Teaching & Lectures
2026
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Imaginative Captures.
4 days.
March 27-30
Cyd Rowley Jewelry. Kensington, Maryland
https://www.cydrowley.com/captures
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Imaginative Captures is designed to help you find new, more fluid and elegant approaches to incorporating stones or other objects in your work: to think beyond the traditional bezel and prong.
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Capturing is really a mindset that begins with the mechanics of conventional stonesetting and then reapplies those principles to develop new and more innovative solutions, tailored to the objects that students bring to class-- whether a stone, an enamel or that strange but compelling thing that you've been carrying around for years.
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We’ll get up close and personal with the flex shaft, soldering and cold connections and we'll learn some tips and tricks that can help you find a new approach to your studio practice.
If you're looking to shake things up at the bench and in your head, Imaginative Captures may be just what you're looking for.
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Bang & Bend: small-scale jewelry forging
3 days.
July 10-12
Danaca Design Studio--right here at home in Seattle!
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Moving metal with a hammer is one of the great joys of jewelry and metalsmithing and lies at its very heart. (The word “smith” is derived from “smite” which means “to strike”.) A forged object can be uniquely lyrical and expressive. And forging can be combined with other processes to add pizazz and depth to almost any design.
This 3-day class will explore small-scale forging with a focus on rings.
We’ll get hammers swingin’ building a foundation in copper, brass and bronze
and then move into sterling with the goal of finishing at least one wearable ring or object. The skills learned here can be applied across a spectrum of metals and scales.
Topics include simple model making, tapering, cleanup and alternative forging methods. Students must have basic skills and be able to file, use the flex shaft, solder and anneal.
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Come join us in Seattle! The summers here are great! To register visit:
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