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Welcome to our SIXTH YEAR of classes at the Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry & Lapidary!!
Weekly classes are set up so that everyone has the same opportunity to learn with a maximum enrollment of 6 students. It is not only for the raw beginner, but also for the experienced jeweler. You can choose to take a class on either Tuesdays OR Wednesdays. The classes are held one day or evening a week for 8 weeks at a cost of $20 per hour or $480 for 24 hours of instruction. Students will be exposed to various techniques such as sawing, soldering, forging, polishing and stone setting. You can explore surface techniques with a rolling mill, reticulation, and more complex stone setting. For those desiring to broaden their abilities, come try wax carving, mold making, or experience fusion welding with Sparkie. The Mountain Metalsmiths School also offers classes in beginning lapidary from May through November. Bring your rough or choose from ours to create a cabochon for that perfect jewelry design you've been dreaming of!
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Available Workshops for 2012: The school is now offering 2 and 3 day weekend workshops on the following topics:
- GENERAL JEWELRY FABRICATION FOR BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE LEVEL JEWELERS:2 and 3 day weekend workshops
- PLAYING WITH ARGENTIUM OR THE NEW STERLIUM PLUS SILVER:3 day weekend workshops
- WAX CARVING and LOST WAX VACUUM CASTING:3 day weekend workshops
- MOLD MAKING FOR THE JEWELER INTERESTED IN PRODUCTION:2 day weekend workshops
- RETICULATION and OTHER SURFACE TEXTURES:3 day weekend workshops
- FOLD-FORMING with PLIERS and HAMMERS:3 day weekend workshops
- CHASING and REPOUSSE:3 day weekend workshops
- COLD CONNECTIONS:2 day weekend workshops
- HANDMADE CHAINS:3 day weekend workshops
- SETTING UNUSUAL STONES:3 day weekend workshops
Offered from May through November
- LAPIDARY WORKSHOP CUTTING A CABOCHON:3 day weekend workshops
Watch the class schedule page for the following workshops:
- JEWELRY FABRICATION: expanded 5 day workshops
- WAX CARVING, LOST WAX VACUUM CASTING and MOLD-MAKING: expanded 5 day workshops
All these weekend workshops are geared for either local students who don't have the time to commit to 8 weeks of classes or for students from out of the area. For those of you who do not live in the Asheville NC area, why not take a few days to explore the beauty and culture of Western North Carolina. Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway, sample the local cuisine, visit the many fine galleries of Asheville and the surrounding area.
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Sometimes limited funds or lack of time to commit to either a weekend workshop or an eight week class session seems like a tough hurdle to manage. Let the One-on-One option work for you. For a mere $40 per hour plus materials, you can come in and have an instructional session on a particular technique. Perhaps you are running into some problems while creating your own jewelry. Come on down, let us look and see what the issue is, and we'll brainstorm together to solve it.
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Are you an educator looking for new ideas for lesson plans? Taking a class or workshop gives you the opportunity to learn new skills to bring back to your students. We can provide a certificate of completion that will state how many hours you spent in a workshop or class. Even a science teacher can enrich a study of geology by learning how to cut cabochons out of rocks. Students would study igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary samples of rock before turning them into beautiful objects fit for jewelry.
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