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THE GATHERED OBJECT: Nontraditional Settings for Stones, Scraps & Personal Relics

with Susan Lenart

Beginner
The Gathered Object: Non-Traditional Settings: a finished piece from the class

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When and where

  1. Monday, Feb 1, 2027

    9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Times are MST, the event's local time.

At a glance

Skill level
Beginner. Beginner to Intermediate
Class type
Technique. Techniques-based and open for creativity!
Prerequisites
None listed
Total time
7 hours
Room
Announced closer to the event
Class size
15 students

Fees

Class fee
$220
Kit fee
None

TBD; Use of available tools, equipment, and supplies Susan has brought with her

About this class

The Gathered Object is an exploration of unconventional setting techniques using stones, scraps, found materials and personal relics.

Rather than forcing each object into a traditional bezel, we respond to its shape, history and character – building settings with handmade prongs, wire, cold connections and fragments of metal that become part of the final composition.

The process is intuitive, sculptural and deeply personal, allowing discarded or meaningful objects to be gathered together and transformed into jewelry with presence, story and a life of its own.

Contact Susan Lenart

Included in the kit

  • Use of available tools, equipment, and supplies Susan has brought with her

Tools the instructor brings

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

  • Soldering stations – torches, fuel, soldering platforms, quench bowls, towels
  • Table protection
  • Pickle
  • LOS patina
  • Baking Soda for neutralizer
  • Dawn, paper towels, dishpans for water
  • Soldering bricks
  • Floor fire blanket for soldering area
  • Flex shafts – 4

What to bring

Your own tools and materials for the class.

  • Battery-operated or rechargeable work light
  • Noise protection (sometimes it gets loud in class!)
  • Optivisor or other magnification if required

Your instructor

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