Design and create a striking, one-of-a-kind bracelet with a sculptural hook-style clasp in this metal clay workshop led by Tammy Honaman, a fun project from her soon-to-be-published book PROJECTS & TECHNIQUES FOR METAL CLAY JEWELRY.
Learn to shape and form the hook and tab clasp using templates and forming tools, then refine, fire, and finish your piece into a functional component that can be strung with chain, beads, or other materials. Whether you lean toward clean simplicity or ornate surface decoration, this class gives you the tools and techniques to make it your own.
What You’ll Learn:
Rolling, cutting, and forming metal clay for a clasp-style design
Techniques for optional texture or syringe embellishment
Creating a functional hook and tab clasp
Finishing techniques including sanding, polishing, and patina
Tips for assembling into a complete bracelet
NOTE: Silver Project X Metal Clay is provided for creating the clasp. Students need to bring (or purchase from the studio) beads of your choice and stringing supplies to create a completed bracelet.
Meet Visiting Artist Tammy Honaman!
Tamara Honaman teaches, demonstrates and speaks about jewelry making nationally and internationally. She contributes jewelry-making projects, articles and designs to magazines, books and television programs. Tamara is featured in videos on various industry-related websites, sharing her passion for all materials and techniques she explores.
Tamara is a former jewelry magazine editor, publisher and author of Secrets to Metal Clay Success, Secrets to Art Clay Success and other jewelry-making videos available in DVD and digital formats. She is co-author of Polymer Clay Master Class, the founding editor of Step-by-Step Beads; former editor of Step-by-Step in Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, and a founder of Bead Fest.
Tamara has served as technical editor on several metal clay and jewelry-making books and magazines; Executive Director of the International Polymer Clay Association; and served on the board of other jewelry-related organizations.
To contact Tammy visit: www.tamarahonaman.com or email her at
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