Post Earrings 101: April 16 from 6-8 p.m.

Love dainty post earrings?

In this 2-hour class, you will have the option to select from pre-cut shapes to texture and patina your own post earrings. If you know how to use a jeweler's saw, you will have the option to saw out your own shape!  

We will cover:

• sawing basics
  
• how to make your own ear posts
• soldering techniques for ear posts
• Texturing metal
• patina options & finishing techniques

Details:

• Wednesday, April 16 from 6-8 p.m.
• 2 contact hours, ages 14+ at the Silver Peak Gallery Classroom located at 100 E. Cleveland St. Lafayette 80026
  
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee is $30, which includes sterling silver and studio materials. This is due at the beginning of class, payable direct to instructor via cash, check, or Venmo.
• Prerequisite: Experience with a jewelers saw if you want to saw your own design. Otherwise, those with no prior metalsmithing experience can pick out their own shapes.

The last day to cancel your class registration for a refund or transfer ($25 transfer fee applies) is April 2, 2025.

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.