Classes:

Beginner’s Wirework:
Learn to make your own creative componets using wire and beads. Skills taught include basic loops, fancy loops, and clasp attachments. You will leave class with a finishied breacelet and some great new skills.

Class cost of $40 includes all supplies. Limit 10 students.

Steampunk Riveting Class 
Learn to make jewelry with different types of screws and rivets without soldering. Like Steampunk.
In this class you will learn to cut discs out of metal, punch holes, file and attach almost anything that you want to creating wonderful one of a kind jewelry. You will make a pendant or pair of earrings. Just bring your imagination and the sky is the limit. This is a beginning class so be prepared to have FUN! 1 1/2-2 hour class.
Cost $40 includes materials.

This is the beginning Soldering Class.

What you will learn:

• The basics of soldering
• Manipulating sterling silver wire
• Metal Prep work
• Working with solder
• Working with a torch.

 How will you learn:

Starting with a piece of sterling silver wire you will cut, bend and manipulate
it creating a wirework design that you will solder into a pendant.
You will learn to design, file, clean, solder and polish your creations.

 Materials provided:.

• Torch
• Solder
• Soldering Block
• Pliers & cutters
• Sterling Silver

• Polishing by Tumbler

 Class Cost and Time

• Class cost is $100 includes materials
• Class time is 2 hours long

Contact Dennis at Fishlips3 Beads & Blues for details and reservations. 515-274-3474 or email him at dennis@fishlips3.com.

Classes taught by Cheryl Orahood

CLASS
Cold Connection Pendant with Stone

Learn to make jewelry without soldering. We will learn to cut, rivet and work with screws and wire to fabricate our metal. We will be working with copper and brass. We will hammer, texture,stamp, drill our pendant then attach a bezel to mount our stone. We will put a bail on our pendant and then a final polish.
Class cost: $85.00 includes all supplies. Limit to 10 students.
Time: 3 hours. No experience is needed. Please bring safety glasses.
CLASS:
Leaf Soldered Earrings

Learn to fold, manipulate, texture and hammer copper into leaf earrigns. Then we will learn to anneal and solder with a mini torch. We will be working with copper sterling silver. We will learn to make earring wires to solder to the back of our metal leafs. Polishing will be the last process with the foredom or a dremel. Please bring safety glasses.
Supplies we will use:

Mini Torch
Soldering block
Solder Sterling sheet
Pliers and cutter

Class cost: $90.00 This includes all supplies.
Time: 3 hours. No experience is needed.

CLASS:

Bezel Setting Sterling Pendant

What you will learn:
Basic soldering technique.
Hammering, Texturing, Stamping Metal, Learn about solder, Work with a mini torch.

We will Start with a piece of sterling sheet. We will hammer, texture our sheet of metal and texture and hammer a design. We will make a bezel and solder them together and then make a bail for the pendant. The last process will be putting the stone into our pendant and then polishing with a matt finish.

Cost: $110.00 Materials included. Please bring safety glasses.
Time:3 ½ hours

Contact Dennis at Fishlips3Beadsand Blues for details and reservations 515-274-3474 or e-mail him at dennis@fishlips3.com You can reach Cheryl Orahood at glasscao@aol.com or 515-963-3609 with any questions about the classes.

Please contact us with any other questions. Our phone number is 504-265-8830 and our email address is info@aksshow.com.