Category: Kate
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From the Studio – Etching!
Next weekend we’re hosting a super fun Weekend Workshop on Etching! Saturday + Sunday | Jun 25+26 |11am-5pm | $240 | Register Now! In this two day weekend workshop students will discover how to create raised patterns in metal without using any special equipment! You’ll learn how to transfer images onto metal to etch a variety designs using a…
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From the Studio – Salt Casting!
This weekend we’re hosting a super fun one day workshop on Salt Casting! Saturday | Jun 11 |11am-5pm | $179 | Register Now! Salt Casting is the art of melting metal to its molten form and then pouring it over salt. This creates spontaneous forms and unusual shapes. In this workshop we learn how to…
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#benchtiptuesday – How to Carve Small Ring Sizes in Wax
A common question we get in the studio is how to size a wax ring for very small sizes. Most ring blanks come in a size 5 – so that pinky ring you’ve always wanted to make will require just a few more steps than your average ring. How to Carve Small Ring Sizes in Wax Et…
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Tips for Marketing your Jewelry
We all love to make pretty things, but how to we get the world to see them? Here are our tips for getting your work out there: “Social Media is free and is a great way show your brand to the world! Facebook Page, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr / Blog – all of these are free, fun…
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Tips for Photographing your Jewelry
Creating jewelry is such an incredible journey, although capturing the finished piece in a photograph can sometimes be difficult. Most jewelry is hard to photograph because trying to capture details on small objects is difficult, and light tends to bounce off the metal to create glare. In the spirit of education, I asked everyone around…