Do you have a jewelry dream? Conceive of it, and create it with the skills learned at each JOE’S Garage class.

Ask about future classes, see the current offerings and dates, visit the calendar, or get serious and sign up for the BJMC.

Due to an early misprint Bitty Boîte Trinket Box is $30 less than the printed price in the Community Ed Catalog!

So many of you are drawn to the smooth function, the adorable presence, and the jewelry making skills needed to complete such a treasure that I wanted to make sure you know it’s not $119, it’s $89!

See the up-to-date online listing.

I’ve never seen anything like this—and metal is my life! But that just shows you how much there is to know about metal.

Bronze Bling like this can only be foundry made, so come to Bronze Age Foundry tomorrow 8-4pm. I love mine, but you’ll want to make your own!

Come for the ART, stay for the POUR!

The original name of this cuff bracelet was 3 Together to accentuate how wonderful differences can be—when they work together. And what a great example this turned out to be!

Each upcycled copper band is textured by you in this class, giving you several skills: adding texture with jeweler’s hammers, creating a pattern of impressions with punch tools, and twisting a piece that has been rolled through a jewelry mill.

Then things get trickier, but also very rewarding, when you heat a silver rivet to ball-up the ends, and then use that to connect your lightly tangled bands into an aesthetic group with old-school made-from-scratch cold connection rivets!

This is a current Community Ed class! Check for new dates and times.

Say it beautifully! Community Ed’s Watercolor Wash Talk is an intro to watercolor washes, that has the added benefit of hand lettering thrown in! Continue reading →

My experimentation with colors has moved into yellows and browns. The domed discs are the Dotted Drop Earrings.