Class: file, carve, sinter
Location: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Description: During this workshop, students will create multiple rings using a new and experimental method of sterling silver casting. You will design a ring and replicate your design in graphite using carving tools. Once the mold is complete, students will use sterling silver scrap, silver casting grain, and/or create various forms of sterling silver material using filing, cutting, and sawing processes. The silver will be placed into the mold and heat will be added to fuse the rings. The initial mold can be used to create multiples, or it can be adapted between firings to alter the outcome. Each graphite mold can be used for up to thirty firings before it begins to break down. As the mold disintegrates, the graphite becomes soft making it an ideal material for rubbings. Participants will also create a collection of prints recording the process of their rings. Open to all skill levels.
Length: two-week workshop
Dates: June 25, 2023 - JULY 7, 2023
dust landscape wedding bands, 2023
Class: file, carve, sinter
Description: Over the past few years, people have expressed interest in learning the process I use to create my dust work and other experimental castings. As a result, I have decided to offer several demo-heavy weekend workshops online. The class will cover all aspects of my process including making the silver material, carving the graphite mold, sintering, fusing, hammering/hardening, shaping, and troubleshooting. My dust work can be found throughout my Instagram feed (@jolynnsantiago) and on my website.
Length: two-day demo intensive workshop *(ONLINE)*
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time
Dates: March 4 + 5, April 22 + 23, August 5 + 6,
September 8 + 9Tuition: $200
Signup: email jolynnsantiago@gmail.com
trillion sliver ring, 2022
Class: cut, carve, fuse, form*
Description: Over the past few years, people have expressed interest in learning the process I use to create my dust work and other experimental castings. As a result, I have created a class that allows students to understand and experiment with the processes I use to create my own work. The class will cover all aspects of my process including making the silver material, creating a template and carving a graphite mold, fusing the silver into your desired shape, hammering/hardening, shaping, and troubleshooting. My dust work is on my Instagram feed (@jolynnsantiago) and on my website.
Length: 7-day in-person class
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Date: March 26 - April 1
Tuition: $1400
Signup: email jolynnsantiago@gmail.com
graphite and enamel demonstration pendants, 2021-2022
Class: From Paper to Enamel
Description: We will begin making loose marks on paper using various mark-making techniques to uncover intuitive imagery. Utilizing different forms of graphite, the drawings on paper will be translated onto enameled copper. We will pierce, file, enamel, etch, and draw to create personalized reversible, hand-drawn pendant(s) that can easily be worn.
Length: 4-day in-person class
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Date: May 21 - 24
Tuition: $400
Signup: email jolynnsantiago@gmail.com
Class: Marriage of Metals Initial Charm
Description: Students will create a personalized initial pendant with sterling silver sheet and brass wire using the technique, Marriage of Metals, the merging of two metals using sweat soldering and hammering.
Length: 2-day in-person class
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Date: November 1 - 4
Tuition: $400
Signup: email jolynnsantiago@gmail.com
