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Workshops + Classes at nanopod Have a question relating to one of the workshops or courses? Make secure payments online using VISA, or Mastercard without a PayPal account! |
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Work with Metal + Glass! 4 week Metal + Glass (February's course has filled. 2 spaces available for March 2/2/12)
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| sterling silver pendant- hand sawn with bezel-set stones. Beginning student. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pierced and sawn copper heat coloured. Beginning student. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pierced and sawn copper, prepped for Enamel. Beginning student. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| sterling silver, lost wax cast 'fox' bracelet with tube-set garnet. Beginning student. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22k gold wedding bands. Beginning students. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For more examples of work created by Beginning students during a nanopod: Hybrid Studio workshop or course please visit our Flickr page! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| cold connections. Tube rivets and prong setting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| fused glass brooch and ring. Sterling silver. Beginning student | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| beginning flameworked beads | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| enamel copper, and sterling silver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fire + Gravity Work with molten glass! FULL Focus on sculpting, fusing and beginning mandrel wound glass beads. Working with beautiful hand-pulled glass students create beads, and rings. History is discussed, glass formulas, annealing cycles, glass suppliers/makers, and more! Absolutely NO experience is necessary! |
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Ring Band Workshops! Looking for Wedding ring/Engagement ring specific, workshops? Clicking the tab below will close it. Wedding band info
My ring band (Sterling) workshops are 3 hours long and include Sterling silver for one ring band (rectangular wire 6mm wide x 1.5mm thick). $85pp
Wedding band workshops vary dependant upon approach, materials used, etc. Generally the wedding band workshops are private bookings. So, there are 3 options: Sterling ring band workshop, Wedding band workshop (wax), Wedding band workshop (fabricate). If you and your fiance are looking to create non-traditional rings generally I recommend the lost wax process for couples with no experience. With wax you carve, sculpt, and file wax ring blanks (or form ring blanks from soft wax using your fingers), these models are then cast in either Gold, Sterling or Brass. Before they are cast we weigh the wax and determine cost, if the waxes need to be adjusted to fit budget, etc., we adjust the rings at this stage. Wax is also more forgiving and should you make a mistake, etc., you can easily start over or fix the model without any extra cost. Working straight from gold stock is not the same, can be considerably more expensive, and there isn't a lot of room for error plus solder needs to be purchased as well, see www.imperialproducts.com for quotes. They are located in Markham, ON. White gold comes in 10k, 14k, 18k, 19k the higher the karat the more gold, lower means more alloy to make it appear 'white', same applies with red gold, or green gold. -Wedding band workshops using wax run two sessions 1st session involves working with your designs and creating them out of wax. I show you different approaches to working with wax, various jeweller's wax, tools and equipment used, carving using hand tools, and rotary tools, etc. 2nd session - you receive your rings cast in metal of choice, we then go over various finishing techniques, filing, sanding, polishing. The Wedding band (wax) workshop runs= $200 per couple + metal for 6hrs does not include stone setting, etc. Metal costs are based upon the spot price of the day- I do not charge any extra for this, or add on extra fees, etc. Basically, you are paying less than wholesale for your custom rings. Gold rings in past wax carving workshops have run $250 to $650 per ring for 14k. $400 to $850 per ring for 18-19k 19k is more steel-like in colour. Lost wax cast Sterling silver rings are considerably less, $30 to $110 depending on size. How much metal would you need (gram wise) is completely dependant on size of ring. A rough idea: approximate gram weight for an 8.5 to size 9 ring would weigh 9 to 10 grams and cost (if purchased through a metal supplier) around $460 to $500 (for 18k rectangular wire same dimensions as Sterling mentioned above) plus solder (18k medium grade) which could run $85 to $100+ for a coupon. Wedding band workshop-fabricate (melt your own gold, work w/alternative materials, etc) $150pp BYOM 6hrs. Please email me to book your private workshop, or for further details.
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