Julie Sanford | Kintsugi – Embracing the Imperfect: a ring class | Saturday, February 5, 2022 | 9:00 am until 5:30 pm

$215.00

Kintsugi is the general concept of highlighting or emphasizing imperfections, visualizing mends and seams as something to celebrate or focus on, rather than remove or replace. Isn’t that how life is? Especially this past year…. Let’s embrace the imperfect – focus for a moment on it, and then embrace it – repair it – create beauty out of it.

You’ll be blown away by this class! It’s like nothing you’ve experienced – possibly ever! In Julie’s class, you will experiment with this ancient technique as a means of analyzing the idea of loss, synthesis, and improvement through repair or rebirth.

Help us welcome Julie Sanford to the Vivi Magoo family of instructors! Julie has been creating quality made jewelry for over twenty-five years. She enjoys combining organic elements and textures with contrasting contemporary details creating one of a kind pieces that are fabricated, soldered, fused, formed, hammered and reticulated with various metals, final finishes and extraordinary gemstones. 

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Description

Instructor: Julie Sanford

Class: Kintsugi – Embracing the Imperfect: a ring class

Date of Class: 02/05/2022

Time: 9:00 am until 5:30 pm

Level: Intermediate. Previous soldering experience is recommended.

Class Fee: $215

Kit Fee: $120

Kit includes

Sterling sheet

Fine silver sheet

14k gold wire

Written instructions, paper copy

Templates

Textures for rolling mill

Instructor will have the following for use in class:

One personal set of bench tools that can be shared if the student is missing something essential. It is recommended that students bring their own tools to reduce risks involved with sharing personal items.

Cut off wheels for rotary drills

Dapping punches and leather

Paste flux, brushes

Solders

LOS

Rubber cement

Flex shafts

Soldering stations – torches, fuel, annealing pans, soldering bricks, quench bowls,

Pickle pots

Patina pots

Table protection

Paper towels, dishsoap, neutralizer,

Student Supply List

Basic bench tools

Bench block

Bench pin and c-clamp

Jeweler’s saw, 3/0 saw blades, wax

Metal files, needle and flat hand file

Goldsmithing hammer/cross peen

Mallet

Wire cutters to cut fine wire

Ring mandrel steel

Scribe

Soldering pick

Brass brush for cleaning and burnishing

Copper tongs (two- one for pickle and one for patina)

Finishing tools of choice. i.e., sandpapers, polish pads, rotary wheels (for flex shaft), etc.

Safety glasses

Personal hand towel

Pencil

Optional Supply List

Miter cutting jig

Work light and extension cord if desired

Magnification if needed

Liquid or spray flux if you don’t want to use paste

Instructor Email Address: juliesanford@charter.net

Instructor Website: juliesanfordsesigns.com

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**** PRE-ORDER YOUR CLASS SUPPLIES TODAY! Many of our students have asked us to help streamline the process of gathering their supplies and tools for classes, and we have come up with a way we think will work for you. 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! Here’s how it will work….

  • 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.
    • Here’s their email address mailto:info@sjjewelrysupply.com
  • 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 
  • Once your order is filled, they will send you a second email with confirmation stating your order is complete
    • Included in this email, they will give you instructions on how to pick up your orders upon arrival in Tucson

 Sound easy? We think it’s going to help take the stress out of preparing for classes! **********************************************************************************************************************