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Ancient Symbols + Vintage Tin = Modern Talismans
With Christine Terrell
Class Information
- Experience Level: All Levels Welcome
- Pre-Requisite: Comfortable using simple hand tools.
- Kit Fee: $0
- Supply Fee: $40
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Class Descripton
An amazing and sustainable material to work with, tin is filled with color, patterns, and imagery that’s just perfect for making into moons, hearts, hands, eyes, clouds, feathers and other ancient symbols of protection and good fortune.
In this class, you will be presented with hundreds of pieces of tin that have been pre-cut into a variety of shapes. You will gather up the pieces that speak to you in order to begin building your very own protective wall talisman.
You will learn how to finish these raw pieces in a variety of ways and also have time to create a few of your own from scratch using the available supply of tin. You’ll have an opportunity to cut, form, and finish the tin and learn how to rivet together multiple pieces to make things like eyes.
Once you’ve decided on the perfect combination of pieces, you’ll learn how to assemble the final piece of art into beautiful jewelry for your walls.
Students will each make one talisman and leave the class with all the knowledge they would need to work with tin on their own. After camp closes, I will also follow up with pdf files that outline the basic process as well as provide a complete tool list with links.
Supply Fee Includes
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In the first part of the class, students will have access to hundreds of pre-cut pieces of tin from my vast collection. These pieces will be in a variety of shapes like moons, hearts, hands, eyes, clouds, feathers, arrows, rainbow arcs, etc. Since all the supplies in my classes are essentially found objects, there will be a wide variety of imagery, but no guarantee of any particular images or themes.
For the second part of the class, students will have access to a large bin of tin in sheet metal form. These larger pieces of tin will be available for students to cut their own shapes and designs from. There will be a wide variety of color, pattern, and imagery on these pieces of metal and students will have the opportunity to cut as many shapes as they need in order to create their talismans.
Other supplies include a variety of jump rings and jewelry chain used to assemble the pieces.