Jeanette Caines - Hollow Formed Beads
March 9 - 10, 2024

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Join us for this two day class where students will join Jeanette and learn the ancient art of die making hollow beads! Jeanette has been working on this reclamation of ancient technology project for the last three years and her brand new, hollow-form dies from the Queen Puabi Collection are ready to debut in the studio. She will teach you how to use them to make gorgeous hollow beads, just as the ancient goldsmiths did. There isn't any complicated equipment required, just a leather mallet, one of the new dies, annealing, and 30-26 gauge sheet in either copper, fine silver or 22k gold.

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MEMBER FEE: $375

NON-MEMBER FEE: $475

KIT FEE: $175 + Varies depending on die price

PRE-REQUISITES: Basic jewelry skills

LOCATION: Armory Art Center

811 Park Place

West Palm Beach FL 33401

TIME: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm EST

Students can bring basic silver tools of their choosing. Basic equipment needed includes:

Leather mallet (unleaded)
Joyce Chen Cutting shears
Tweezers
30-26 gauge sheet in copper, fine silver, or 22k gold (thinner sheet is a little easier to manage, so if in doubt, go with a thinner gauge)
26 gauge soft titanium sheet for making trivets for fusing (if you want to make your own trivets)
30 gauge soft titanium binding wire (optional)
400 grit sandpaper
400 grit micron green sandpaper
Sharpie marker
Cut 2 file
Wood Dowels
Parallel Pliers
Please Note - Beehive Kiln is helpful but not required! If you own one, please bring it to class.

Lab Fee

You will choose from a selection of dies to purchase on the day of your workshop or you can order them ahead of time at https://www.jewelryartstools.com/shop, they vary in price from 175.00-275.00, depending on their size.

ARTIST BIO

Jeanette K Caines is a master Goldsmith with over 30 years’ experience. She is the director and owner of Jewelry Arts Inc, the leading jewelry school in New York City and the only center for teaching ancient jewelry making techniques in the world. Her current projects include an investigation into the beginnings of die forming, and a study with the College of Art and Design at Beijing University of Technology to document and revive the almost lost art of Chinese Filigree. An award-winning author of Soldering Demystified, she was featured in a 2016 PBS Nova special Treasures of the Earth: Metals.

March 9 -10, 2024

Member fee $375; Non-member $475

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Cancellation Policy

You may cancel with a refund 30 days prior to the start of the workshop. There will be a $25.00 processing fee deducted from your payment. There will be NO REFUND after this date unless the class is filled by another student. Class space cannot be sold to someone who is not on the wait list or who has not been approved by the workshop coordinator.

Release Policy

As part of the consideration in addition to the registration fee paid to the Florida Society of Goldsmiths for giving the course for which I have registered, I hereby release the Florida Society of Goldsmiths Board of Directors, its members, instructors, as well as any person or entity on whose property such course may be given, from any and all liability for personal injury or property damage that I may suffer or sustain due to negligence, or otherwise, in connection with any such course, whether by ingress or egress, attendance or otherwise. Florida Society of Goldsmiths reserves the right to substitute instructors and course specifics if necessary.

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Jeanette Caines - Hollow Formed Beads
March 9 - 10, 2024

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March 9 -10, 2024

Member fee $375; Non-member $475

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