JEWELRY CLASS SCHEDULE
UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL AND MASTER A NEW CRAFT!
Learn the fundamentals of artisan jewelry and metalsmithing with our artisan jewelry classes. Create rings, pendants, earrings and so much more as you build your designing and making skills.
These in-person classes give you hands-on experience with an instructor with almost 25 yrs. of jewelry-making experience. Learn to create variations on these basic techniques in order to imagine and design your own unique jewelry creations!
Start with the basics then move on to more advanced wire working and metal smithing techniques.
Most classes are held in Knoxville & surrounding areas, but I hold classes in homes, apartment clubhouses, offices, galleries, coffee shops, and more! Heck, I'll even teach on the beach, lol.
JOIN US FOR A FUN, YET INFORMATIVE CLASS IN A SMALL, INTIMATE CLASS {and meet new friends with the same addiction, lol}
NO PREVIOUS SKILLS ARE NEEDED and BEGINNERS ARE ENCOURAGED
INSTRUCTOR: FRANCESCA with STUDIO NAVARRI
SEPTEMBER 2024
BEGINNER SOLDERING
STERLING GEMSTONE CUFFS
Includes everything for 1 gemstone cuff in sterling silver, with several gemstone choices, and precious wire for wire-wrapped accents {tools provided during class}
What the heck is flux?! Pickle?! And heaven forbid - fire scale?!
Learn simple, basic soldering skills to create a whole arm full of stacked gemstone cuffs. Learn the language, tools, and tips for silversmithing, using a small torch and basic tools.
DRESS FOR A MESS! Wear old clothes or bring an old shirt to wear over your work clothes. If you have long hair, please wear it up!
TECHNIQUES: simple soldering, gemstone setting, filing, oxidizing, polishing, and finishing
BEGINNER SOLDERING
STERLING GEMSTONE CUFFS
Includes everything for 1 gemstone cuff in sterling silver, with several gemstone choices, and precious wire for wire-wrapped accents {tools provided during class}
What the heck is flux?! Pickle?! And heaven forbid - fire scale?!
Learn simple, basic soldering skills to create a whole arm full of stacked gemstone cuffs. Learn the language, tools, and tips for silversmithing, using a small torch and basic tools.
DRESS FOR A MESS! Wear old clothes or bring an old shirt to wear over your work clothes. If you have long hair, please wear it up!
TECHNIQUES: simple soldering, gemstone setting, filing, oxidizing, polishing, and finishing
SKILL LEVEL: Suitable for beginners, even if you’ve never soldered before. We keep this class simple and use simple tools you can get from the hardware store for minimal cost.
REGISTER with CREATIVE SPARK
https://creativesparkstudiotn.com/
OCTOBER 2024
BUTTERFLY WIRE WRAPPED BRACELETS
SATURDAY OCT 12th
10 am - 1 pm
FARRAGUT COMMUNITY CENTER
Community Center Medium Classroom
239 Jamestowne Blvd, Suite 201, Farragut, TN
Phone/Farragut Ctr: 865-966-7057
Phone: Fran 615-557-7952 {text is best}
Each of us transforms through multiple stages in our lives. The Butterfly is a universal symbol of change, celebrating love, resurrection, rebirth, survival, and transformation.
This class covers the fundamental skills for creating a basic wire-wrapped bracelet, but we take it a step further by hand sculpting the wire to create soft butterfly wing shapes, then embellishing it with strategically placed beads to form this sweet, fluttering butterfly bracelet.
There are endless variations of this design by mixing smooth or twisted wire and mixing metals.
We'll use a variety of sterling silver, gold, and rose gold.
Register with Studio Navarri here: Butterfly Bracelet Class, Oct 12
and
MONDAY, OCT 28th 10 am - 1 pm
Let's go dark & spooky, lol. Create a Gothic-inspired sterling pendant on a 20-inch sterling chain. Learn sweat soldering by soldering several pieces at once.
You’ll have a creative license in this class, as we’ll provide gemstones, spiders & snakes, skulls, moons, bugs, and more!
We’ll use small torches you can get from the hardware store, so you can easily set up a place to do this at home!
REGISTER ONLINE with
APPALACHIAN ARTS CRAFTS CENTER
GOTHIC-INSPIRED NECKLACE
SATURDAY, OCT 19th
1 pm - 5 pm
CREATIVE SPARK, Maryville, TN
2009 East Broadway Ave.
Maryville, TN 37804
Phone: 865-995-6001
Let’s go dark & spooky, lol. Create a Gothic-inspired sterling pendant on a 20-inch sterling chain. Learn sweat soldering by soldering several pieces at once.
