I’m so excited to be teaching, in-person, at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in North Carolina! Please join me for a jam-packed week long exploration of the hydraulic press!

Students in this workshop will use the hydraulic press to explore new possibilities for creating dimension in their metalwork. Participants will learn how to: make their own acrylic silhouette dies, utilize die combinations in the press to cut and form metal, use die forming and soldering techniques to create hollow forms, emboss metal, and more! We will focus on ways to create depth, complexity, and repeatable pieces for production work or for one-of-a-kind pieces.

July 29 - August 2, 2024

Please visit Pocosin Arts for more information and to register

This workshop will be taught virtually through Pocosin Arts on Zoom’s video platform.

In this fast-paced workshop, students will learn the fundamentals of die forming in the press to create hollow three-dimensional forms. Discover how to use commercially available silhouette dies and how to make your own custom two-sided dies! You will also learn techniques such as soldering hollow forms, soldering small pieces of metal to larger pieces of metal, and foldforming and how to pair each with the press to achieve more complex 3-D forms in metal.

Students should be comfortable with basic sawing and filing processes.

Friday, March 15th and March 22nd, from 3pm to 5pm Eastern Standard Time

Please visit Pocosin Arts for more information and to register

This workshop will be taught virtually through Pocosin Arts on Zoom’s video platform.

In this two-day hydraulic press workshop, I will guide students through different forming processes and combinations of accessories to achieve complex forms in metal. Participants will learn how to make their own custom two-sided silhouette die and the soldering techniques needed to start creating small hollow forms with the hydraulic press. I’ll also demonstrate how to use a variety of bracelet-forming tools, impression dies, and other combinations of dies to create complex and repeatable three-dimensional pieces for production work or for one-of-a-kind pieces.

This is an intermediate to advanced level workshop. Students should be comfortable with the basic operation of a hydraulic press as well as basic sawing, filing, and soldering processes.

Friday, January 13th and January 20th, from 3pm to 5pm Eastern Standard Time

Please visit Pocosin Arts for more information and to register

This workshop will be taught virtually through Pocosin Arts and the Zoom video platform.

A fast-paced workshop that will introduce participants to creating form and texture in metal with the hydraulic press to create a “sampler quilt.” Participants will learn how to achieve results not easily accomplished with any other methods by using the hydraulic press to experiment with techniques such as embossing, pillowing, forming, bending and die cutting.

Workshop participants will learn to utilize mechanical or “cold connections” that require just a few tools and no soldering. Cold connections will be used to “piece” our metal quilt together, fasten metal layers to one another, and incorporate found objects like beads and shells.

Thursday, August 25th, and Thursday, September 1st, from 1pm to 3pm Eastern Standard Time

Please visit Pocosin Arts for more information and to register

This three day intensive stone setting class covers five types of stone setting techniques including bezel settings with corners, step-bezels, tube setting, tab setting, and flush setting. I'll thoroughly demonstrate each stone setting method and then each participant will have time in class to construct a setting and set their stones provided in the class kit.

Friday, January 17th, Saturday, January 18th, and Sunday, January 19th from 9am to 5pm

Please visit Quench Jewelry Arts for more information and to register

Go 3-D and get comfortable with soldering! This two day intensive workshop will move away from working flat by designing and building hollow metal beads. 

Friday, September 6th 9-5 and Saturday, September 7th 9-5

Please visit Quench Jewelry Arts for more information and to register

This is a complete introduction to the use of the hydraulic press from safety and operation to nuanced techniques and experimentation.

We will experiment with embossing, pillowing, bending and die cutting techniques to achieve results not easily attained with any other method. Each participant will also make custom individual dies that can be used in limitless combinations to form metal in ways unique to the hydraulic press.

Friday, March 16th and Saturday, March 17th from 9-5pm

For more information and to register for the class please go to Quench Jewelry Arts in Minneapolis.