Members receive 8% OFF all classes and workshops! (Monday Mornings) Advanced Metalsmithing Instructor Helen Blythe-Hart In-Person Only Mondays March 11 - May 6, 2024 10:30am - 2:30pm EST 7 Weekly Classes $339 Past Members receive 8% OFF! Click Here to Join Class Description This is a LIVE, IN-PERSON event. Please plan to arrive no more than 15 minutes early to the class. ***Please Note: No Classes Week of March 30 - April 10*** Advanced jewelry students working independently will learn to hone their skills by learning from a lifelong professional Metalsmith and Jeweler. You’ll perfect the techniques needed to give your unique pieces that refined professional look. Prerequisite Intermediate metalsmithing skills Materials, Supplies & Tools Instructor Bio Class Dates March 11, 2024 March 18, 2024 March 25, 2024 April 1, 2024 (No Class) April 8, 2024 (No Class) April 15, 2024 April 22, 2024 April 39, 2024 May 6, 2024

< Back Sunday Afternoon Intro to Metalsmithing March 30, 2025 Taught by MAGG STAFF |Join us for this 5 week intensive beginner metalsmithing class. Students will become acquainted with the MAGG studio, tools and safety practices, while learning the basics to get started on a silversmithing journey. Previous Add to Cart Next Class Details: Sunday Afternoon Intro to Metalsmithing Instructor: MAGG Staff 5 Sessions, Sundays, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Class Dates: 3/30, (No Class 4/6), 4/13 , (No class 4/20), 4/27, 5/4, 5/11 Prerequisites: None. This class is intended for beginners and may be repeated multiple times. Supply List: will be sent to students via email Join us for this 5 week intensive beginner metalsmithing class. Students will become acquainted with the MAGG studio, tools, and safety practices, while learning the basics to get started on a silversmithing journey. This class is project based, with opportunities for students to customize projects to their liking and work at their own pace. Working in brass, copper, or silver, students will learn how to saw, file, sand, form, measure, hammer, texture, solder, stamp, pierce, and more.

< Back Transform Unworn Jewels into Innovative Adornment March 21, 2025 Instructor Jill Herlands | We all have jewels that are outdated and unworn. Instead of leaving them in a drawer, let's use the components to create new fabulous adornments! We'll take apart the unused jewels and redefine what components can be! Previous Add to Cart Next I am self taught and my process shows it! I use techniques that might be foreign to you, but all that matters is that they work for me. I don't believe in boundaries or rules, and I want to show you how how you can find experimental techniques that work for you. My classroom environment is to aspire creativity, experimentation, and imagination, and my teaching style is focused on you ... you will have more time to work than the usual workshop - we will have short demos and then you will work on your own while I help with questions, comments, or ideas. You will learn in a way that might be new to you, but that's the point. I want you to see that there'smore than one way to do something, even if you are formally trained. Here's what we'll do: We all have jewels that are outdated and unworn. Instead of leaving them in a drawer, let's use the components to create new fabulous adornments! We'll take apart the unused jewels and use it's best components, such as precious metals, precious or man-made gemstones, etc. Let's redefine what the components are. Check out some of the work I did in an exhibition of upcycling old jewels. You'll see that there are endless possibilities of what we can do... Let's have fun! Hear from Jill Herlands herself: Schedule: 10:00 - 11:00 - Introductions and discuss what we'll do then, choose our components 11:00 - 11:30 - Demos, questions are always encouraged 11:30 - 1:00 - Individual work time, Jill will be available for questions throughout the day 1:00 - 2:00 - Lunch 2:00 - 3:00 - Check out where the students are in process and offer individual help 3:00 - 4:00 - Individual work time 4:00 - 5:00 - work, last minute questions or comments, and wrap up Download Supply List SUPPLY LIST MAGG MARCH 2025 .pdf Download PDF • 85KB

