Southwest Silver Concepts, Silver II - Laura Cox

Southwest Silver Concepts, Silver II - Laura Cox

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9/22/2024-9/27/2024

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$200.00

SILVER II: SOUTHWEST SILVER CONCEPTS

INSTRUCTOR: LAURA COX

 

This class will cover history, stones, and techniques commonly found in Southwest style jewelry. Techniques that may be explored will include but not limited to basic/advanced stamping, appliques, handcrafted bezels, and stone setting. Daily classes will begin with discussion and demonstrations followed by the students practicing and designing/executing their own pieces based on their newly learned skills and the students’ creativity and ability. Designs include but are not limited to earrings, rings, pendants, bracelets, necklaces, pins, barrettes, bolos, and/or buckles. If you have your own cabochons, tools, or stamps, feel free to bring them. The school supplies the basic tools. We suggest bringing an Optivisor if you have one. Lab fee includes expendable items such as flux, solder, sandpaper, saw blades, patinas, polishes, solder brick, and printed materials. The cost of silver will be based on market price at time of the class and all silver will be purchased through the instructor. Closed toe shoes are required.

 

Class fee: $125

Est. Material Fee: $150-400

Consumables Fee: 0

Prerequisites: Three Silver 1 classes with good sawing and soldering skills

Cox, Laura

Laura Cox has been attending William Holland since 2006.  She practices the lapidary arts during her free time when she is not working as a nurse practitioner.  She has a passion for all thing’s rocks, silversmithing, and William Holland.  Her favorite aspect of jewelry making is creating a piece from start to finish, from cabbing the stone to setting it in silver or inlay.  Many of her pieces carry a Southwest style.  To see a sampling of her work, visit her website at LapidaryConcepts.com.  Laura is a current member of the CCGMS and previously taught cabbing for the club.  She will never forget the anticipation and excitement she had the very first time she visited William Holland and she continues to experience on each returning trip.  She is eager for you to experience the same excitement with exploring and learning the Lapidary Arts here at William Holland.