| Lee Johnson |
| Sterling, Bronze/Copper Jewelry |
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| Jewelry Skills for Beginners - August 28, 2010, 10 am until 2 pm, at Lee's workshop inTiger, Georgia. $45 Call today to register: (706) 782-6568 or e-mail Lee at leejohnsonart@yahoo.com |
| Jewelry can be designed and created easily with few tools. For beginners, learn to fabricate with copper sheet and wire by bending, sawing, cutting, filing, hammering and forming. Learn to melt bronze on copper, and solder, using an oxygen/acetylene torch. Each participant will be able to take home a completed jewelry piece. Copper sheet, wire and tools will be provided. If you have them, bring tools that you would find in your workshop or shed – ball peen hammer, files, sandpaper (fine and medium), steel wool (fine), pliers (flat and round), electrician tape, baseball bat (mandrel for forming), metal shears, drill/bits, vise grips, etc. Copper sheet can be obtained at Reeves Hardware, Railroad St., Clayton. (One foot is plenty). Resources: The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight (Overstock, $10.74). Tools and Findings Catalogs, Rio Grande.com. Optional: Tools from Rio Grande Footnote: These tools are just suggestions, if someone is interested in pursuing jewelry making. 3 pliers – 111-813 $20 Shears – 111-237 $16.95 File – 114-746 $13.95 Saw – 110-039 $13.95 Sawblades – 110-305 $3.73 Chasing hammer – 112-227 $15.95 |
| Melted Bronze on Copper Necklace |
| Lee and Bill from Tiger, Georgia, would like to discuss your specific requirements in person. To order, please call us at: home: (706) 782-6568 cell: (706)982-1330 e-mail: leejohnsonart@yahoo.com |