< Back Painting with Powdered Metals on Steel December 6, 2025 Instructor Bette Barnett | In this workshop students will learn an innovative new metal fusing technique that was developed by the instructor—Painting with Powdered Metals on Steel. Learn how to use powdered metals as paint to create a spectrum of color on steel surfaces. Previous Add to Cart Next Taught by Guest Instructor Bette Barnett In this workshop students will learn an innovative new metal fusing technique that was developed by the instructor—Painting with Powdered Metals on Steel. We will take a deep dive into this new approach and learn how to use powdered metals as paint to create colorful hues and shades on steel surfaces. You will be able to experiment with a spectrum of colors, textures, and patterns, pushing the boundaries of traditional metalsmithing. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your metalwork and bring your creative visions to life. Enroll now and be among the first to master this exciting new technique! WHY STEEL? Steel has many practical advantages, not the least of which are cost and accessibility. Steel is strong, malleable, and ductile, making it durable and workable. It is lightweight, making larger pieces of jewelry comfortable. Topping the list of advantages is steel's high melting temperature, which makes it ideal for fusing other metals to it. Fusing gold and other non-ferrous metals to steel takes it to another level and results in jewelry that has a modern, urban edge but also feels ancient and rich. As alternative metal, steel has another big advantage—it’s different—and invites you to dare to stand apart and try new things. Steel can serve as a catalyst that opens the floodgates of creativity. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN • Basics of working with steel. Sourcing steel, its characteristics, techniques such as shearing, sawing, forming and soldering steel. • Sourcing. All about powdered metals...where to buy them, the metals, alloys and formulas (pure powders, flakes, metal clay, etc.) that are available in powder form and how to grind your own powders. • Effects. Understanding how the various powdered metals react when fused to steel. • Mixing. How to mix powdered metals “paint” to create your own individual palette of colors and textures. • Painting techniques. Painting powdered metals onto steel and fusing them to the surface. Heat and flow control. Troubleshooting. • Advanced fusion techniques. How to mix various powdered metals to create alloys both in the “paint” or during the fusion process. • Designing. Exploration of design possibilities. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE Each day will be structured with a combination of instruction, demonstrations, interactive discussion and hands-on work. The instructor will provide individual support and guidance throughout. During the workshop, you will have the guidance and opportunity to produce at least three completed pieces of steel jewelry. Patterns for these pieces will be included in the course handout and you are free to use the patterns or create your own designs. SKILL LEVEL Students should be comfortable using a torch and should possess basic metal working skills, such as sawing, filing and forming. Download In Person Class Supply List Download Virtual Class Supply List

< Back JOOLTOOL School at MAGG February 10, 2024 This Event is IN-PERSON (full) and VIRTUAL | Renowned Artist and JOOLTOOL Distributor Ricky Frank will be demoing all the capabilities of this extraordinary machine that we now have in the studio for you to use. Previous Add to Cart Next PLEASE NOTE THE IN-PERSON PORTION OF THIS EVENT IS FULL Renowned Artist and JOOLTOOL Distributor Ricky Frank will be demoing all the capabilities of this extraordinary machine that we now have in the studio for you to use. Watch this FREE and Extensive Demonstration of Sanding and Polishing, Lapidary to Tool Maintenance and MORE, by a master in the field of handcrafted artisan jewelry! Don't let this rare opportunity slip away – witness the JOOLTOOL in action and seize the chance to pose your questions about how this machine can enhance your jewelry-making endeavors, making the process more efficient and enjoyable. RSVP REQUIRED: You must RSVP to attend in person or be sent the Zoom link for Virtual!

