Steel Jewelry
with Maia Leppo

​Date:        Saturday and Sunday, June 6 & 7, 2020

Time:        9:00 pm to 5:00 pm each day

Cost:         $345 for BoMA members
                  $395 for non-members
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Materials fee: $40 payable in class

Location:   BoMA Studio
                   4919 Broadway St, Unit 14
                   Boulder, CO 80304

DESCRIPTION
Explore the use of steel as an affordable, lightweight alternative material for a variety of jewelry fabrication. Learn, experiment with, and apply different soldering, micro-welding and riveting methods with 20g-10g steel wires. Personalize your jewelry with handy, non-toxic finishing techniques and added accents of your choice. The course will also cover riveting and soldering with other metals (silver, brass, copper, tin) and cover setting of found objects. We'll cover mechanisms for pin backs, clasps, and earring wires to help make your piece complete. 

​PREREQUISITES
Basic metalsmithing skills including sawing and soldering are necessary for this class

ABOUT THE INSTUCTOR
MAIA LEPPO received her Masters of Fine Arts from SUNY New Paltz and graduated from Tufts University with a degree in Biology and Community Health. She received training in jewelry and metals from various craft schools, including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pocosin Arts, Penland School of Crafts, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She has also participated in artist residencies at Arrowmont and Pocosin. Leppo currently works out of her studio in the Brewhouse Association on the south side of Pittsburgh.


TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
What you’ll want to bring:​

• Saw frame
• 2/0 saw blades
• Drill bits, recommend 67, 60 and 55
• Sharpie markers: fine tip and king size
• 6 inch steel ruler
• Dividers
• Calipers (I like digital)
• A good set of needle pliers
• 8 in mill bastard files, available from Home Depot or Lowes
• Old fashioned hand drill
• Pliers: needle nose, flat, bent chain nose
• Parallel jaw pliers
• Heavy duty wire cutters
• Center punch
• Scribe
• Circle or other templates you may have (from a craft store)
• Old tee shirts to use as rags
• Good pair of cross lock tweezers for soldering
• Found objects you may want to set- flat bottom is best
• Cup burs
• Hard solder
• 20/18/16 gauge wire for rivets in copper and silver
  

Cash or check for $40 for materials kit


MATERIALS KIT* $40 (cash or check)

• ​flex shaft attachments including 3m discs, drill bits, grinding wheel, sanding discs, screw and snap mandrels
• a piece of tubing for pin wire
• a piece of pin wire
• ear posts and ear nuts
• cup burs
• ​Steel sheet and wire

*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials require to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.


MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS
12. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.


CANCELLATION POLICY

• You may cancel up to 45 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.
• Cancellations less than 45 days prior to the start date will not be refunded.
• In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
• Registration is not transferrable. You may not sell your seat to another student.
• If a class has multiple sessions, and you miss one, there is no make up opportunity and the instructor will not catch you up at the next class session. You may not join the next scheduled class, as there’s a maximum number of students for every class and it’s not fair to the other students.
• If you are late to a class, the instructor will not catch you up. There’s a structured curriculum for every class and its not fair to other students to skip part of the curriculum to catch up a student who’s late.
• By clicking on the “I’m going” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
• No Exceptions.

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