The peyote stitch is a non-loom bead weaving technique. Peyote pieces can be woven as flat strips; in a flat, round shape; or as a tube. In a recent class, Cathy Hasson taught students how to create a beautiful bracelet using the flat strip technique. More advanced classes will be offered in the near future.…
Keum-boo is an ancient Korean technique used to apply thin sheets of 24K gold to silver, creating a silver-gilt effect. Kris Howell and Carol Wiser taught participants how to use this technique without solder by controlling temperature and pressure. Many beautiful examples of this technique are available for sale in the lapidary studio window during…
Club member Cheryl Osburn held a class on flame painting on Dec. 3. Students were shown how to change the color of copper by applying heat using a torch. Changing the length of time using the torch on various spots changes the copper’s colors. The piece was then cut into shapes for earrings and pendants.…
What do you do with old sterling jewelry or leftover pieces? Melt it down and make it into wire or disks to fashion something new! Carol Wiser taught this process to several members of the Lapidary Club. The sterling is melted in a crucible inside a fire brick furnace using a torch. It is then…
Cathy Hasson Carolyn Milbrath and Debbie Huber taught two classes of Lapidary Club members the art of using precious metal clay to fashion pendants and earrings. The process involves forming and stamping a soft clay of Sterling Silver with a binding agent. The clay is placed in a kiln, and the binding agent is burned…
Cathy Hasson April Bower, renowned Arizona artist, made another teaching trip to the Quail Creek Lapidary Studio. She taught one bracelet class and two pendant classes, both of which were well attended. Beautiful and unique pieces were fashioned in each day-long class. We appreciate April and her assistant Renee sharing their extraordinary skills with our…
Lapidary Club members Vicki Bengeult and Kathy Guy show off their necklaces made in Cathy Hasson’s basic bead stringing class.
Cathy Hasson Visiting Artist, April Bower, taught Lapidary Club members how to fashion amazing metal jewelry using several techniques, including torches, patinas and fold forming. The Burnished Bi-metal Bracelets were truly unique and individualized. The Tribal Trio Pendant and Earrings set featured sterling silver wire with ball ends on copper. Participants were Ernie Lopez, LisaTeman-Rosenburg,…
Connie Duval, Carmen Murphy, Lisa Rosenburg and Frannie Vanselow attended Cathy Hasson’s Beaded Wire Pendant Class. The studio’s other class offerings are Cathy’s Two-Drop Peyote and Basic Bead Stringing; Nancy Riordon, Marj Berra and Ernie Lopez’s Basic Metals and Creative Wire Work. Participants have left classes with new skills and exquisite pieces.