This tool training provides the fundamental skills and materials knowledge you'll need for future projects in jewelry and metalsmithing. Students will receive an introduction to basic metals (copper, brass, nickel, silver) and their characteristics, Up-close demonstrations of basic techniques: sawing, filing, sanding, texturing, stamping and polishing. As well as an overview of our metalsmithing equipment: bench pin, jeweler's saws and files, disc cutter, acetylene torch (with flux coating and pickle bath), flex shaft and attachments, rolling mill, ring bender, dapping blocks (dome and u-channel), steel block, punches, stamping tools, a variety of hammers, and the buffers and polishes. In addition, each student will make and take home a small, personalized charm designed in their choice of metal and pattern.

Attendance at both sessions is mandatory.