Salt City Smithery
44 West 3450 South
South Salt Lake, Utah 84115
Tubing Technical:
an exploration in fabrication
August 5 & 6
Considering Clasps:
one size doesn’t fit all
August 7, 8 & 9
***Sign up for the 5-day bundle, August 5 to 9
Trunk Show and artist talk August 6th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Salt City Smithery hosts: 2-day, 3-day, or a 5-day in person (or online) workshop. Classes are BOTH in person with a maximum of 10 students or online via zoom.
SKILL LEVEL: Basic fabrication, knowledge of soldering is required.
Tubing Technical class project
CLASS DESCRIPTION, Tubing Technical: Tubing definition: a hollow form open at both ends, not necessarily round. Explore the myriad ways to make and use tubing. Join, bend, connect, hang, set faceted trillion stones, and hinge, using tubing. Students make a hinged pendant with a trillion stone setting that hangs from a bail created with hand-made bent tubing.
Considering Clasps examples
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Considering Clasps; One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Clasps are an important consideration in your handmade jewelry; they’re not one size fits all. Learn to make the tension clasp, sliding tube clasp and custom ear nuts. We will study and make a variety of hook clasps, one of the oldest forms of clasps. This class is meant to get you thinking about connections, size and scale along with functional, practical and aesthetic aspects of use. Traverse a wide world of options for your specific hand-made jewelry.