Gold Alloying and Fabrication
Gold has always held a fascination for its beauty throughout history. Pure Gold is a bright yellow metal called 24 karat and made up only of itself. In this class students learn age old methods of alloying pure gold to make 22 karat, 18 and 14 karat gold in colors ranging from peachy reds and tangerine yellows to green gold. Once the alloying is completed students learn about the ductility of the metal, its properties and the different methods of working the material to produce a beautiful piece of handmade gold jewelry.
Due to the high market costs of Gold we invite students to recycle their old gold into new and exciting works. This class is six weeks long and is taught by Katrina Lapenne a professional goldsmith with Reinstein Ross. 10 pennyweights of pure gold can be purchased for the class but it is up to the individual student as to the amount purchased, recycled gold can also be added to the pure alloy.
note this class can be taken as gold 1 and 2 if booking the class for two sessions you will receive a 15% discount.
Course Fee $440
July 3rd to August 7th
174 North 11th Street Brooklyn, New York, NY 11211• (718) 387-6200
Gold has always held a fascination for its beauty throughout history. Pure Gold is a bright yellow metal called 24 karat and made up only of itself. In this class students learn age old methods of alloying pure gold to make 22 karat, 18 and 14 karat gold in colors ranging from peachy reds and tangerine yellows to green gold. Once the alloying is completed students learn about the ductility of the metal, its properties and the different methods of working the material to produce a beautiful piece of handmade gold jewelry.
Due to the high market costs of Gold we invite students to recycle their old gold into new and exciting works. This class is six weeks long and is taught by Katrina Lapenne a professional goldsmith with Reinstein Ross. 10 pennyweights of pure gold can be purchased for the class but it is up to the individual student as to the amount purchased, recycled gold can also be added to the pure alloy.
note this class can be taken as gold 1 and 2 if booking the class for two sessions you will receive a 15% discount.
Course Fee $440
July 3rd to August 7th
174 North 11th Street Brooklyn, New York, NY 11211• (718) 387-6200
A 10% discount is applies to a second course when booking more than one course. A further discount of 15% is applied to a third course.
3 hours of benchtime are included with each class. Bench time is available every Tuesday 6pm - 9pm and some Saturday afternoons 2:30pm - 5:30pm. Blocks of benchtime are available as well as an hourly rate. The studio is also available for benchtime by appointment.
TEACHER BIO
Katrina Lapenne is a metalsmith and jewelry designer based in Brooklym, New York. Her work is inspired primarily from natural forms and their interaction with the body. Katrina's jewelry is created to accentuate and enhance the wearer. She strives to create jewelry that is not only beautiful in and of itself, but is also a compliment to the woman it adorns. Katrina resceived her bachelor of FIne Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design and continues to study the metl arts at such institutions as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
www.katrinalapenne.com
Michael Fitzgerald attended the national College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. He studied a wide range of arts and crafts before finding that Jewelry was the medium he had most interest in. After graduating in 1990 with honors, he joined an EU sponsored program of further study in the Centro de Arte and Comunicao in Lisbon, Portugal. There he studied with the renowned jeweler Terese Seabra, this was also his first introduction to co-operative jewelry studios.
Upon returning to his native Ireland in 1991, he proceeded to set up Rubicon studios with several other well known Irish Jewelers. Over the next several years Michael developed his ranges and skills, exhibiting both commercially and in galleries nationally and internationally. In 1992 he was named Irish jewelry designer of the year for his collection of wearable perfume bottles.
In 1996 Michael began to divide his time between Dublin and New York. In 1999 he was granted a special merits artist visa at which point he set up a new studio which he now runs with his wife Hiroyo Fitzgerald.
Michael sees his work as taking fresh and inventive ideas and combining them with excellent craftsmanship so that idea and technique stand together equally.
3 hours of benchtime are included with each class. Bench time is available every Tuesday 6pm - 9pm and some Saturday afternoons 2:30pm - 5:30pm. Blocks of benchtime are available as well as an hourly rate. The studio is also available for benchtime by appointment.
TEACHER BIO
Katrina Lapenne is a metalsmith and jewelry designer based in Brooklym, New York. Her work is inspired primarily from natural forms and their interaction with the body. Katrina's jewelry is created to accentuate and enhance the wearer. She strives to create jewelry that is not only beautiful in and of itself, but is also a compliment to the woman it adorns. Katrina resceived her bachelor of FIne Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design and continues to study the metl arts at such institutions as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
www.katrinalapenne.com
Michael Fitzgerald attended the national College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland. He studied a wide range of arts and crafts before finding that Jewelry was the medium he had most interest in. After graduating in 1990 with honors, he joined an EU sponsored program of further study in the Centro de Arte and Comunicao in Lisbon, Portugal. There he studied with the renowned jeweler Terese Seabra, this was also his first introduction to co-operative jewelry studios.
Upon returning to his native Ireland in 1991, he proceeded to set up Rubicon studios with several other well known Irish Jewelers. Over the next several years Michael developed his ranges and skills, exhibiting both commercially and in galleries nationally and internationally. In 1992 he was named Irish jewelry designer of the year for his collection of wearable perfume bottles.
In 1996 Michael began to divide his time between Dublin and New York. In 1999 he was granted a special merits artist visa at which point he set up a new studio which he now runs with his wife Hiroyo Fitzgerald.
Michael sees his work as taking fresh and inventive ideas and combining them with excellent craftsmanship so that idea and technique stand together equally.
