Perfect Stack™ Intro: Bracelets. January 5. 3:00-4:30. Materials Fee Included!

New for 2025: we are thrilled to introduce our Perfect Stack™ mini workshops!  This class is a "teaser" for what you will earn in the full Perfect Stack™ Bracelet Workshop.   

Bring a friend or two for this mini-workshop and create your own "word of the year" stamped skinny cuff bracelet, or make a cuff with a unique hammer texture!  Cost includes materials for 1 copper or 1 brass cuff bracelet. Sterling silver cuffs are an additional $40 upcharge, which is due at the beginning of class.

We will cover:

• Stamping techniques
• Hammering techniques
• Letter spacing
• Forming metal
• Polishing metal

Details:

• Sunday, January 5 from 3:00-4:30
• 1.5 contact hours, ages 13+ at the Silver Peak Gallery Classroom located at 100 E. Cleveland St. Lafayette 80026
  
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee is is included in price, which includes a 6 mm copper or brass blank and use of stamps and hammers. You may upgrade to sterling silver for an additional $40.
• Prerequisite: none

The last day to cancel your class registration for a refund or transfer ($25 transfer fee applies) is December 22, 2024.

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.