April Bower | Fused & Reticulated Ring: a study in contrasts | Friday, February 4, 2022 | 8 am until 5:30
$245.00
Learn how to successfully reticulate silver and fuse Argentium. Create a rimmed setting for half pearl, learn how to cut a pearl and make a sophisticated adjustable shank for a dramatic ring.
Qualified assistant Renee Garver will be there to facilitate
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Description
Instructor: April Bower
Date of Class: 02/04/2022
Time: 8 am until 5:30 pm
Class Fee: $245
Level: intermediate: should have basic sawing and soldering skills
Type: A Project and Technique Workshop
Kit Fee: $75* (payable to instructor at class time)
* may need adjustment due to precious metal price fluctuations
Kit Fee Includes
10g Argentium wire
14g argentium wire
22g Reticulation silver
22g Argentium sheet
18 g Argentium sheet
Pearl
Instructor will have the following for use in class:
Torch.
Solder Set Up. Heat proof soldering area, Pickle, copper tongs, 3rd hand, tweezers, flux brush, solder pick
flux:
patina:
Rolling mill; flat or combo. *You could planish (hand hammer) the wire flat, if no rolling mill.
Polishing lathe or flex shaft and burs for cleanup and polishing. * 0000 steel wool and pro polish pad will do.
Vise or drilled hole in stump or bench to hold ring mandrel for forming
Polished planishing hammer
Student Supply List
Required tools: ( I will have some to share if you can’t bring)
bench pin
Jewelers saw & 3/0 blades (or close)
bench block
leather or non-mar mallet
side cutters
metal shears
hand files & sanding sticks to smooth edges
sharpie marker, fine tip
charcoal block,
safety glasses , dust mask
your usual hand tools, ruler, sharpie etc
safety glasses
optivisor or reading glasses. ( if you can’t see well you will not be successful making jewelry)
Work light and extension cord
Optional Supply List
if you have them and can bring so you don’t have to share:
Ring mandrel – round or square
Round bezel mandrel
bending or forming pliers
scratch brush
Instructor Email Address: AprilBowerJewelry@gmail.com
Instructor Website: AprilBower.com
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SJ Jewelry Supply in Phoenix is owned and operated by a wonderful family, headed by Mario Morales. His wife, Erika, and son, Steven, round out the staff, and they are excited to help make gathering your supplies easy and stress free. We guarantee they will make life easier for you! No kidding!
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- Once you have determined what you will need for each class, send an email with your request for products and/or tools to SJ Jewelry Supply
- Go to our website, open the class description for each of the classes in which you are enrolled, scroll down to the section “Student Supplies,” cut and paste the items you want to purchase into an email to Mario.
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- When they receive your email, they will send you a return email acknowledging receipt of your request
- In this email, they will instruct you about payment methods
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- Included in this email, they will give you instructions on how to pick up your orders upon arrival in Tucson
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