| Captured! Creating Handmade Bezels for Found Object Jewelry | $130 |
| Jane Wynn | |
| Student Level: Intemediate | |
| Type of workshop: Project |
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Once, I worked a little number two pencil down to a nub. I had drawn many simple drawings and delightful sketches with my little yellow stick. When it finally became too small to fit in my hand, I just didn't have the heart to throw it away. I decided to set my lucky pencil into a bezel setting and wear it as a lavish jewel.
Do you have a small prized possession like my little pencil and don't know what to do with it? Learn how to bezel set a small found object like a pencil, a small toy, or a simple stone into a simple setting. Of course this is not limited to just jewelry, you can embellish an altered book cover with an interesting found object, or adorn a shrine with a devotion for your future projects.
Learn how to make your own bezels using a small torch and silver solder. Fight design disasters with simple planning techniques. Finish your setting by designing a very unique necklace. Create decorative chain links, make a very unusual clasp, and incorporate odd and unusual costume jewelry parts from your collections.
Kit Fee of $15 payable to Instructor at class time includes: Torches, metal for bezels, brass and copper, silver solder, jewelry tools, wire, epoxy, and jewelry findings like eye pins and jump rings.
Supply list:
One favorite small item to Capture in a bezel setting (*Small: around 2-3 inches long or less and no thicker than ½ inch deep)
small hammer
jewelry pliers
black marker
Decorative beads or old broken costume jewelry parts, buckles, and small found objects
Questions? Email Jane at janewynn@comcast.net
Website: www.wynnstudio.com
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