Metalsmith Essentials: Make a Box Clasp Online Workshop with Richard Sweetman

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$24.99

Unlock new possibilities for artistic design in your jewelry by learning how to create your own box clasps! In this online workshop with Richard Sweetman, you’ll have the opportunity to try your hand at soldering and constructing hollow forms all while mastering the art of jewelry box clasps. Learn tips for designing and using specific materials for box clasps as well as finishing techniques.

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Description

Discover how to make your own box clasps in Metalsmith Essentials: Make a Box Clasp Online Workshop with Richard Sweetman! He’ll show you how to create each component step by step for a finished piece that is functionally precise and artistically pleasing. Additionally, you’ll get to hone your soldering and construction skills and learn how to modify your box clasps with shape, size, and directionality.

Lesson Breakdown:

Introduction:

  • Meet Richard Sweetman
  • Richard’s Top 5 Tips
  • Tools & Materials

    • Making the Box Clasp:

  • Constructing the Locking Tongue
  • Cutting the Lock Relief
  • Soldering the Back Side
  • Making the Push-Button Mechanism
  • Soldering the Second Side
  • Constructing the Male Side

    • Techniques Covered:

  • Precision Measuring
  • Designing
  • Sawing
  • Filing
  • Soldering
  • Finishing

    • Workshop Includes:
    Discussion Board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the course. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

    Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

    Run time: ~ 74 minutes

    About the Instructor:
    An artist and teacher for more than 30 years, Richard Sweetman received his BFA from Colorado State University and his MFA from the University of Oregon. He worked as a goldsmith in San Francisco before accepting a teaching position at Arapahoe Community College in Denver, where he built a very successful metals program. He currently runs a co-op metalsmithing studio in Denver. Visit zephyr-street-studio.com for more information.

    Additional information

    Product Type

    Online Workshop
    Technique

    Finishing,Sawing,Soldering
    Difficulty Level

    Intermediate
    Author/Designer

    Richard Sweetman
    SKU

    Q0329

    3 reviews for Metalsmith Essentials: Make a Box Clasp Online Workshop with Richard Sweetman

    1. JOHN STENGER –

      4 Stars

    2. Linda Wade –

      5 Stars

    3. Lucille Parenteau –

      “I just loved this video.

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