Jewelry & Metals

One Day Workshop

Sunday, February 16th 10:00 to 2:00PM

Material Fee: $20-60 per flower.

Bring your Valentine to create your own “forever flowers” in this fun and rewarding metalworking class! Using pre-cut copper and steel patterns*, you’ll learn to forge, texture, patina, and assemble your unique blooms. This project is perfect for beginners and experienced smiths alike, offering a hands-on introduction to essential techniques in metal shaping and finishing. Leave with a beautiful, durable flower that will never wilt—a perfect gift or decorative piece. All tools and materials are provided, and no prior experience is needed.

There is a wide variety of metal work in this class! Students should be comfortable with hammers, drills, pliers, wrenches. Materials cost will vary per flower. Large copper flowers cost the most, smaller copper flowers and any steel flowers cost the least.

This class works for a parent and teen, please sign up as two people.

Taught by Mike Platt from www.ironmikesforge.com

* Rose and narcissus patterns from “Pattern book for Artsmiths” published by the Yellin Foundation.

One Day Workshop

Sunday, April 6th 10:00 to 4:00PM

Material Fee: $TBD - Instructor will provide silver bezel strip, silver wire, and a small assortment of stones for students to purchase.

Ever want to know everything about bezel setting stones? This one-day workshop will cover the basics of how to make a bezel setting, setting anything that has a flattish bottom and any shape top stone, glass, clay and more. Using precut sterling ovals and disks, we will solder bezel bands onto them and set cabochons into them.   You can make a pendant or a charm or even a ring. We will also cover open back bezels.   Tips and tricks on how to set your stone perfectly, how to clean up your bezel and get a nice polish will all be covered.

One Day Workshop

Sunday, June 15th 10:00am to 5:00PM

Material Fee: $25 paid directly to the instructor.

Explore the potential for chain making with wire, hand tools and a little imagination to build samples: the Egyptian spiral chain, Viking (knitted) chain, wire wrapped links with beads and basic link chains. Learn to master the manipulation of wire of different gauges as you wrap, bend, knit, hammer and spiral your way to a finished piece. Leave with at least one finished necklace, a complete supplier list and many new tricks to transform your purchase or handcrafted beads into earrings, bracelets, necklaces and much, much more!

One Day Workshop

Sunday, August 24th 10:00 to 4:00PM

Material Fee: $25 materials fee, payable to instructor

Spend a day making your own fabulous earrings!  Using wire, we will make French ear wires, dangles, hoops and much more. Making earrings can be easily done using a few hand tools and a little imagination. Wire, and some sheet metal, plus beads will all be used.   Silverplated, sterling, gold-filled and copper wire will be used. $25 materials fee, payable to instructor.

If you want to learn to make jewelry using silver and other metals, this online course shows you how. You get more than five hours of online, on-demand video instruction broken up into 35 lessons. Study and practice on your own when it’s convenient for you. Progress at your own pace. You will have unlimited access to the lessons and you can watch them as often as you wish. When you enroll in this course, you will receive unlimited access to all 35 online video lessons. All you need is internet access and a TV, mobile device or computer capable of playing them.

As you progress through the lessons, you will learn about jewelry making tools, tool safety and how to create your own jewelry artist's studio. You will learn how to set up and use an acetylene and air torch for soldering. You'll learn jewelry making techniques such as forming, cutting, texturing, buffing and polishing. Follow along through four fun jewelry making projects. Make your own beautiful ring, pendant, earrings, and bracelet. Instructor Tom Woods will guide you every step of the way. In the lessons you will watch him make each piece while explaining what he does and why. He'll give you tips and tell you what to watch out for as he's working.

The online Jewelry Making Essentials course is a perfect complement to a live beginning jewelry making course. If you are waiting to take a live course, the online Jewelry Making Essentials lets you get started early and gets you ready to sail in the live course. If you have already taken a live course, then Jewelry Making Essentials is the perfect review to reinforce what you've learned and you can watch it over and over.

There is no start date for this course - just enroll and get your unlimited access.

Settings

This online, on-demand course is for jewelry makers interested in learning how to make their own prong basket settings which can be used in earrings, pendants, rings and bracelets. The instructor is Tom Woods, who has taught the equivalent 'live' prong classes at Littleton Studio many times. This online version is broken into eight short lessons that you can watch any time, as often as you like. Go at your own pace. Progress as quickly or as slowly as you need.

The course covers all the information you need in short convenient lessons. You will move step-by-step from start to finish as you make a pendant that has a stone you set yourself in your own handmade basket setting.

