April Bower | NEW! Flutter Hoops Earrings | Monday, February 10, 2025 | 9 am until noon

$110.00

How to turn a square sheet into a beautiful three-dimensional rounded hoop?

Learn to form beautiful light weight ruffled hoop earrings with hammering and soldering on a comfortable hinged latching ear clasp.

Minimal equipment required, so you’ll make these over again on your own.

These can be made in any metal but we will be working in fine silver, with a bit of practice on copper.

In stock

Description

Instructor: April Bower

Title of Class: “Flutter Hoops”

Number of hours of class: 3 hours

Time: 9 am until noon

Date of Class:  Monday, February 10, 2025

Level: All Should be comfortable with a torch & have a bit of stamina for hammering.

Type combination project/ techniques

Class Fee $110

Kit Fee $39* may need adjustment due to change metal prices

Kit Includes

fine silver sheet

copper sheet

sterling ear clasps

All equipment and expendables to do the project and create a studio where none exists

Tools and equipment used for project

Torch/ fuel/solder/ pickle

Vises & Mallets

Cross pein hammers

Ring mandrel

finishing tools

Scratch brush

Student Supply List

small bench block & pad

bench pin & clamp

Flat nose pliers

round nose pliers

Joyce Chen shears or the like

smaller file for edge clean up and smoothing

Optional

ring mandrel

round nose/ concave bending pliers Like these

Your favorite small cross lock soldering tweezers

dull knife or wedge opener.

Bring your favorite crosspeen hammer for fold forming if you have one

I will a have a few of all necessary tools to share for those that forget something.

Instructor Email Address AprilBowerjewelry@gmail.com

Website: www.aprilbower.com


DO YOU NEED ANY SUPPLIES OR TOOLS FOR CLASS?

PRE-ORDER THEM 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 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 the class, 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 September!

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