Hinge it, set it, fix it, wear it, or not!
with Jenn Wells
Course Schedule:
Mondays or Tuesdays // 10a-12p EST*
*See below for full schedule
Course Description:
This course is ideal for those who have a foundation in jewelry making and are looking to expand their skills. We’ll dive into hinge making and the many applications of how you can incorporate a hinge, or hinge like movement into your work. Be it lidded containers, some lovely dangle earrings or a large neck piece. An open and close, a little movement, lets plan that out to get you the movement and closure you need in your work.
We’ll cover stone setting and capturing symmetrical as well as non symmetrical objects. Working through the details that help save you headaches and time, with the help and input of a professional goldsmith.
Just because we can.. And if we can, we do- let's add some tool maintenance, repair and see what tools we can make on our own with as little as possible or with minor modifications to what we already have in our tool box.
1. Hinges - flat/curved, hollow and container forms, stone setting
2. Tools, modifications, making your own and maintenance - me + guest artist
instagram: @jennwellsstudio and @linea_arte_studio
*Full Schedule by Date
Jan- Mon 18th, Feb-Monday 22nd, March- TBD, April- Tuesday 20th, May- Monday 17th, June- Tuesday 15th, July- Tuesday 13th, August- Tuesday 10th, Sept- Tuesday 7th, Oct- Tuesday 19th, Nov- Monday 15th, Dec- Monday 13th
** The dates in March, April and after August may end up varying or needing to be modified due to teaching and traveling schedules
Registration opens October 19th at 10am Central Time
About Jenn
Jennifer Wells is a studio artist and educator originally from the U.S but currently living in Certaldo, Italy where she has her gallery and studio. She holds an MFA, in Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design and has completed artist-in-residencies at: Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN, Pocosin Arts in Columbia, NC and the Jentel Foundation near Banner, WY. She has worked for several U.S based Craft Schools, in a variety of roles.
As an educator, Jennifer has taught for and been a visiting Artist at Universities throughout the U.S and for study abroad programs based in Italy. She is an Instructor for Le Arti Orafe in Florence, Italy, a mentor for Cohorts Arts and teaches short workshops on various enameling and metalsmithing techniques throughout Europe and the U.S. In recent years she has curated multiple international exhibitions focused on jewelry and enameling. In 2020 the Plus Once Collective, debuted at the first Romanian Jewelry week as a collective of enamel artists.
Her works have been featured in multiple publications and are in the collections of the Enamel Arts Foundation, Racine Museum, Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Crocker Art Museum, The Metal Museum and Private Collections.
