SILVER III: BASKET AND PEDESTAL PRONG SETTING INSTRUCTOR: HEIDI MANDICH

SILVER III: BASKET AND PEDESTAL PRONG SETTING INSTRUCTOR: HEIDI MANDICH

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3
7/20/2025-7/25/2025
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$200.00

SILVER III: BASKET AND PEDESTAL PRONG SETTING INSTRUCTOR: HEIDI MANDICH

Class | Available

SILVER III: BASKET AND PEDESTAL PRONG SETTING
INSTRUCTOR: HEIDI MANDICH

You've  made  lovely  faceted  stones  (or  purchased  some). You've  created  beautiful  cabochons  (or  bought them). Now what?  Let's set them in an amazing personally created pendant!

This  class  we  will  focus  on  3  skills  that,  once  learned,  you  can  apply  to  many  other  settings.

  • We will  create  a  basket  setting  for your  faceted  stone.
  • Create  a  pedestal  prong  setting  for  your  cabochon
  • Then complete your design by adding a simple hinged bale

 

*Pre-work  before  we  meet  will  include  thinking  of  and  sketching  out  design  ideas,  gathering  stones  you want  to  bring  to  include  in  your  piece.  I will  have  some  sets  available  for  purchase  if  you  choose.

We  will  review  studio  safe  practices when  we  work.  Closed  toed  shoes  are  required, bring  eye protection  (readers  are  ok)  and  a way  to  tie  back  long  hair  if needed.

You  will  also  get  to  use  and  enjoy  my  selection  of  specialty  tools  to  experience  working  with  them.  Kit  will  include  Argentium  sterling  silver (940),  sheet,  wire  and  tubing  for  you  to  create your first  piece.  If you  want  to  create additional  pieces , I will  have  more  Argentium  and  some  stones  available for purchase.

Class Fee: $195  (includes  Argentium 940 sheet, wire and tubing for your first custom piece) 
Est. Materials Fee: $100-$250.  Extra materials, Argentium Sterling Silver (940) and stones will be available for purchase.
Prerequisite: This is a Level III Class – Silver I and Silver II prior.  Strong soldering skills are necessary to be successful in this class.

Mandich, Heidi
Heidi Mandich

Heidi first discovered her passion for metalsmithing while taking a class at the Indianapolis Art Center in 2006. Using hammers, saws, fire and imagination, Heidi enjoys taking simple sterling silver sheet and wire and turning it into unique jewelry for people to enjoy and treasure. She continues to learn from experts in the field every year. “Metalwork…reshaping and reforming metal to become something you have envisioned is exciting …especially when it becomes what was in your head.”

In 2010 Heidi was asked to teach at the Indianapolis Art Center in the same studio where she first learned. She discovered her greatest joy is helping adult students find the same passion of using fire and tools to create jewelry from simple pieces of metal.

In 2011, Heidi took early retirement from her “day job” to follow her passion full time. She does art fairs throughout the Midwest, and continues to teach at the Indianapolis Art Center, and other venues, including William Holland in 2022 (after a 2 year wait 2020-2021). In and around these, she pursues learning opportunities to continue to grow creatively.

In 2014 Heidi was selected to join Indiana Artisans, a juried organization representing the best of art in Indiana as well as CCA Gallery, the oldest member owned coop art gallery in Indiana. In 2022, Heidi was invited to join Art IN Hand; another juried coop art gallery established in 2000, in Zionsville, Indiana. In 2022 & 2023, she was selected as a finalist for the Skip McKinney Faculty of the Year Award at the Indianapolis Art Center.