Workshops
| Georgia Goldsmiths Group provides metalsmithing workshops to educate its members and the public. To sign up for a workshop, click on the Register button to obtain a printable form.
To view photos from past workshops, click below the photo. Artist information or the artist's website can be viewed by clicking artists names that are highlighted. |
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| 2009 Workshops | |||
| Russian
Filigree with Victoria
Lansford Date: Aug 22-23, 2009 Location: Rocksprings Presbyterian Church For details Contact: Gail Walter agailwalter@aol.com |
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| Clasps &
Terminations with
John Cogswell Date: Feb 16-22, 2009 Location: Rocksprings Presbyterian Church For details Contact: Gail Walter agailwalter@aol.com |
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| Stone Setting
with Robert Wooding Date: Feb 24-26, 2009 Location: Marietta, GA For details Contact: Robert at : cesna10781@aol.com |
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| Ancient Rings
with Jean Stark Date: March 2-6, 2009 Location: Hilton Head, SC For details Contact: Gail Walter agailwalter@aol.com |
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| Anodizing the
Reactive Metals with
Bill Seeley Date: April 25 & 26, 2009 Location: Rocksprings Presbyterian Church For details Contact: Alan Bremer at abbremer@bellsouth.net 404-872-3001 |
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| 2008 Workshops | |||
| Jewelry Symposium
in connection with Atl. Contemporary Jewelry Show 4-day long workshops with Ricky Frank, Lena Marie Echelle, Harold O'Connor, and Thomas Mann along with a special lecture from our very own Helen Blythe-Hart. Date: Nov. 3-9, 2008 ?param Arial> Location: Spruill Center for the Arts?/x-tad-bigger>br> ?param Arial>5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30342?/x-tad-bigger>br> Registration will be accepted by fax, mail, in-person or online-?color>?x-tad-bigger>?param Times New Roman>?bigger> ?/bigger>/span> ?param Arial>Phone 770-394-3447 Fax 770-394-6179 ?/x-tad-bigger>?param 0000,0000,FFFF> /font>, www.spruillarts.org. |
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| Ancient Chains
with Jean Stark Date: March 10-14, 2008 Location: Rocksprings Presbyterian Church For details Contact: Alan Bremer (404) 872-3001 |
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| Forging &
Forming Intensive 2 with John
Cogswell Date: Feb 18-22, 2008 Location: Rocksprings Presbyterian Church For details Contact: Alan Bremer (404) 872-3001 |
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| 2007 Workshops | |||
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Found Object Sandwich Workshop
with
Thomas Mann |
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| Forging
with John Cogswell Date: Feb 19-23, 2007 Location: tbd Fee: $370.00 Forging is probably the oldest metalworking technique. It is the classic method by which metalsmiths hammer-form wire stock, ingots or rod into elegant, tapered (often flexible) forms such as neckpieces and bracelets. It is also ideally suited for the production of larger-scale flatware pieces. Forging is essentially a two-stage process: first, a metal rod or billet is shaped by a series of sequential hammering operations transforming it into an object possessing varied structural cross-sections and fluid graceful contours. In the final stages, the surface is refined by “planishing,” leaving a subtle reflective hammer-textured surface. Forging produces forms, usually requiring little or no soldering to produce, which are elegant, lightweight, structural. Contrary to popular misconception, forging does not require great physical strength or body mass. When used properly, the hammer and anvil do all the work. |
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| 2006 Workshops | |||
| Patterning & Fusing Sterling Silver
with Marne Ryan Date: Dec. 13-16, 2006 Location: Roswell Visual Arts Center; Roswell, GA Fee: $470.00 Check out Marne's website: www.marneryan.com |
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| 3-D Forms with
John Cogswell Date: Feb 27- March 3, 2006 Location: Peachtree Hills Recreation Center, 308 Peachtree Hills Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 Fee: $340 Explore three closely related, yet distinctly different, processes for creating dimensional metal forms: fold-forming, shell-forming and hollow construction. |
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| 2005 Workshops |
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| Wax
Carving with Mickey Johnston Date: Fall 2005 |
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| Intermediate
Repousse with Valentin
Yotkov |
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| Tool
Making for Chasing & Repousse with Gary Abbott Date: April 16, 2005 Location: Just For Fun; Doraville, GA Fee: |
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| Rings Workshop
with John Cogswell Date: Feb 28-March 4, 2005 Location: Roswell Visual Arts Center; Rosewell, GA Fee: $320.00 |
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| 2004 Workshops
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| Hinged
Boxes with John
Cogswell |
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| Beginning Chasing
and Repousse with Valentin
Yotkov Date: Nov 18-21, 2004 Location: Roswell Visual Arts Center; Rosewell, GA Fee: $480.00 |
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| 2003 Workshops
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| Flatware Workshop
with John Cogswell Date: Feb 25-March 1, 2003 Location: Chastain Arts Center: Atlanta, GA Fee: |
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| Ancient Rings
with Jean Stark Date: April 21-25, 2003 Location: Roswell Visual Arts Center; Rosewell, GA Fee:
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