MAC Metals Classes- Fall 2009
Please refer to the main Classes page for written descriptions. All title locations indicate start date.
E= Enameling, B= Beginning, B/I= Beginning/Intermediate, I/A= Intermediate/Advanced, S= Sculpture

September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
    1
2 3 4 5
6 7 8
Precious Metal Clay
(4 weeks) B

Technology and Jewelry (6 weeks) B/I
9
-Precious Metal Clay
(8 weeks) B
-Welding: Oxy/Acet.
(2 weeks) S
-Welding: Oxy/Acet.
(2 weeks) S
10
Modifying Metal Beads
(4 weeks) B/I

Blacksmithing (6 wks) S
11
Intro to Welding
(4 weeks) S
12
Foundry: Modeling
(4 weeks) S
13
CAD:Computer Aided Design (6 weeks)

Bronze and Copper Clay (1 day) B
14
-Intro to Jewelry
(12 weeks) B
-Jewelry Fabrication 1A (4 weeks) B
-Casting: Wax Carving (4 weeks)B
-Creating Cabochons
(6 weeks) B
-Hand Engraving: Beg/Int (6 weeks) B/I
15
Blacksmithing: Damascus Steel for Knives/ Jewelry
(5 weeks) S
16 17 18 19
Blacksmithing: Build Your Own Forge
(this weekend) S
20 21 22

23
Welding: MIG (3 wks) S

Welding: MIG (3 wks) S

24 25 26
27 28 29 30      


October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
        1 2 3
Using Resins in Jewelry (1 day) B
4 5 6
Raising & Sinking Vessels (4 weeks) B/I
7 8 9
Lost Wax Casting
(1 evening, 2 days)

Welding/ Forming Sheet Copper (4 wks) S
10
Foundry: Mold Making (4 weeks) S
Intro to Bladesmithing
(2 weeks) S
11
Intro to Welding
(2 weeks) S
12
Casting: Direct Methods (1 day) B
13 14
Welding: TIG (3wks) S

Welding: TIG (3wks) S
15
Metal Basics for Lampworkers (4 wks) B/I

Bracelets and Rings
(4 weeks) I/A
16
Lapidary for Jewelers and Beaders (1 morn.) B/I
17
18
MDS- Pricing and Promotion
(1 day)
19
Jewelry Fabrication 1B (4 weeks) B

Casting: Direct Methods (4 weeks) B
20
Casting: Direct Methods (4 weeks)

Hand Engraving
(6 weeks) B/I
21
Hammered Stone Setting (3 weeks) I/A
22
Blacksmithing (6 wks) S
23 24
Enameling Primer Intensive (1 day) E

Intro to the Jeweler's Saw Frame (1 day) B
25
CAD: Computer Aided Machining (6 weeks)
26
Creating Cabochons (6 weeks) I/A
27 28
Enameling (5 weeks) E
29 30 31


November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2
Welding: MIG (6 wks) S

Welding: MIG (6 wks) S
3
Technology &
Jewelry II (6 weeks) I/A

Bladesmithing (4 wks) S
4 5 6
Intro to Welding
(4 weeks) S
7
Etching Copper Alloys
(1 day) I/A

Foundry: The Pour
(3 weeks) S
8 9
Hand Engraving
(4 weeks) B/I
10
Electroforming Copper
(4 weeks) B/I
11 12
Fabricating Metal Beads (4 weeks) I/A

Bracelets and Rings
(4 weeks) I/A
13 14
MDS- Forged Links (this weekend)
15 16
Jewelry Fabrication 1C (4 weeks) B

Casting: Organics/ Found Objects
(4 weeks) B
17
Casting: Organics/ Found Objects
(4 weeks) B
18
Fiber Techniques in Metal (4 weeks) B/I
19 20 21
Patinas and Surface Textures (this weekend) B/I
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30          


December
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
    1 2 3 4

5
-Enameling:Imagery in Enamel (this weekend) E
-Soldering Basics
(this weekend) B
-Foundry: Finishing/ Patinas (2 weeks) S

6
Welding for Women
(2 weeks) S
7 8 9 10 11 12
MDS- Sawing and Piercing (this weekend)
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31    

 

 

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