Silver II: Comet Intarsia Bolo Tie- Jeff Fulkerson
Class | Available
SILVER II: Comet Intarsia Bolo Tie
INSTRUCTOR: Jeff Fulkerson
Description:
This class will teach you how to create a comet intarsia cabochon and set it in a bolo tie. You will learn how to create a tail for the comet, set a tiny dot in a tube, make ‘stars’ out of metal, as well as how to make a crescent moon. Techniques involve drilling large and small stones in your piece. (Scary!)
The metal work will include how to make bolo tips and the best (in my opinion) way to make a slide to hold the bolo cord.
Kit:
- 22-gauge silver sheet for the back plate
- 14-gauge round wire for bolo slide
- 22-gauge fine silver for the bezel wire
- Sterling tubing for the tips & dots
- 12-gauge sterling silver square wire for rim
- Bolo lanyard
***Student must provide rough stones for the intarsia. I recommend lapis slabs, as well as some turquoise, and white stones for the moon. Opal, real or synthetic is great. Think about what colors you would like when selecting your rough. The instructor will have a very limited supply of rough.
Class Fee: $295
Materials Fee: $105
Prerequisites: Must have some silversmithing experience and basic lapidary skills.
Jeff Fulkerson
Artist Jeff Fulkerson, M.A., has been creating stunning, imaginative jewelry for over 40 years. A contributing artist to Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist Magazine, his work has also been featured in Art Jewelry Magazine, Rock & Gem Magazine, the Tucson Show Guide and Step by Step Wire. Jeff has produced several instructional videos including “Beginning Inlay.” His Silversmithing Video Library offers jewelry artists of all levels the opportunity to learn and improve their skills. Jeff is the inventor of the Steady Stamp™ and the Fast Flare Forming Disks (pat. pend.) for making spinner bangles. He has taught at Bead Fest, Bead & Button Show, Art Retreat in the Desert, Art Unraveled, the San Diego Museum of Man, and several private studios and bead shops across the country. A self-taught silver-smith with a background in construction and design, he counts himself fortunate to have studied with many great Native American artists in the last few years, most notably, Richard Tsosie, Navajo, Jesse Monogya, Hopi/Navajo and Michael Cheatham, Cherokee. “It’s very satisfying to me to help others grow in their gifts and talents.”