This online course covers the same material as a weekend workshop. It totals a little over an hour of direct instruction that is broken up into eight individual lessons. You will practice by following along and making your own basket setting, a beautiful stone pendant.

The lessons are presented on YouTube. If you have questions about certain parts, you can write comments with your questions and Tom will provide answers. Watch on your phone, tablet, or laptop while you make the pendant yourself.

This course is almost like buying a book about making prong settings, except it's better because you can watch as the instructor completes each step. You will like the price too. The course is substantially less expensive than a live weekend workshop. Instead, the course is priced more like an authoritative book about making prong settings. If you are waiting to take a live course, or if you took one but need a refresher, this will be the perfect complement.

When you enroll in this Prong Basket Setting Course, you will receive an email with attachments that include links to all eight lessons. You will also receive a list of all the tools and materials you'll need, plus a list of resources to turn to should you need to purchase tools or supplies. The lessons are hosted on YouTube. To access the course just click on a link with your internet connected device and you will go immediately to the lesson. They are yours, on demand, any time you want, forever.

Bezel clasps

If you want to learn to make bracelets using silver and other metals, this online course shows you how to make a clasp type bracelet. You will also see how to put a bezel setting on it to mount a stone cabochon. You get almost 1 1⁄2 hours of video instruction broken up into 11 short lessons that you can download on demand. Watch at your own pace. Study and practice on your own when it’s convenient for you. Slow down and rewatch parts you need to, or you can speed up and skip sections you feel you have a handle on. You will have unlimited access to the lessons and you can watch them as often as you wish. When you enroll in this course, you will receive unlimited access to all 11 online video lessons. All you need is internet access and a TV, mobile device or computer capable of playing them. Unlike live video courses, where you have to be present at a prearranged time, you can watch on demand courses on your schedule. When you enroll in the course, the lessons are yours to watch whenever, wherever, forever.

As you follow along in the lessons, you will watch instructor, Tom Woods, as he makes a bracelet from start to finish. He guides you every step of the way. He explains every detail. Some of the things you’ll learn about include: bezel making tips and tricks, how to measure and size a bracelet, a simple and effective clasp technique, texturing and forming metal, fusing and soldering techniques, buffing and polishing, and how to set a cabochon in a bezel. It is suggested you watch every lesson to get an overview of the project. Then after you work through the lessons, go back and begin making a bracelet of your own. Review the lessons a second time or even more as you progress. There is no start date for this course. Just enroll and get your unlimited access. You will receive an email containing links to all the online lessons, a list of tools and supplies you will need, and a list of suppliers. If you don’t have your own tools, you can utilize Littleton Studio School’s open studio hours to make the bracelet there.

Cab settings

If you have wanted to make your own settings for polished cabochon stones, Making Prong Settings for Cabochons is an online course that will be just the ticket. Instructor, Tom Woods, will take you step by step through the whole process. If you follow along in the project, you will end up with a beautiful pendant that has a prong setting custom-sized for your cabochon.  This kind of setting can also be incorporated into other jewelry projects like earrings, rings and bracelets.

This course is an online, on-demand course. You will get over an hour of direct instruction broken up into eleven short convenient video lessons. You will see a prong setting being made while the teacher carefully and thoroughly explains every detail of the fabrication. You are encouraged to follow along while making your own setting. A huge benefit of online, on-demand courses is that you can watch them anytime you want, whenever, wherever and forever. Do you need to go slower, or repeat sections? You can do that. Do you want to skip over parts you are already comfortable with? You can do that too.

The lessons are hosted for you on YouTube, so you can access your course anywhere, any time as long as you have internet access and a device capable of viewing YouTube videos. The eleven lessons, which we estimate to cover the equivalent material found in a weekend workshop, is priced right too. It is far less expensive to take this on demand course than it is to take a 'live' course.

When you enroll in the course, you will receive an email that has all the course links and information about what tools and supplies you should have to complete the course.

As you progress through the lessons, you will undoubtedly think of questions you'd like to ask the teacher. You are encouraged to ask anything in the Comments sections that are presented with each lesson. Let us show you how to get started making your own beautiful prong settings at home by taking Making Prong Settings for Cabochons.

If you have wanted to make your own settings for polished cabochon stones, Making Prong Settings for Cabochons is an online course that will be just the ticket. Instructor, Tom Woods, will take you step by step through the whole process. If you follow along in the project, you will end up with a beautiful pendant that has a prong setting custom sized for your cabochon. This kind of setting can also be incorporated into other jewelry projects like earrings, rings and bracelets.

