Argentium® 1: the Magic Silver – June 12, 2022

Date & Time:  Sunday, June 12, 2022 – 10am-5pm

In this one-day workshop you’ll learn how to work with Argentium®, a special silver alloy that doesn’t tarnish and offers other amazing properties that are different from sterling.  You’ll discover how to fuse wire into circles, hearts, teardrops, and all sorts of spirals and squiggles, then fuse to sheet metal, all without using solder! You’ll experiment with granulation, the ancient goldsmithing technique of fusing tiny balls onto a back plate, which can be difficult with sterling but magical with Argentium®.  Come to class, fall in love with Argentium®, and walk away with a pendant, a pair of earrings, or possibly both. Masks required.

Instructor: Cynthia Topp

Material/kit fees: $20, are payable in cash to the instructor on the first day of class.

Prerequisites: All students must be at least 18 years old.

Intermediate skill level – You have taken the beginning jewelry courses and/or are proficient with soldering, sawing, drilling, polishing, rolling mill/roller printing, etc.

Requires a Minimum of 3 participants.