Cold Connection-Steampunk Necklace with Dolores Osborne-Hensley Weekend Class

Cold Connection-Steampunk Necklace with Dolores Osborne-Hensley Weekend Class

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10/25/2025 (one day)
9:00 AM-5:00 PM EDT on Sat
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$100.00

Cold Connection-Steampunk Necklace with Dolores Osborne-Hensley Weekend Class

Class | Available

Cold Connections I: Steampunk Collar Necklace & Earrings Set.
Instructor: Dolores Osborne-Hensley

Weekend Class: Saturday October 25th 9am to 5pm

 "Cold Connections I" is a beginner-friendly introduction to the art of joining metals without heat. Students will discover a fascinating world of design possibilities as they learn to work with copper and steampunk elements made from copper, brass, and nickel. The class covers essential techniques such as cutting, sawing, and filing, as well as a variety of cold connection methods, including riveting, texture application and metal layering.

Students will be able to add several layers of elements to create a steampunk look or make your creation using only hammers and rivets. The options to embellish is up to the student. The class instruction fee includes all necessary materials, such as metals, wire, findings, rivets, steampunk elements, cords, an accent stone, chains, and ear wires. Basic tool kits will be provided, and additional tools will be available for purchase.

 

Class Fee: $65

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Prerequisite: None


*WH TUITION: $100 Includes Breakfast and Boxed Lunch. No additional charge for lodging if taking a class, the week before or after, $60 lodging fee if needed. Please email sharon@lapidaryschool.org to arrange lodging.

Osborne-Hensley, Dolores
Dolores Osborne-Hensley

Dolores is an Air Force veteran, who traveled around the world, collecting sea glass, shells, stones, fossils, and semi-precious stones just waiting to be incorporated into wearable creations. After retiring from the armed forces, she opened The Wild Bead and Boutique, in Montgomery, Alabama, where she taught beading, embroidery beading, jewelry, and cold connections. Her first class at William Holland was cold connections with Kim St. Jean, where her love of manipulating metals into creative wearable art began. She is self-taught artist, but classes at William Holland have helped her advance her creations to a higher level. Dolores loves meeting and nurturing other artists and was a 12-year active member of the Montgomery Gem and Mineral Society and held the role of Vice President, Newsletter Editor, and Annual Gem and Mineral Show Manager, but recently transferred her membership to the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, in Birmingham, Alabama to explore more rock digs, classes and meet other rock lovers. Dolores is a member of the Pike Road, Alabama Art Guild and teaches cold connection classes to the public and art guild members. Her other lapidary passions consist of rock hounding, cutting semi-precious stone slabs and shaping cabochons.