Silver II: Argentium - Vickie Prillaman

Silver II: Argentium - Vickie Prillaman

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8/18/2024-8/23/2024

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$200.00

SILVER II: ARGENTIUM

INSTRUCTOR: VICKIE PRILLAMAN

 

This class is for students that have worked with Argentium silver. We will be working with the 935 and 940 formulas. We will observe the difference between the two formulas. The new 940 formula is not as sensitive to slumping and works more like sterling silver. You will use wire and sheet to make two pendants with stone settings. I will have several samples of different projects that you may choose from to make after your first two projects. You will learn how to fuse and how to solder Argentium silver and the characteristics of Argentium silver. Depending on your skill level, I will have more complicated projects for those that are ready to advance. For example: Hollow beads, hollow form pendant with a shadow box setting. The class fee for this class covers the handouts, consumables, and many of the essentials that are different and required for working with Argentium silver and the first 2 projects. Please be aware that Argentium silver costs slightly more than sterling silver. If you have any questions, please call Vickie at 770-265-7879.

 

Class Fee: $380 Includes Argentium silver for 2 projects.

Est Materials Fee: $40+ (depends on the price of metals and number of projects each student makes)

Prerequisite: Experience working with Argentium silver

Prillaman, Vickie

Vickie Prillaman started her career in Jewelry in 1993 at the Spruill Center for the Arts in Dunwoody, GA. In 1994 she became an assistant in the jewelry department at Spruill, she also attended Georgia State University in 1994, where she recognized her interest in education and started teaching jewelry making in 1995. She completed a year long apprenticeship with a German goldsmith in the Atlanta area in 1996. She has taught beginning Silver classes for the Eastern Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies, several beginning Silver and Advanced Silver classes for the Southeast Federation of Gem and Mineral Societies, and Advanced Silver classes for the Florida Society of Goldsmiths and the former North Carolina Goldsmith Society. In 1997 Vickie began teaching at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA. She continues to teach workshops around the country and privately in her own studio in Georgia.

Vickie Prillaman continues to add to her knowledge of metal smithing and stone cutting by attending workshops with many well-known artists. She enjoys learning new techniques and passing on what she has learned to her students. Vickie is an accomplished lapidarist who uses her own stones in combination with gold and silver to design and create her unique jewelry.

Vickie also enjoys designing and weaving baskets and sharing her knowledge with others. She has studied with Lorraine Garcia since 2011 and has attended other basket making classes in the area. Vickie started teaching Baskets at William Holland in 2022.

Vickie is a member of the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia and the Florida Society of Goldsmiths. She is past President of the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society and a past President and Vice President of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths. She is a member of the Tomoka Gem and Mineral Club.