Michael David Sturlin Forged Rings – Beginning and Intermediate Hammer Skills

Name: Michael David Sturlin Forged Rings – Beginning and Intermediate Hammer Skills
Start: 2024-08-23T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-08-24T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 219 N 7th St, Ste 4, Grand Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49417

Schedule

Fri Aug 23 2024 at 09:00 am to Sat Aug 24 2024 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

219 N 7th St, Ste 4, Grand Haven, MI, United States, Michigan 49417 | Grand Haven, MI

This two day intensive applied technique workshop focuses on transformative sculpture with the most basic tool – the goldsmith's hammer! Work alongside a master goldsmith and cultivate a new range of expression as you learn the subtleties and finesse of hammer on metal.
An endless creative body of work can spring forth from the vocabulary acquired in this session. You'll develop a lasting resource for dynamic design by forging a visual reference library of sculptural forms, articulated as traditional and contemporary artistic rings.
Workshop instruction covers preparation of hammers, proper use of tools for forging, forming, bending, shaping, cold working, hardening and annealing precious metal.
Practical exercises are fabricated in copper and final projects in silver.
Basic metalsmithing experience is required.