About

This class is being rescheduled per an email from Karin on 1/12. Registrants will be notified once a new date is determined.~tt

A clasp is meant to hold securely, release easily and either enhance the jewelry’s appearance or discretely disappear, but the most important role of a clasp is to hold two parts together securely. Learning to make a box clasp is one of the rights of passage in becoming a goldsmith. Accomplishing this technical challenge will provide you with the option of adding a secure closure to your next jewelry project, while allowing you to make the clasp a special feature of your design. 

In this 2-day class participants will learn to fabricate a classic rectangular Box Clasp as well as learn several variations on box clasps and safety clasps. 

Details:

• This is an intermediate level class.  
• Prerequisites: Beginning Jewelry Classes. Students must be able to work independently with sawing, soldering, rolling mill, and hand tools to complete the clasps presented in class. 
  Attendees MUST be able to use torches independently and have passed basic SAFETY training.
• $15 materials fee is included in the tuition.
• BARN has a refrigerator to store your lunch, located on the lower level.

Instructor: Nanz Aalund’s wide ranging career as a jewelry designer, goldsmith, and educator, began with high school shop classes. After serving as a fine jewelry designer and marketing consultant for Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Tiffany & Co., Aalund taught jewelry and metals classes at the University of Washington and at the Art Institute in Seattle. Earning a Masters of Fine Art (MFA/Metals) and a Masters of Education/College and Technical Teaching Curriculum (CTTC). Her work has been exhibited both national and international since the 1980s. She authored the book, "Masters Gold,” published by Lark Books in 2009 and her most recent publication, “A Jeweler’s Guide to Apprenticeship” published in 2017 for MJSA, received a Silver Medal in the national AM&P Excel Awards, in 2018.

Nanz Aalund, certifications@bainbridgebarn.org

Contact: Jewelry.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org