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Keum-Boo is an Ancient Korean technique where 24K gold foil is bonded to silver by using heat and pressure. Keum-Boo provides a cost-effective way to incorporate gold into your jewellery pieces, resulting in elegantly beautiful work. Along with introducing students to the Keum-Boo process, this course will cover basic jewellery making skills and texturing possibilities. Students will create 2 jewellery pieces in sterling silver accented with gold foil and will be encouraged to find their own voice regarding their individual design ideas.

Make a stunning wire cuff bracelet with a lovely large set stone in this one-day workshop. Skills learned through this project include learning how to work with different sized wires, constructing and soldering larger objects that have different sized heat points, setting a larger irregular shaped stone, adding embellishments, and polishing. Resulting in a gorgeous statement piece, this is the ideal project for perfecting one's soldering skills and learning how to set something that's not uniform.

This one-day workshop will take students on a journey into the creative possibilities of ring construction. Starting with the basics, students will be able to adapt their ring designs to meet their personal skill level and style. Taking standard ring making up a notch, your instructor will teach you to construct a tapered ring shank with the addition of a creatively embellished bezel and large stone. Techniques will include how to use different bezel wires, new ideas for including stones as focal points, and various methods of applying embellishments. From creating their own twisted wire to applying decorative silver balls, to cutting out shapes from silver sheets, students will be