Soldered Jewelry Class

 

I am looking forward to teaching classes on how to make soldered jewelry. The focus will be on creating square, round, and oval bezels for use in jewelry.  We will also be learning how to use resin  I will be teaching two classes on Saturday, October 9th &16th at Hobby Lobby in Layton from 9am-4pm.  I will be sending out an email to everyone who signed up, please register early as there is not going to be much space.   Just send me an email or call me to sign up (801) 560-1365.  Leave a message if you cannot get a hold of me and I will call you back.  I will not have access to the intranet for about a week so be patient and I will contact you.  To register please indicate your name, phone number, email address and  the date you want to take the class and  send your check for $75.00 to:

Denise Petersen

P.O Box 562

Bountiful, UT 84010

I look forward to meeting everyone for this fun event.

It has been a while since my last post.  I have been so busy mostly having fun.  I went to Los Gatos, CA for an art retreat called An Artful Journey.  I stayed with a really good friend, Carol and her sister Nancy.  We had such wonderful food since Carol is a really good cook.  I am still waiting for those cookie recipes (hint, hint).   We all took a class with Stephanie Lee who taught us some really fun jewelry techniques.  It was one of the best classes I have ever taken.  

 

This is the retreat center in Los Gatos, CA it is about 30 minutes from San Hose

 Carol, Nancy, and me hanging out at half Moon Bay.  We saw some really good looking surfers. I am sorry I did not have a picture of Richard who was such a good sport.

Carol and Nancy hanging out with Stephanie Lee

  

Three soldered boxes that we made in class

Nancy's box is so pretty and I love the ribbons

 

This is Carol's necklace. I love the design and religious symbolism

Tree Necklace

My 19 year old son had the idea to make a tree piece yesterday.  After I drew the tree he cut it out with a jewelers saw and punched all the little tree leaves by hand and the grass at the bottom.  He then drilled holes in the two pieces.  He gave me the cutout and I decided it was so cute that I wanted to make another piece with it.  I decided to solder it onto a piece of copper and then put a patina on it. I then had him cut out some vintage sterling tubing I took off an old necklace.  I wired wrapped the tubing with sterling for the top of both pieces.  It was really fun collaborating on a project together.  The only problem is I love these so much it will be hard to part with them.  This week is going to be busy as I will be going to Park City on Wed at the Canyons for the market from 12-6, and then the Ogden market opens on Sat from 8-3.  I will be at both places, so you can come and see our the jewelry.