weekly classes

*CO-VID 19 update - Spring quarter classes are currently scheduled to start June 1, 2020. For the lastest Spruill class info please go to:

www.spruillarts.org

Beginning Jewelry and Metalsmithing:

 

  • Come learn the art of jewelry and metals in a fun, relaxed,  focused and encouraging environment.

  • Project-based instruction! Projects change every quarter. A bezel setting for a cabochon covered every quarter.

  • Learn the basic techniques of jewelry fabrication and metalsmithing by making pieces such as earrings, bracelets, pendants, and rings. Students will learn hard silver soldering with a torch, piercing, finishing, forming, forging, and bezel stone setting.

  • $234 non-member

  • 3 hour class weekly- 10 weeks 

 

  • Thursday nights - Thursday, April 2 to June 11, 2020. Exception date: April 23

  • 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

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  • Thursday mornings- Thursday, April 2 to June 11, 2020. Exception date: April 23

  • 10 am to 1:00 pm

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Beyond the Basics:

 

  • The next step in utilizing and reinforcing beginning skills and adding new techniques

  • Reticulation, keumboo, tube setting, hydraulic press, step-bezels, cold connections, spiculums, wire construction are just some of the additional techniques that we explore while adding additional fabrication and soldering skills.

  • $234 non-member

  • 3 hour class weekly- 10 weeks

 

  • Monday night -  Monday, March 30 to June 15, 2020. Exception dates: April 27 and May 25.

  • 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

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  • Monday morning-  Monday, March 30 to June 15, 2020. Exception dates: April 27 and May 25.

  • 10 am to 1:00 pm

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Advanced Jewelry Design and Fabrication:

 

  • Gain confidence and satisfaction in your work by deepening your skills and focusing on personal aesthetic through one-on-one guidance on your independent projects as well as design/technique projects, group discussions and class demonstrations. Topics will include the creative process, taking your work to the next level, technical developments, and making a living as an artist.

  • $274 non-member

  • 3 hour class weekly- 10 weeks​

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  • Tuesday night - Tuesday,  March 31 to June 9, 2020. Exception dates: April 24.

  • 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

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  • Tuesday morning - Tuesday,  March 31 to June 9, 2020. Exception dates: April 24.

  • 10 am to 1 pm

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All photography by Joanne M Hernandez. Except those with *, which are by Bart Caston.

All designs, art objects and fabrications by Joanne M Hernandez, and she reserves ALL OF HER RIGHTS, except for works labeled "student work" which were created and belong to the specific individuals.

> Please do not steal my intellectual property for personal financial gain. I feel confident that if you gave yourself some time you could come up with something much more awesome than mine. Really. Please feel free to take any inspiration, appropriation, thoughts, and feelings my work may provide you. 

> Thank you for checking out my work and my classes, and I hope you enjoyed yourself! Art is an expression of our lives, our experiences, a moment, our passions, our fears, our desires, our thoughts, our rage, our consideration, all of our beauty, our conversations, our connection to others, and of course, so much more. Art - in all of its forms and expressions- is important for all of humanity.

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