Tag: brooklyn
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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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Class Spotlight: Business For Designers + Jewelry Production Workshops
This weekend! So you’ve taken a few jewelry making classes, have a fabulous idea for a jewelry collection and have began making samples, but wait! Have you thought about marketing? How about how to set up a business in New York? How to apply for a sales tax certificate, and when to collect it? Running…
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MJSA Expo! Spotlight ~ Gangi Gems
Hi all! This past Sunday – Tuesday was the jewelry industry’s MJSA Expo. I went to the Jacob Javits Center on Manhattan’s west side on a cold rainy Monday morning to check out what’s new and exciting in the industry. I’m so happy I did! Among all the new CAD programs and laser machines…
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Class Spotlight! The Amazing World of Wax Carving
Spring classes are starting soon! Intro to Wax Carving is a fantastic class to get your feet wet in this versatile medium! You may ask What is Wax Carving? Well, the art of wax carving dates back all the way to 3500 BCE! Probably even earlier! Ancient civilizations used the beeswax that had been leftover…
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Student Spotlight: Lotanna Amina Egwuatu of Mina Stones
LJS: What’s your background? How did you get into jewelry making, and when? LAE: I am Nigerian. Born and raised in the Northern parts of Nigeria. I have a Bachelors in Engineering from Nigeria and Master in Business and Innovation from Lancaster, UK and a Diploma in Gemstones from GIA. It has always been about…
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Class Spotlight; Soldering Intensive ~ Chain Making
This Weekend hone those soldering skills in our awesome Chain Making class! Saturday + Sunday | Jan 23+24 | 11am-5:00pm | $240 | Register Now! Handmade chains are works of art – each link is individually created, so like snowflakes, they are similar, never identical. Choose between different gauges and shapes of wire such as round,…