Thursday Night Social: Stamped Wine Charms - August 8

Enjoy the wine tasting at Public Wine then head over to our gallery classroom and create your own set of custom wine charms!

Bring yourself or a friend (or two) and learn how to stamp or texture your own set of wine charms! Each participant will stamp their own set of up to 8 brass wine charms, and after class will enjoy a glass of wine, cheese, crackers, fruit, and chocolate.

We will cover:

• types of metal
• texturing with hammers
• stamping techniques
• design strategy

Details:

• 2 contact hours, ages 14+
• Thursday, June 27 from 6:15-8:15 p.m. in the Silver Peak Gallery Classroom located at 100 E. Cleveland St Lafayette 80026
• # students: 3 minimum, 8 maximum
• Materials kit fee is included with the price
• 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's 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 that she sells on Etsy and in art festivals. 

A few of Samantha's favorite this are: painting, drawing, and spending time with her dog and husband.