Zac Tedrow | Chips Ahoy: a hollow form ring with stone inlay | Thursday, February 3, 2022 | 8:00 am until 4:30 pm and Friday, February 4, 2022 | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

$275.00

Did you know there are a variety of ways to create inlay jewelry?

Inlay Jewelry is made by creating a jewelry frame in metal with channels or voids that are meant to have gemstones inlayed into them. Tommy Singer (1940 – May 31, 2014) found a different and unique way to create beautiful inlay jewelry. Singer was a Navajo silversmith who gained acclaim as the originator of the chip inlay design which he developed in the 1970s.

Combining a hollow form base ring with chip inlay is an outrageously beautiful and one-of-a-kind piece of art jewelry! Come learn how to create a hollow form chip inlay ring in the Tommy Singer style.

Meet Zac Tedrow
Left Hand Metalworks
“My goal as an artist is to teach my students how to create high quality, 100% handcrafted items using traditional metal-smithing and lapidary techniques. Many of these pieces began as chunks of rock and scraps of silver, and through a series of techniques, become works of art – worthy of being called art jewelry pieces.”

 

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Description

Instructor: Zac Tedrow

Class: Chips Ahoy: a hollow form ring with stone inlay

Date of Class: 02/03/2022 from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm and 02/04/2022 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm

Level: Intermediate

Class Fee: $275

Kit Fee: $125 (payable at class time)

Kit Fee includes these metals and use of the following:

18 gauge silver sheet (these sizes will make up to a size 12 ring)

      2 ea – 35 mm x 35mm squares

      1 ea –  16 mm x 70 mm rectangle

      1 ea  –  20 mm x 80 mm rectangle

Sandpaper (220, 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000)

Flex shaft mandrels (bristle discs, muslin buff, scotch brite buffs, silicon wheels, drill bits)

handout

soldering stations – torches, fuel, solder, flux, platforms, picks, quench bowls, towels

Solder – easy, medium and hard

Handy Flux and brushes

Ring Mandrels (you may want to bring your own to work quicker)

Ring sizing gauge

Rubber Cement

table protection

pickle and pot

LOS patina and pot

Baking Soda for neutralizer

Dawn, paper towels, dishpans for water

Flex shafts and Jool Tools

Student Supply List

A small chunk of rough stone (approx. 1”x1”) to alter and use to create your inlay. Emphasis is on rough stone – you are going to be altering it in class.  Any stone will do – your choice of type. Zac will have nicer material for purchase if you are interested.

Saw and blades (2/0 or 1/0 sizes)

Scribe

Calipers

Round nose pliers

Chain nose pliers

Flat nose pliers

Half-round pliers

Parallel Pliers

Nylon Pliers

Nylon or rawhide mallet

Large files (flat and half round)

Needle files

Fine tweezers and locking tweezers

Solder picks

Bench pin and C-clamp

Bench block and rubber block to absorb the noise

Sharpies

Pencils

Graph Paper

Optional Student Supply List

Work light and extension cord

Magnification or Optivisor if required

Sound protection if needed

Instructor Email: Lefthandmetalworks@gmail.com

Instructor Pages: @LeftHandMetalworks on Instagram and Facebook

 

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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: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 Tucson

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