This course is an online, on demand course. You will get over an hour of direct instruction broken up into eleven short convenient video lessons. You will see a prong setting being made while the teacher carefully and thoroughly explains every detail of the fabrication. You are encouraged to follow along while making your own setting. A huge benefit of online, on demand courses is that you can watch them anytime you want, whenever, wherever and forever. Do you need to go slower, or repeat sections? You can do that. Do you want to skip over parts you are already comfortable with? You can do that too.

The lessons are hosted for you on YouTube, so you can access your course anywhere, any time as long as you have internet access and a device capable of viewing YouTube videos. The eleven lessons, which we estimate to cover the equivalent material found in a weekend workshop, is priced right too. It is far less expensive to take this on demand course than it is to take a 'live' course.

When you enroll in the course, you will receive an email that has all the course links and information about what tools and supplies you should have to complete the course.

As you progress through the lessons, you will undoubtedly think of questions you'd like to ask the teacher. You are encouraged to ask anything in the Comments sections that are presented with each lesson. Let us show you how to get started making your own beautiful prong settings at home by taking Making Prong Settings for Cabochons.

Prerequisites: You should have some jewelry making experience and soldering skills.

This online, on-demand course is for jewelry makers interested in learning how to make their own prong basket settings which can be used in earrings, pendants, rings and bracelets. The
instructor is Tom Woods, who has taught the equivalent 'live' prong classes at Littleton Studio many times. This online version is broken into eight short lessons that you can watch any time, as often as you like. Go at your own pace. Progress as quickly or as slowly as you need.

The course covers all the information you need in short convenient lessons. You will move step-by-step from start to finish as you make a pendant that has a stone you set yourself in your own handmade basket setting.

This online course covers the same material as a weekend workshop. It totals a little over an hour of direct instruction that is broken up into eight individual lessons. You will practice by following along
and making your own basket setting, a beautiful stone pendant.

The lessons are presented on YouTube. If you have questions about certain parts, you can write comments with your questions and Tom will provide answers. Watch on your phone, tablet, or laptop while you make the pendant yourself.

This course is almost like buying a book about making prong settings, except it's better because you can watch as the instructor completes each step. You will like the price too. The course is substantially less expensive than a live weekend workshop. Instead, the course is priced more like an authoritative book about making prong settings.
If you are waiting to take a live course, or if you took one but need a refresher, this will be the perfect complement.

When you enroll in this Prong Basket Setting Course, you will receive an email with attachments that include links to all eight lessons. You will also receive a list of all the tools and materials you'll need, plus a list of resources to turn to should you need to purchase tools or supplies. The lessons are hosted on YouTube. To access the course just click on a link with your internet connected device and you will go immediately to the lesson. They are yours, on demand, any time you want, forever.

Learn to make bezel settings and bracelets that have a clasp.

If you want to learn to make bracelets using silver and other metals, this online course shows you how to make a clasp type bracelet. You will also see how to put a bezel setting on it to mount a stone cabochon. You get almost 1 1⁄2 hours of video instruction broken up into 11 short lessons that you can download on demand. Watch at your own pace. Study and practice on your own when it’s convenient for you. Slow down and rewatch parts you need to, or you can speed up and skip sections you feel you have a handle on. You will have unlimited access to the lessons and you can watch them as often as you wish. When you enroll in this course, you will receive unlimited access to all 11 online video lessons. All you need is internet access and a TV, mobile device or computer capable of playing them. Unlike live video courses, where you have to be present at a prearranged time, you can watch on demand courses on your schedule. When you enroll in the course, the lessons are yours to watch whenever, wherever, forever. As you follow along in the lessons, you will watch instructor, Tom Woods, as he makes a bracelet from start to finish. He guides you every step of the way. He explains every detail. Some of the things you’ll learn about include: bezel making tips and tricks, how to measure and size a bracelet, a simple and effective clasp technique, texturing and forming metal, fusing and soldering techniques, buffing and polishing, and how to set a cabochon in a bezel. It is suggested you watch every lesson to get an overview of the project. Then after you work through the lessons, go back and begin making a bracelet of your own. Review the lessons a second time or even more as you progress. There is no start date for this course. Just enroll and get unlimited access. You will receive an email containing links to all the online lessons, a list of tools and supplies you will need, and a list of suppliers.

If you don’t have your own tools, you can utilize Littleton Studio School’s open studio hours to make the bracelet there. Please reach out to info@littletonstudioschool.org to schedule a time.