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Desert Mosaic Pendant

with Jenny Reeves

All levels
Desert Mosaic Pendant: a finished piece from the class

When and where

  1. Saturday, Feb 6, 2027

    8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Times are MST, the event's local time.

At a glance

Skill level
All levels. Should have basic experience with the torch, saw and flex-shaft.
Class type
Technique and project. Combination of both techniques and project
Prerequisites
None listed
Total time
9 hours
Room
Announced closer to the event
Class size
12 students

Fees

Class fee
$290
Kit fee
$125, paid to the instructor on class day, not charged online

About this class

In this project-based class students will learn to build layers of fused texture and bond 24K keum-boo to create a mosaic that looks like parched desert landscape.

We’ll break Argentium sheet into bits, fuse them to a base sheet, then layer fused filings and keum-boo to create contrast and highlight the different textures.

A bezel-set stone may be added as a focal point.

This project can be adapted to different skill levels – beginners can learn command of fusing basics, advanced students can add elements like wires, cut-outs or distinctive bails.

Beginners should have basic experience with the torch, saw and flex-shaft.

Contact Jenny Reeves

Included in the kit

Covered by the kit fee.

  • Design templates
  • Argentium filings (pre-ground -about .5g. I’ll demo how I make them.)
  • .25g Accent Gold for Silver
  • Small plastic containers
  • Fine-tipped paint brush

Tools the instructor brings

Shared in class. You do not need to pack these.

  • Glue stick
  • Distilled water
  • Adalox discs
  • Split-mandrels for Adalox
  • Sandpaper
  • Sanding drums
  • Burs
  • Wood forming blocks
  • Sifters
  • Fiberglass brushes
  • Complete soldering station setups – torches, annealing pans/soldering platforms, flux, flux brushes, quench bowls, pickle, solder picks, copper tongs, soldering pliers, tweezers
  • Single burner hot plates

What to bring

Your own tools and materials for the class.

  • 1.5” x 4” 20 ga Argentium sheet
  • Solder
  • Bench pin and 3″ c-clamp
  • Small charcoal block (new or sanded 100% flat)
  • Solder pick
  • Tweezers
  • Saw
  • Hand files #1 cut
  • Half-round/half-flat pliers or ring forming pliers
  • Rawhide or dead-blow mallet (if you don’t want to wait – recommended)
  • Glue stick (BYO if you don’t want to wait)
  • 2/0 saw blades
  • Sanding sticks
  • Agate burnisher
  • Optivisor or other magnification
  • Battery-operated or rechargeable work station lighting
  • eye protection
  • dust mask

Optional supplies

  • Chain for pendant
  • Small faceted or cabochon stone

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