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Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $146 Instructor: Amy Veatch Jan 9-Feb 13 Tu

investigations during sample making and the student’s designs. Students should plan to bring a variety of copper (16g, 18g, or 20g) or brass (18g or 20g) wires or purchase materials from Pullen Arts Center’s store (approx. $20). Students may use sterling silver if they choose. Prerequisite: Beginning Metals at Pull or Sertoma. 5 sessions. Instructor: Sarah West. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $146 en Jan 22-Feb 19 M 1:00-4:00pm Jewelry - Cold Joining Age: 16-99 yrs. Rivets, tabs, slots, and prongs. Fabricate your piece without solder. This allows for a collage type assemblage of varied components. Possibilities include found objects, gemstones, and things that otherwise could not withstand heat. $25 kit available. Instructor: Betty McKim. Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $141 Mar 5-Apr 9 Tu 10:00am-12:30pm Jewelry - Continuing Metals Age: 16-99 yrs. Continue to expand your skills working independently and on assigned projects to further your knowledge of jewelry techniques. Explore methods of stone-setting and hollow-form construction. Students may purchase and/or bring in their own metal for projects. Supply kits will be available for purchase from Pullen Arts Center for $25. The kit will provide each student with solder, saw blades, drill bits, sandpaper and a small amount of copper to get started on projects. Prerequisite: Beginning Metals at Pullen or Sertoma Arts Center. 6 sessions. If you completed Jewelry - Beginning Metals at Pullen or Sertoma Arts Center prior to 2021 and have difficulty registering, please contact Pullen.Arts@raleighnc.gov. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $146 Instructor: Amy Veatch Jan 3-Feb 7 W 7:00-9:30pm Instructor: Sarah West Feb 27-Apr 2 Tu 7:00-9:30pm Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $146 Instructor: Amy Veatch Feb 22-Mar 28 Th 7:00-9:30pm Instructor: Sarah West Feb 10-Mar 9 Sa 12:30-3:30pm

Age: 16-99 yrs. Experiment by adding beautiful color to your jewelry! With anodized niobium, you can add color to your pieces. Students will learn to anodize niobium with an electrolyte solution and electrical current. Anodizing brings out amazing color and highlights texture on niobium. The pieces created can be added to other metals by cold joining or be the centerpiece in a set of earrings or necklace. The creative possibilities are endless! A $35 kit will be available for purchase at the first class. Prerequisite: Beginning Metals at Sertoma or Pullen Arts Center. 6 sessions. Instructor: Amy Veatch. Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $145 Jan 11-Feb 15 Th 7:00-9:30pm Jewelry - Beginning Beading Age: 12-99 yrs. Learn to make earrings, necklaces, and bracelets with beads! Beads, tools, and findings will be provided. Repairing jewelry will also be discussed. 2 sessions. Instructor: Anne Terry. Jewelry - Beginning Enamels Age: 16-99 yrs. We will delve into the basics of enameling, or the process of fusing colorful ground glass to a metal substrate. We will explore different techniques including layering, stencils, decals, lusters, and graphite and will learn a few ways to incorporate enameled components into our jewelry. Students will come away from the class with many samples as well as some finished pieces. Enameling after protocols will be discussed and followed at all times. Prerequisite: Beginning Metals at Sertoma or Pullen Arts Center. All supplies included. Instructor: Lauren Markley Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $150 Jan 9-Feb 13 Tu 2:30-5:00pm Mar 5-Apr 9 Tu 2:30-5:00pm Jewelry - Beginning Metals Age: 16-99 yrs. Design and construct earrings, pins, pendants, charms, or other small objects, and tokens in this basic metalworking class. Students will learn how to saw, drill, file, hammer, and texture metal before joining it with rivets, and solder to create individual projects. Students may purchase and/or bring their own metal for projects. Supply kits will be available for purchase at Pullen Arts Center for $25. The kit will provide each student with solder, saw blades, drill bits, sandpaper and a small amount of copper to get started on projects. This class qualifies students for a jewelry studio membership. 6 sessions. Pullen Arts Center Mar 3-Mar 10 Su Sertoma Arts Center Apr 21-Apr 28 Su 3:00-5:00pm Fee: $41 1:00-3:00pm Fee: $41

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Instructor: Sarah West Jan 9-Feb 13 Tu Instructor: Hsiang-Ting Yen Jan 10-Feb 14 W Instructor: Ndidi Kowalczyk Jan 11-Feb 15 Th Instructor: Amy Veatch Feb 21-Mar 27 W Sertoma Arts Center Instructor: Sarah West Jan 6-Feb 3 Sa Instructor: Amy Veatch Jan 11-Feb 15 Th Instructor: Lauren Markley Jan 9-Feb 13 Tu Instructor: Lauren Markley Mar 5-Apr 9 Tu

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6:00-8:30pm Jewelry - Beyond the Bezel: Tab and Prong Setting Age: 16-99 yrs. In this class, we will focus on tab and prong settings to add found objects, unusual shaped stones or delicate materials such as enamels to our jewelry. We will be working primarily in brass and copper but students can choose to experiment with sterling silver. Individual projects will be based on student’s experience, their vestigations during sample making d the student’s designs. Students ill need to supply their own materials, pply list prints on receipt. 6 sessions. structor: Sarah West. llen Arts Center – Course Fee: $146 in an w su In Pu Apr 3-May 1 W 6:00-9:00pm Jewelry - Build Like Artist Madelyn Smoak Age: 16-99 yrs. Let’s draw inspiration from artist, Madelyn Smoak’s artwork. A donation of materials from Smoak’s studio have given rise to this one-of-a-kind workshop. Come build pieces inspired by her work, putting together beads, decorative metal, coins, wire, hardware, small portraits, and ones, to make interesting and beautifu welry, ornament, or sculpture. All pplies included. 2 sessions. Instructors st je su my Veatch & Ndidi Kowalczyk. ullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $211 A P Apr 6-Apr 7 Sa&Su 9:30am-4:30pm Jewelry - Chain Making and the Fabricated Clasp Age: 16-99 yrs. The purpose of this class is to introduce you to the aspects of hand made chain making while building your technical skills. We will start by working on some chain and clasp samples in copper or brass. Students can choose to continue with these metals or move onto sterling silver for their final project. Individual projects will be based on student’s experience, their l :

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