Flush cutters

Soldering pick

Cross-locking tweezers

6” x 6” square solderite board – to carry your project to-and-from the soldering station center

solder pick

Hammer – chasing or ball peen

Jeweler’s saw, saw blades and blade lubricant

Bench pin with c-clamp to hold in place when hammering

Steel bench block with rubber base to soften sound

Brass brush

Scratch brush

Rawhide or nylon hammer

needle file set

Bezel roller/rocker

Metal burnisher

Wet/Dry sandpaper

flex shaft bits and burrs

Eye protection

Magnifiers – for example Optivisor

Sketchbook/Notebook and pen/pencil

Fine line sharpie or pencil

Ruler – inches and millimeters

Portable task light – such as battery-operated or rechargeable Ott light

Optional Supply List

Instructor Email Address: support@susanlenart.com

Instructor Website: susanlenart.com

PRE-ORDER YOUR CLASS SUPPLIES TODAY!

Many of our students have asked us to help streamline the process of gathering their supplies and tools for classes, and we have come up with a way we think will work for you.

SJ Jewelry Supply in Phoenix is owned and operated by a wonderful family, headed by Mario Morales. His wife, Erika, and son, Steven, round out the staff, and they are excited to help make gathering your supplies easy and stress free. We guarantee they will make life easier for you! No kidding!

Here’s how it will work….

  • Once you have determined what you will need for each class, send an email with your request for products and/or tools to SJ Jewelry Supply
    • Go to our website, open the class description for each of the classes in which you are enrolled, scroll down to the section “Student Supplies,” cut and paste the items you want to purchase into an email to Mario.
    • Here’s their email address mailto:info@sjjewelrysupply.com
  • When they receive your email, they will send you a return email acknowledging receipt of your request
    • In this email, they will instruct you about payment methods 
  • Once your order is filled, they will send you a second email with confirmation stating your order is complete
    • Included in this email, they will give you instructions on how to pick up your orders upon arrival in Tucson

 Sound easy? We think it’s going to help take the stress out of preparing for classes!

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