Beginning Silversmithing
Workshop | Available
Learn the basics of silversmithing and create your own wearable art. Design and create three rings to take home, including a sterling silver spinner ring, a gemstone “tid-bit” ring and wide band gemstone ring. While fabricating your projects, you will become familiar with various equipment in the small metals studio and learn design, bezel formation, soldering, how to create texture using silver wire, sawing, use of patina, and stone setting.
Mary Lou Christie
Mary Lou (Tahlequah, OK) is a retired elementary teacher who now spends her time honing her skills and teaching jewelry making classes in her Tahlequah, OK studio. Her work has been featured in several galleries and are shown at Fine Art Festivals in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. Her creations have won numerous fine art awards.