Explore the idea of creating containers of wire using negative and positive space to design small  personal  architectural structures to set stones, gems and personal objects  in silver.

  In this workshop learn to layer wire and sheet metal in order to build and construct  a look of thought provoking elegance in capturing a stone or object without distraction.

         All objects and stones are not treated equally.

Some are oddly shaped and curved with unusual protrusions such as in a crystal.

Some have dimensional  layers of beauty when viewed from the side that you would not want to hide with a traditional bezel.

    A view from the side may be essential in showing the full possibility and potential of an object such as petrified wood, layered mica from the earth and dimensional stones.

         I use this technique specifically when I am in need of an unusual  setting  that allows one to view all sides of an object or stone and can be set regardless of an uneven shape and form.In fact, this setting highlights the object.

        Explore the idea in building jewelry of the unusual and the road less traveled in art forms.

Build prongs, wire structures in the raw by twisting, setting,  soldering and  forging wire.

Learn proper metalworking techniques for layout, shaping, forging, polishing and cleaning up.

    The raw look and exploration of the hollow form as a stone setting is a very distinctive and unique component to my personal and Talismans work.

This is more than a technical class. It’s a creative meditation on containment  ̶  how to build wearable objects that hold energy, memory, and story.

This workshop is ideal for metalsmiths, makers, and artists who are ready to expand their skills with nontraditional structural wirework, and want to create work that feels expressive and sacred.