FROM THE BEGINNER to the torch-slinging jewelry adventurer, everyone is invited to participate in workshops in this creative and empowering space. Workshops offer classes in a fully equipped studio with torches, saws, dapping sets, soldering stations, kilns, casting, and hammering station (see total list below) with helpful assistance and instruction. All you need is your desire to learn and create.
HOST A PRIVATE WORKSHOP
Hosting a workshop is a fun way to celebrate your next birthday party or girls' weekend. Contact me today to talk about your next gathering.
Schedule
SPRING 2023
April 1, 2023
Jewelry Workshop: Pierced Pendant Inspired by the Outdoors
Instructor: Lissa Flemming
$265 // 9am-4:00pm
Gourmet lunch included
April 6, 2023
Jewelry Workshop: Precious Metal Clay: Charms and Earrings
Instructor: Lissa Flemming
$125 // 5:30pm-8:00pm
April 22-23, 2023
Jewelry Workshop: An Intro to Metalsmithing - Bezel Setting with Lake Superior Agates
Pendant & Ring
Special Guest: Bob Wright
2-day Workshop
$495 // 8:30am-4:30 pm (daily)
Gourmet lunch included
April 27, 2023
Beaded Earring Bar
Instructor: Lissa Flemming
$68 // 5:30pm-8:00 pm
May 7, 2023
Jewelry Workshop: Sami Inspired Bracelet
Guest Instructor: Michaleen Melby
$98 + $50 materials fee // 10:00am-1:00 pm
June 11 2023
Painting with Glass: Torch-fired Copper Enameling
Guest Instructor: Melanie Lieb
$135 // 9:30-1:30 pm
June 24 2023
Jewelry Workshop: Beaded Monarch Butterfly Wing Pendant
Guest Instructor: Lara Roketenetz
Includes a kit to create monarch butterfly wing earrings when you get home.
$88 + $45 materials fee per person // 9:00am-noon
June 26-29, 2023
All Things Casting: Lost Wax, Cuttlefish, Broom and Nature!!!
Guest Instructor: Danny Saathoff
4- Day Workshop
$795 + materials fee starts at $45 per person // 9:00am-5:00pm (daily)
Gourmet lunch included
SUMMER 2023
July 14-16, 2023
Alex Boyd Workshop: Prongs, Hinges and Gold
Guest Instructor: Alex Boyd
3-day Workshop
$595 + materials fee starting at $200 per person // 9:00am-5:00 pm (daily)
Gourmet lunch included each day
July 18-23, 2023 (FULL)
Nicole Ringgold Workshop: Lake Superior Native Plants & Inspirational Kayaking Adventure
Gourmet lunch included.
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Details will be coming soon for these summer workshops:
July 30, 2023
Basalt Stone Drilling to Create Jewelry (details TBA)
$125/ 9-12:30 pm
Aug 13 2023
Mismatched Bezel Set Earrings (details TBA)
$265 // 8:30am-4:30pm
Gourmet lunch included.
Aug 17 2023
Earring Bar: You'll make three sets! (details TBA)
$68 // 5:30pm-8:00pm
Aug 20 2023
Inner Circle Necklace (details TBA)
$125 // 9-4 pm
Gourmet lunch included.
Aug 24 2023
Beaded bracelets: You'll make three! (details TBA)
Suitable for kids & their adults
$68 // 5:30-8pm
Aug 27 2023
Talisman neckalce (details TBA)
$325 // 8:30pm-4:30 pm
Gourmet lunch included.
Sept 9 2023
Part of Art Escape
Lake Superior Agate Setting : Pendant (details TBA)
$285 // 8:30am-4:30pm
Gourmet lunch included.
Sep 10 2023
Part of Art Escape
Post earrings (details TBA)
$98 // 9-noon
Sept 11 2023
Part of Art Escape
Stackable rings (details TBA)
$125 // 9-noon
Sept 15 2023
Part of Art Escape
LIVE JEWELRY MAKING DEMONSTRATION (details TBA)
at the Silverwaves Jewelry Gallery
No fee // 11-2pm
11-noon: Stone setting: pendant
12-1 pm: Hand forged leaf
1-2 pm: Big Ring Bling
Equipment
After years of teaching in other spaces, it was time to make a dedicated space for jewelry workshops with the most up to date and best equipment I could find. WELCOME!!!
