Please note: This is a two-day workshop meeting at different times:
Sat, January 18 1-4PM
& Tues, January 21 5:30-8:30PM

Have you always wanted to learn how to make jewelry using precious metals like sterling silver, but felt intimidated by the cost of getting started? Working with real silver doesn’t require a set up that costs hundreds of dollars!

In this two-day workshop, we will some of the basics of how to start working with Sterling Silver. You will create a chunky silver chain bracelet (7-8 ½ inches) using sterling silver wire and a medium called Silver Metal Clay.
 For the chain, you’ll have the option to shape your links using a variety of techniques, texture the silver, learn basic wire wrap, and construct your own clasp. You’ll have options to polish to a bright finish, or patina to bring out the details. We will wrap it all up by learning finishing techniques that will make your work really shine.

All supplies included. TMA members receive 10% off all registrations. Parents encouraged for young students.

Level: Beginner to Advanced

Jennifer Dins | Art Educator

I am from the Milwaukee, WI area and I moved to Madison, WI to earn my undergraduate degree in marketing. In 2000, I earned a master’s degree in management, training and organizational development. But besides a mother and wife, what I really am is a life-long artist who found myself in a non-creative career for over 25 years.

After a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis in 2006 permanently sidelined me from my 25 year management career, I decided to follow my creative heart and began to explore a new medium: metal clay. This medium is easy on my sore hands and joints and I feel a sense of accomplishment every time I complete a piece. The uniqueness of this material allows me to add fingerprints, paw prints and even handwriting directly into the silver. Most of my sales are to people who have lost someone and want to capture a piece of him or her within the silver of an heirloom piece. I now believe it’s my calling to help these people through a particularly difficult time.

I love working with silver…it’s my Zen place.