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Jewelry Making Camp - February Break

Jewelry Making Camp - February Break

Regular price $450.00
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FEBRUARY BREAK JEWELRY CAMP:

Silverwork Studios offers a week-long jewelry-making camp for February break. Learn to make your own jewelry at a workshop-style camp in our studio in San Rafael.  

We will teach the skills, steps and safety precautions to design your own jewelry including how to solder. Over the course of the week, the campers will design and craft their own sterling silver ring, bracelet, necklace and earrings with their choice of gemstone. (Please see complete activity list below) Each camper will also get to customize a jewelry box for their shiny new collection. 

Jewelry Camp is for beginners aged 12+. No experience necessary, just bring your enthusiasm and a desire to learn! Limit 10 campers per session.

WHEN:  

Camps will run Tuesday - Friday February 20-23

    Limited to 10 campers per week

    COST & REGISTRATION: 

    • $450 per camper for the week 
    • Cancellation policy: 100% refund with 30 days notice before start of camp 
      • 50% refund thereafter 

    CAMP PREP: 

    • Bring a snack and a water bottle for breaks 
    • Wear comfortable clothes 
    • Pull long hair back

    Please contact us with any questions and feel free to drop by the studio to check out the workshop.

    CAMP CURRICULUM: 

    Day 1: Studio orientation. Learn about: jewelry making tools, safety, setting a stone into a bezel, cutting and measuring chain, using jump rings to connect jewelry, stamping metal. Create a necklace, earrings and a custom stamped tag. Learn about our collection of gemstones. 

    Day 2: Introduction to soldering. Learn about: how soldering works, safety, types of solder, cutting and fitting bezel wire and silver sheet, cutting and sizing ring band, soldering metal. Create a sterling silver bezel and ring. 

    Day 3: Soldering day 2. Learn about: more experience soldering, texturing metal. Use your new soldering skills to create another piece of your own design: cuff bracelet, gemstone ring, custom pendant. 

    Day 4: Learn wire wrapping, start your final project design. Learn about: ways to make a chain (using jump rings, soldering silver band or braiding metal), wire wrapping basics and drawing your design. Design of your final project using your new skills of jewelry making.  

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    Featured collection

    Don't have time for a studio session?
    Let us make it for you - here's some pieces to choose from. Stones will vary as each is unique.