10 Grobet Gesswein Jeweler’s Benches with Gesswein Bench Lights// Foredom Flex Shafts on each bench// Hand Tools (chain nose, round nose, bezel cutters, cutters, and bent nose pliers) // Nylon mallet // Ball-peen Hammer // Files // Saw // Ring Clamp // Bezel Pusher/Roller // Burnisher // Sandpaper // Bench Block // Bench Pin // Flex Shaft Accessories // Durston (Oliva) Rolling Mill, // Dapping Set // Ring Sizer // 4 Soldering Stations (oxy-propane torches) // 3 Hammering Stations with lots of Hammers // Metal Stamps // 2 Anvils // Chasing Tools // Buffing Machine // Casting Equipment // Ring Bender // Guillotine Shear // Raytech Magnetic Finisher // Ultrasonic // Kiln for PMC and Copper Enamel //copper enamel tools and supplies//PMC tools and supplies// 2 Winix D480 Ture HEPA 3-Stabe Air Purifiers // benchs & tables for other art projects or lay out// stone drilling stations//outdoor space for outdoor projects//and we continue to add more!
Community Membership
JOIN OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY
Are you seeking some regular workshop access for practice? We would love to have your creative energy as a part of our creative community. We currently offer two options for workshop membership:
GOING SOLO: After you have completed 20 hours of class time, you are eligible for studio time and can rent the jewelry studio for personal use. Hours must be scheduled during Silverwaves Jewelry's regular business hours (Summer: M-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10:30am-3:30pm; Winter: please contact me). All renters must be able to work safely and independently and may have access to tools and equipment at the benches, soldering area, buffing machine, rolling mill, and other specialty equipment. Renters are required to provide/purchase their own consumables including metal, solder, patina, saw blades, burs, finishing tools, buffing wheels, flux, butane, etc. A small fee for pickle, oxygen, and propane will be charged for each visit. Previous training and experience are required before using specific tools and equipment. Rates: $20/hr or $225/15 hrs (punch pass). Pass payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
OPEN JEWELRY LAB: After 6 hours of class time, you are welcome to come in during a scheduled open jewelry lab where you will have access to all equipment as well as an instructor who will be available for troubleshooting and working on a project. Lab participants are required to provide/purchase their own consumables including metal, solder, patina, saw blades, burs, finishing tools, buffing wheels, flux, butane, etc. A small fee for oxygen and propane or butane will be charged for each visit. Rates: $25/hr or $200/10 hrs (punch pass). Pass payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
DID YOU KNOW?
EVENING WORKSHOPS
Join us on Thursdays each month for an evening of creativity. We’ll supply the project and you supply the beverage of your choice or bring dinner. 6-8 pm. Must pre-register on our website.
VISITING INSTRUCTORS
Alex Boyd, Nicole Ringgold, Charles Lewton-Brain and Rosy Revolver are some of the instructors who may join you on your jewelry adventure. Our students enjoy a large, fully equipped jewelry studio with small class sizes (10 or less) and professional instructors. Or you…would you like to teach a workshop? Please contact me.
SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS/ MAKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
Lars from Cooking with Lars prepares our gourmet lunches
Jonathan of Jonathan Walburg Lake Superior Pottery and
Evan of Hestiken Pottery handmade the mugs from which we drink our tea
Pete of Eckels Pottery created the bowls from which we eat our soups
Andy of Stone's Throw made the plates from which we eat our lunches
Jesse of the Iron Apostle created all the Foredom Flex Shaft hangers for each bench as well as the Lake Treasures bench outside the Silverwaves Jewelry gallery.
Workshop 46.8° N LOCATION
Do you need a meeting space?
Meeting space for rent (no jewelry equipment included): tables, chairs, dry erase board, projectors, screen, WIFI for presenters. Rates: $300/ 5-8 hours. $200/ 3-4 hours. $100/ 1-2 hours. Contact me today to talk about your next meeting.
Where to stay in Bayfield
Here are my recommendations for lodging and most are within walking distance of Workshop 46.8°N:
My favorite AirBnBs:
New rental in the heart of Bayfield (4 blocks away)
Cozy downtown flat with historic views (next door)
Turtle yurts (just outside of Bayfield)
Camping Options:
Events
//Canoecopia - March 10-12 2023
I made my start selling jewelry 20 years ago at this amazing show, thanks to the support of Rutabaga and Darren Bush. My first pieces were kayak related as I was guiding sea kayaking trips in Baja and the Apostle Islands at the time. It was a small table, with just a few pieces and only my sister helping. These days I have doubled my booth, which I have friends and family rotating in to help me over three days. I'm so thankful for my Silverwaves family and the extended family of people who stop by the booth to talk kayaking, adventuring and jewelry. My niece has been at the show every year of her life—including when my sister was pregnant with her! Which also means my sister has supported me every single year that I have been there.
See you soon!!!
