SILVER III: ADVANCED INLAY
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK BRUCE
Construct an Inlayed bail & hinged inlay pendant (Project 1) & Inlay Earrings (Project2) with piercing or raised rocks, from that is student choice. We will explore; Raised stone sections, Back Plate Piercing with Design so Inlay shows thru, Back Plate Textured & Roller Printed, Open back with inlayed stone, Extended back plate on sides with stamped/chiseled/granulation/wire work, and Stone or Wood or Wire in Stone/Stone or Wood in Metal/ Stone or Wood or Wire in Wood. Students can bring basic silver tools, a pocketknife or scribe, 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. The class fee includes Sterling Silver for Project 1 & 2, all banding silver, titanium solder pick, scribe, 1 inch steel block, pripps flux, silver hard & medium wire solder, saw blades, glues for inlay, stabilizer glues, dusk masks, 3M and black craytec wheels on dremel points, green scrubby, pencil and disposable goods. Does include some banding stones and wood. The class fee includes the 1st two projects. Other materials are available for purchase depending on the projects chosen.
Class Fee: $250
Est Material Fee: $100-$300
Prerequisites: Beginning Inlay 1