Nothing is more satisfying than telling someone, “I made that ring”. You can learn how to make that piece of jewelry in one day at the Wayne Art Center. You will learn how to saw, file and solder metals and add semiprecious stones. These basic skills will be applied to base metals to produce wonderful wearable jewelry. All studio tools, saw blades and base metals are provided. Tuition includes materials fee. This is a 1 day, 4-hour workshop. Please bring a lunch, a nut-free snack, and a water bottle.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Chris Darway
Cost: $140
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Ever wanted to try your hand at the craft of jewelry making? Make a ring? Fabricate a pendant? Set a stone? We can do all that and much more at the Wayne Art Center’s fully equipped jewelry studio. You will be introduced to a different technique weekly that will give you enough skills to produce a finished piece of work. Toolboxes supplied. Students will purchase sterling silver.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Chris Darway
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class is geared to the person who has had a basic jewelry/metals class, possibly in college or at a local art center and wants to up their skills. Bring your ideas, and projects to work on. Our expert instructor can coach you on your next steps. You might be making and selling jewelry and are interested in a new technique. We have the best equipped studio in the area, and I have a lot of tips, tricks, and techniques to share. Join us. Toolboxes supplied. Students will purchase sterling silver.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Chris Darway
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

In this demonstration focused, multi-week class, students will learn the foundations of enameling on metal to create lightweight, wearable jewelry. Utilizing traditional metal fabrication and cold connections, students will learn silver soldering, earwire fitting, filing, sanding, and sawing, and light forming. They will then take their prepared metal and apply multiple layers of vitreous glass enamel, which will add color and even potential imagery to their new wearable pieces. Finally, students will learn about finishing and care to make their pieces sustain everyday wear and comfort. Techniques demonstrated: Silver soldering, riveting, wire manipulation, metal tumbling, filing, sanding, sawing & piercing, finishing, enamel layering, wet-packing, surface decoration including: decal application, overglazing, etching, graphite, sugar firing.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Emily Pellini
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553