Upcoming Workshops
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Forged and Chased Utensils
July 17-21, 2023 In Person / Pocosin Flatware doesn’t have to be flat! By combining forging and chasing, artists can create dynamic and sculptural forms that defy expectations. In this course, students will design, forge, and chase a sculptural utensil. In the process, students will learn how to develop patterns for forging, make their own chisels, and interweave silversmithing and blacksmithing processes. Special focus will be placed on the role of tool making and modification in chasing processes. Register Here |
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Raising Organic Forms
October 21-23, 2022 In Person / Metalwerx Angle Raising allows makers to transform flat sheet metal into dynamic three-dimensional forms. In this weekend workshop led by master of anthropomorphic forming techniques, Logan Woodle, students will learn the fundamentals of angle raising by creating a form and then adding complexity using hammer forming and chasing processes. Along with a vessel form, attendees can expect to leave the course with an understanding of pattern development, tool modification, and hammer forming processes that facilitate the making of organic shapes. A component of this class will focus on modifying a raising hammer to fit each student's needs. Register Here |
Past Workshops
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Raising and Fabricating Pewter
June 9, 16 & 23, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. ET Zoom Workshop with Pocosin Arts Pewter’s unique molecular structure presents makers with a nearly overwhelming range of forming and fabrication techniques. In this course students will learn to exploit this structure through raising and mixed metal fabrication. Over three weeks attendees will learn to draft patterns, angle raise, weld, and solder pewter and copper. Special focus will be placed on exploring how pewter and copper respond differently to forming techniques. |
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Pewter Bootcamp
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REPRESENTATIONAL CHASING IN COPPER, BRASS, AND SILVER
May 9, 16, 23 3:00 - 6:00pm
Zoom Workshop with Metalwerx
Chasing and Repoussé allow metalsmiths to explore a nearly infinite range of surfaces, textures, and forms with metal sheet. In this demo-based virtual course students will focus on creating representational forms through high relief chasing and Repoussé processes. Special emphasis will be placed modifying and developing tools for unique forms and surface qualities. Copper, brass, and silver will all be covered as well.
Register Here
May 9, 16, 23 3:00 - 6:00pm
Zoom Workshop with Metalwerx
Chasing and Repoussé allow metalsmiths to explore a nearly infinite range of surfaces, textures, and forms with metal sheet. In this demo-based virtual course students will focus on creating representational forms through high relief chasing and Repoussé processes. Special emphasis will be placed modifying and developing tools for unique forms and surface qualities. Copper, brass, and silver will all be covered as well.
Register Here
MIXED METAL FABRICATION WITH PEWTER
February 4, 11, 18 6:00-8:00pm
Zoom Workshop with Metalwerx
In this demo-focused virtual workshop students will learn to solder and fuse pewter to brass, copper, and pewter itself with the goal of producing dynamic three-dimensional forms. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding how mixed metal fabrication creates unique opportunities to explore texture, color, and form, as well as how to introduce pewter into an traditional silversmithing environment while avoiding contamination of metals.
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FRENEMIES: JOINING PEWTER, SILVER, AND OTHER METALS / July 11 & 18
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Sculptural Utensils
November 3, 10, and 17
Zoom Workshop with Metalwerx
In this virtual course students will using forging and chasing techniques to develop complex, sculptural, and functional utensils. In the process, students will learn to design patterns for forging, make their own chisels, and interweave silversmithing and blacksmithing processes. Special focus will be placed on applying chasing and repousse techniques to solid forms.
November 3, 10, and 17
Zoom Workshop with Metalwerx
In this virtual course students will using forging and chasing techniques to develop complex, sculptural, and functional utensils. In the process, students will learn to design patterns for forging, make their own chisels, and interweave silversmithing and blacksmithing processes. Special focus will be placed on applying chasing and repousse techniques to solid forms.
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC RAISING
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KIND OF LIKE MAGIC, BUT REAL: RAISING, CHASING, AND REPOUSSE ON PEWTER / June 5 & 12
Zoom workshop via Pocosin Arts
Pewter is like magic, but real. An affordable and food safe metal that anneals at room temperature, pewter allows metalsmiths to explore forming processes with as sense of play and gesture that is nearly impossible in silver. This workshop will introduce students to the unique plasticity and ductility of pewter and focus on how its unique attributes can be used in conjunction with traditional silversmithing processes.
Zoom workshop via Pocosin Arts
Pewter is like magic, but real. An affordable and food safe metal that anneals at room temperature, pewter allows metalsmiths to explore forming processes with as sense of play and gesture that is nearly impossible in silver. This workshop will introduce students to the unique plasticity and ductility of pewter and focus on how its unique attributes can be used in conjunction with traditional silversmithing processes.
