Beginning Southwest Silversmithing and Open Studio with Jamie Halpern – G25070301
Beginning students will learn the basic skills of Southwest-style silversmithing in the awe-inspiring Ghost Ranch jewelry studio. Experienced students who already have basic silversmith skills and wish to work independently will have open use of the Ghost Ranch silversmith studio, with optional silversmith and lapidary coaching. Beginners will experience hands-on work in sawing, soldering, stone-setting, and finishing beautiful jewelry, and they will learn to safely use the basic tools of silversmith work. Students will leave with multiple pieces of wearable jewelry art and a discovery of their own creative potential. For beginning or experienced students. Serious-minded youth 14+ are welcome.
Instructor
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Jamie HalpernJamie Halpern is an accomplished silversmith, lapidary artist and metalsmith instructor. His work reflects southwestern art and jewelry-making styles and is influenced by travels throughout the United States, the South Pacific and Europe. Working with silver and colorful semi-precious stones through metal fabrication and inlay, and through his teachings with beginning and advanced jewelry students and artists, Jamie celebrates creativity and personal exploration and nurtures artistic expression. His jewelry is sold through private commissions. He has taught silversmithing and lapidary art at Ghost Ranch for a number of years to rave reviews and testaments to how professional pieces can be crafted with focused time. Examples of Jamie’s work can be found at: Jehalpernjewelry.com.