Midi Rings - October 13 (Afternoon)

Hammer and texture your very own midi, pinky or stacking ring! Learn how to fuse fine silver with a butane torch to create your custom stack of dainty silver rings.

At the end of class, you'll have completed a stack of 3 rings from your choice size and texture.

We will cover:

• Ring sizing
• Working with fine silver
• Fusing with a butane torch
• Forming
• Texturing metal
• Polishing

Details:

• 2 contact hours, ages 14+
• Sunday, October 13, 1:00-3:00
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee is $35 which includes fine silver for 3 midi rings
• Prerequisite: none

By registering for this workshop, you agree to our cancellation policy, dress code, and studio rules.

About the instructor, Samantha Chang

Samantha Chang is from Buffalo, NY and recently moved to Louisville, CO after spending ten years in Brooklyn. She holds a BA in Art History and Management from SUNY Purchase and is a multidisciplinary artist & jeweler who has studied various jewelry processes including beading, wire wrapping, pearl knotting, fabrication, wax carving, and most recently, welding! She taught her first jewelry making class when she was 16 and fell in love with sharing knowledge & techniques. 

Samantha learned jewelry making through classes at local bead stores, lots of trial and error, and has taken metal fabrication classes at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. She then was an apprentice for an independent jeweler in Brooklyn. Most recently, she was a bench jeweler at Catbird NYC before moving out to Colorado with her husband. Samantha now has a jewelry line, Saintly, that she sells on Etsy and at art festivals.