< Back Georgia Talent Tony has been active in metalsmithing and jewelry making for the last 6 years. After 30 years as a mechanical engineer, he began metalsmithing as a way to find a mental break from the stresses of his career and to develop his more artistic side. As the son of an aircraft machinist, he has worked with machining and other metal working tools throughout his life. Tony focuses his jewelry primarily on forged or manipulated metal. In addition to basic metal smithing techniques Tony uses presses and rolling mills to form the shapes of his pieces and, also utilizes his engineering skills to create solid 3D models in CAD and then print them in high resolution resin for casting. Tony and his family moved to the Kennesaw area in 2011 after spending many years working abroad in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Tony Sanger

< Back Make a Ring: Intro to Metalsmithing November 28, 2023 Instructor Ekaterina Domashchenko | Learn the basics of how to bezel set a stone, texture metal, add decorative elements and solder it all together to create a one of a kind piece of art. Make a gift right on time for the holidays and learn the basics of metalsmithing in the process. Previous Add to Cart Next This is a LIVE, IN-PERSON event. Please plan to arrive no more than 15 minutes early to the class.

< Back Hydraulic Press Intensive September 23, 2023 Instructor Peter Gilroy | Learn all about hydraulic die-forming, a process empowering the artist with 20 tons of strength, increased productivity and the potential to create in ways other methods cannot. Previous Add to Cart Next SIGN UP by AUGUST 11th for EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - $25 OFF! Register for EITHER the in-person OR virtual event. If attending virtually, live interaction with the in-person class will occur via Zoom. If attending in-person, please plan to arrive no more than 15 minutes early to the class. ----- CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? ----- ----- WANT TO REVIEW WHAT YOU LEARNED? ----- A recording of the workshop will be available to all participants for 30 days following the workshop.

< Back Georgia Talent In 1985 I started working for Swest Inc., one of the largest jeweler’s supply companies in the country at the time. I couldn’t have known then that I had been blessed to have stumbled into the occupation that I would grow to love. After a few years I left Swest and went to work at JFF Jeweler Supply under the incomparable Hans Kober. After many years I left the supply side of the business. I have worked as a bench jeweler, learning repair and fabrication as well as stone setting and finishing. Later I found myself specializing in wax carving, mold making and casting. As fate would have it, I returned to JFF selling tools and equipment. Working side by side with Hans and learning all I could about this wonderful art and industry. Now I am running my own business selling jeweler’s supplies, materials, tools and equipment out of the top floor of the MAGG location along with doing repairs and doing casting. Along the way I have met and befriended some of the most incredible people. Dallas Vinson The Sun-Smart Collection Dallas Vinson Button View More The Sun-Smart Collection Dallas Vinson Button View More

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< Back Sunday Evening Beginning 2&3 Metalsmithing January 5, 2025 Instructor Donna D'Aquino | Learn the basics of the ancient craft of metalsmithing and jewelry making. In this fast paced studio class, you will be introduced to a variety of tools and hand skills used to create jewelry and objects from non-ferrous metals. Previous Add to Cart Next Taught by Instructor Donna D'Aquino This is a LIVE, IN-PERSON event. Please plan to arrive no more than 15 minutes early to the class. Learn the basics of the ancient craft of metalsmithing and jewelry making. In this fast paced studio class, you will be introduced to a variety of tools and hand skills used to create jewelry and objects from non-ferrous metals. Using brass, copper, and sterling silver you will be introduced to a number of jewelry making techniques. Those techniques will include, but not be limited to: sawing, piercing, filing, sanding, riveting, texturing, forming, finishing, soldering and bezel setting a stone. With a focus on the principles of design, student projects may include pendants, rings, earrings, and bracelets. Come join us in this warm, welcoming, fun environment to learn something new!

< Back The Art of Affordable Gold October 7, 2023 Instructor Tonya Davidson | Get inspired by a variety of techniques allowing you to use gold affordably. Previous Add to Cart Next SIGN UP by AUGUST 25th for EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT! This is a VIRTUAL workshop with real-time interaction with the instructor via Zoom. ----- CAN'T ATTEND LIVE? ----- ----- WANT TO REVIEW WHAT YOU LEARNED? ----- A recording of the workshop will be available to all participants for 30 days following the workshop.