All Levels
Blacksmithing for Beginners: Hand-Forged Bottle Opener
with Erich Davis
Learn the basics of hand forging while you create a simple, decorative bottle opener on the anvil and vise.
Friday, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, June 22
1 session: $54; Early Bird price: $51.30 (Discount available until June 1)
Playing with Fire: Using Heat to Create Sculptural Forms
with Erich Davis
Learn various techniques of metal cutting, bending, and welding using the torch, hammer, and vise.
Friday, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, July 6
1 session: $54; Early Bird price: $51.30 (Discount available until June 1)
Welding for Beginners: Sticking Metal to Metal
with Erich Davis
Learn the basic techniques of metal arc welding (MIG and Stick), as well as fabrication fundamentals. Students will work toward correctly joining metal to make a frame, box, or sculpture.
Friday, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, July 20
1 session: $54; Early Bird price: $51.30 (Discount available until June 1)
Metalsmithing / Jewelry
with Connie Pfeiffer
Learn basic metalsmithing to develop new skills or strengthen existing ones. Weekly demonstrations introduce students to the tools and techniques required for working with nonferrous sheet metal and wire. Demonstrations may include sawing, filing, cold connecting, soldering, surface embellishment, forging, shaping, fold forming, finishing, and patina coloring.
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm, June 26 – July 31
6 sessions: $270; Early Bird price: $256.50 (Discount available until June 1)
Intermediate + Advanced
Intermediate & Advanced Metal Sculpture
with Ann Lehman
Having already developed a knowledge of the methods and tools to make metal sculpture, we will continue to explore more ways to express ourselves.
Prerequisite: Metal sculpture experience.
Thursdays, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, June 28 – August 9
No class July 5
6 sessions: $270; Early Bird price: $256.50 (Discount available until June 1)
Open Studio
Open Sculpture Studio
with Mike Gill
Monitored sessions for participants with experience and approved by an instructor. No instruction. Enroll for the full term, and get one session free! A la carte: reserve in advance by noon on Wednesday; subject to cancellation if under-subscribed.