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: $85 (payable to instructor at class time)

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

Soldering stations – torches, fuel, platforms, flux, quench bowls, towels

fire extinguisher

Table  and floor protection

Pickle station

LOS station

Baking Soda for neutralizer

Dawn, paper towels, dishpans for water

Flex shafts

pickle

pickle pot

copper tongs

flex shafts

wood to drill into

some sandpaper

metal dies

plexi glass

polishing tools (for flex shafts)

bobbing compound polish (or synthetic plastic polishing pieces

a few charcoal blocks

silver foil for setting

STUDENT SUPPLIES LIST

Metal

at least 3”  x3” – 22-gauge sterling silver sheet metal, fine silver strip 3/4”  and or smaller gauge

Any decorative gallery wire such as separated, scalloped, etc.

beaded wire

1 oz – 20 gauge wire – 1 oz – to twist (before or in class )

½ oz – 24 gauge to twist

1’ strip of fine silver sheet (any gauge such as 24)

Scrap silver-all pieces and shapes

for ring band or ½” sterling silver strip

for pendant – we can use twisted wire

gems in colors that you love – small, medium

Solder – EZ, medium and hard

*** I will have gems for sale in the classroom right from India! I got amazing prices and cuts! ***

Extras – metal dies,

Tools

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

drill bits -size #60, #52

Brass brush

Scratch brush

Rawhide or nylon hammer

needle file set – small – for example

Bezel roller/rocker

Metal burnisher

Wet/Dry sandpaper – variety of grits

Your favorite finishing/polishing wheels/bits/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: [email protected]

Instructor Website: susanlenart.com

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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:[email protected]
• 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!