Learning From the Masters: Students Weave Beauty and Success Into Their Work

June 15, 2011

The surprised look on her customers’ faces is what pushes Kiki Kinney to try new methods in her jewelry-making. Barbara Gross discovered it’s a great way to continue metal working while snow skiing in Maine. And both artists are finding success by incorporating weaving to their designs, be it soumak, knitting without needles, or twining. […]

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Looking Back on Craft Boston Spring 2011

April 5, 2011

The last weekend of March, we packed up Metalwerx’ display cases along with many fine examples of jewelry created by our students, faculty, and resident artists (a.k.a. Studiomates). With office manager Kelly’s car filled to the brim – off we went to set up our booth for Craft Boston, New England’s finest exhibition and sale […]

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Gem Carving with Derek Levin

February 24, 2011

Master gem cutter Derek Levin will speak Tuesday March 1 as a guest of the Boston Mineral Club at Harvard’s Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street in Cambridge. Titled “Lessons I’ve Learned While Carving Gems,” Levin will address the mechanical and business skills, artistic imagination, and endless perseverance that is needed to find the character of […]

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Start Your Holiday Shopping With The Studiomates!

November 16, 2010

The Studiomates of Metalwerx invite one and all to their annual holiday sale November 20, noon to 4 p.m.  Come see the latest in jewelry fashion trends and techniques and shop for your loved ones—or yourself! This year’s artists include Ellen Carno, Laura Chalifoux, Mary Healy, Maureen McGann, Yleana Martinez, Minou Palandjian, Liz Schock/Elizabeth Podobinski, […]

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THRIVE! Don’t Just Survive! Seminar with Bruce Baker

September 27, 2010

It’s a pet peeve of Bruce Baker’s to walk into a craft show, and see merchandise displayed on a table that has not been raised. “A tabletop is meant to sit and eat at,” he said. “Your customers are standing. The difference is eight and a half to 12 inches!” Bruce is a craft marketing […]

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Meet The Masters: Christine Dhein, on the Green Jewelry Movement

August 2, 2010

Christine Dhein returns to Metalwerx Aug. 12-15 for ‘Surface Embellishments and Riveting Techniques,’ a class she loves to teach because it offers students opportunities for both learning and experimentation. She provides instruction on how to achieve a wide variety of surface textures and encourages students to combine the techniques to create unique results. Students begin […]

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Meet The Masters: Charles Lewton-Brain

July 5, 2010

Charles Lewton-Brain has earned many titles and wears many hats: inventor of foldforming, master goldsmith, educator, author, photographer, community activist (i.e., Ganoksin), and more. In addition, he is the long-time head of the Jewellery/Metals Program at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Canada. But ask him what he most likes to do, […]

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Meet The Masters: Munya Avigail Upin, Designer and Metalsmith

June 13, 2010

If you want to learn how to weave or knit metal, do you need experience with yarn or looms? No way, says award-winning metalsmith Munya Avigail Upin. “You don’t need any textile experience,” she says. “Just jump in and do it.” That’s exactly what students will get to do when Munya conducts a workshop at […]

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Meet the Masters: Barbara Minor, Master Enamelist

June 5, 2010

It’s not easy finding new tricks in an art that’s been practiced for millennia. But master enamelist Barbara Minor did, by trial and error in her Louisiana studio. Three new exciting ways to create texture and apply color are now a hallmark of her work:  using silver foil ‘spitballs,’ inlaying already-fired shards of enamel, and […]

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Cynthia Eid to teach shellforming, June 23-27

May 17, 2010

Metalwerx instructor Cynthia Eid Meet Cynthia Eid: award-winning jeweler, longtime Metalwerx board member, globe-trotting teacher, and banjo picker. Cindy kicks off the 2010 Metalwerx Summer With The Masters series with a five-day course entitled “Creatively Hammering Anticlastic and Synclastic Jewelry” (June 23-27). Students familiar with her classes know to expect an exciting and comprehensive learning […]

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