SILVER III – CHANNEL INLAY

INSTRUCTOR:  CHUCK BRUCE

Construct 2 channel inlay pendants (project 1 & 2) with stone inlay channels, from that student choice. Channel Inlay combines a soldered silver grid with carefully fitted, shaped pieces of stone. Students will fabricate a silver grid of their own design or use provided patterns to create pins, pendants, bolo ties, or belt buckles. Stones of similar hardness can be used in the projects,but will cover stabilization. Combining silver and lapidary techniques makes this a challenging class. Students can bring basic silver tools, pocketknife or scribe, Optivisor or other magnification, will have most tools needed. Students need to bring rock that are similar hardness and can be combined for inlay. Expect waste rock. Students can also inlay with wood, fossil ivory, bone, Fordite.  Class fee includes Sterling Silver for Project 1 & 2, all solder brick, titanium solder pick, steel pins, pripps flux with spray bottle, silver hard & medium wire solder, saw blades, glues for inlay, stabilizer glues, 3M and black craytec wheel on dremel points, green scrubby, fine marker, leather, pencil and disposable goods. Does include some banding stones and wood.

Class Fee:  $250

Estimate Materials Fee: $100 - $300 depending on projects chosen

Prerequisites: Beginning/Advance Inlay or Cabochons (Calibration and Shapes) and

Silver I or Silver II