You’ll have a creative license in this class, as we’ll provide gemstones, spiders & snakes, skulls, moons, bugs, and more!
We’ll use small torches you can get from the hardware store, so you can easily set up a place to do this at home!
NOVEMBER 2024
SIMPLE SOLDERING -CROSSOVER CUFF w/ COMPANION RING
LEARN SOLDERING BASICS IN A DAY!
COME JOIN US IN THIS ONE-DAY WORKSHOP AND CREATE A BOLD AND DRAMATIC STERLING CUFF AND COMPANION RING. THE CROSSOVER CUFF HAS THREE BANDS THAT GENTLY CROSS AND COME BACK TOGETHER TO CREATE A CONTEMPORARY CUFF THAT WILL QUICKLY BECOME A STAPLE OF YOUR JEWELRY COLLECTION. WEAR IT WITH YOUR FAVORITE DENIM & TEE, YOUR SUNDAY BEST OR THAT SWEET ‘LITTLE BLACK DRESS’.
INCLUDES: All materials & supplies. Tools and Equipment are provided during the class.
LEARN THE SKILLS: Basic soldering techniques, ring sizing, filing, hand finishing, oxidizing, and polishing.
LEARN THE LINGO: All those crazy words like flux, pickle, fire scale, and heat sink!
LEARN THE TOOLS: All the things needed for silversmithing, using a small torch and basic tools. We keep the setup simple and use tools you can get from Amazon or the hardware store for minimal cost.
LEARN SAFETY! I’ll teach you how to set up your own small silversmithing area, as inexpensively as possible. Simply and safely.
SKILL LEVEL: Suitable for beginners, even if you’ve never soldered before.
DRESS FOR A MESS! Wear old clothes or bring an old shirt to wear over your work clothes. If you have long hair, please wear it up! No long, loose jewelry or scarves.
JOIN US FOR A FUN, YET INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP IN A SMALL, INTIMATE GROUP {and meet new friends with the same addiction, lol!}
The gallery has a TV SCREEN PROJECTION, so you’ll be able to see great detail!! CLASS LIMITED TO 8. Photos are for reference only.
REGISTER ONLINE with
MUD PUDDLE POTTERY
POLYMER CLAY NECKLACE & BEADS
and
SATURDAY, NOV 23rd, 10 am - 1 pm
Imagine designing jewelry with unique, one-of-a-kind beads you make yourself.
Polymer Clay is easy, very inexpensive, and can be bought at your local craft or art stores and fired in a small toaster oven. No kiln or special tools are required, so the cost is minimal.
Learn several beads designs such as flowers, leaves, and shells.
This is a techniques class, so rather than perfecting, we will focus on learning as much as possible! Techniques include making molds, color blending, the skinner blend, stamping, inks, pigment powders & mokume gane’.
REGISTER ONLINE with APPALACHIAN ARTS CRAFTS CENTER
DEKKA BRACELETS
SATURDAY NOV 16th
10 am - 1 pm
FARRAGUT COMMUNITY CENTER
Community Center Medium Classroom
239 Jamestowne Blvd, Suite 201, Farragut, TN
Phone/Farragut Ctr: 865-966-7057
Phone: Fran 615-557-7952 {text is best}
Experience pure luxury and sophistication with the DEKKA Bracelet. Boasting luxurious open lattice areas in a pattern sterling silver and accented with metal accents. The intricate design conveys drama with an understated style. This striking piece features an intricate, open lattice design crafted from sterling silver, highlighted with accents of your choice of precious metals.
REGISTER with STUDIO NAVARRI
DECEMBER 2024
URBAN EAR WEAR
SATURDAY, DEC 14th, 10 am - 1 pm
APPALACHIAN ARTS CRAFT CENTER
CREATE AN ENDLESS COLLECTION OF EARRINGS … ALL INTERCHANGEABLE!
Definitely different, these artisan ear wires are hand sculpted, forged for strength, and polished by hand.
Combine with beautiful, artisan wire-wrapped gemstone drops that simply slip onto the ear wires to create endless combinations. Go from uptown to downtown in a heartbeat.
REGISTER ONLINE with APPALACHIAN ARTS CRAFTS CENTER
