Romantic Notions

Tuesday $135  
  Liesel Lund 9:00 am to 4:30 pm    

Student Level: All levels welcome
Type of Workshop: Project and Process

 

What fun it is to layer romantic snippets of lace, velvet or suede with colorful, shiny tin. Toss in some beads, silk ribbon or vintage buttons and you have the ultimate romantic necklace–a gathering of unexpected and utterly charming elements. You’ll learn many techniques in this journey of ornamentation. First you’ll learn how to deconstruct a tin container, detail cut tin, file edges, punch holes, and set eyelets. Next we’ll add delicious layers of leather, suede, lace, denim, or velvet to create delightful pendants and links. You’ll learn a variety of attachments including wire wrapping, knotting, and sewing. For the finishing sparkle add in ribbon, beads, chain, vintage buttons or rescued bits of jewelry. Join me for a truly fun day creating romantic jewelry assembled from the unexpected!

Supplies Provided by Instructor: class handouts, a huge assortment of cut down tins, whole tin for students to practice cutting down, beads, metal files, emery boards, compound-action aviation snips, needles and thread, wire: brass, copper, silver-colored, and other colors, jump rings: brass, copper, antique copper, silver-colored, 1/16 eyelets: brass, copper, silver, wire cutters, G-S Hypo Cement or E600 Glue, beading wire, crimp beads, Dremel, drill bits, wood block, clamp, vise, extra tools

SupplyList:

  • chain nose pliers
  • detail tin snips (Detail tin snips. Highly recommend: Fiskars Softouch Micro-Tip Pruning Snips - cuts tin, fabric, wire.)
  • gloves (garden gloves with rubber palms are ideal)
  • hammer
  • 1/16” eyelet setter (available at http://www.volcanoarts.biz/)
  • bench block (available at http://www.volcanoarts.biz/)

  • a few small scraps from your stash, bring any of these that you’d like to work with: ribbon: silk, velvet, satin trims: crochet, lace, decorative fabric: velvet, suede, leather, denim, upholstery fabric

Optional:

  • EuroPunch round 1.8mm pliers, or 2 hole metal punch (I will have a few for everyone to share, if you prefer not to wait, feel free to bring your own.)
  • printed tin containers
  • jewelry chain
  • clasp
  • beads
  • buttons
  • old jewelry pieces

Questions? Email Liesel
Website: www.liesellund.com