Box Clasps Workshop
Adult Workshop | This class has been canceled
Box Clasps can be made into a variety of shapes; round, square, curved or even a leaf shape but all work the same way. We will make a basic box clasp using silver sheet metal, making a boxy form, and then make the tongue to fit into the box. Adding a tongue plunger will allow the tongue to be removed from the box clasp and a safety catch for extra security. Learn about hinges, hinged closures, clasps and other mechanisms that can be used on your boxes and jewelry. Surface embellishments, texturing, and decoration and riveting will be demonstrated. Some basic soldering experience is helpful in this class.
Joy Raskin
JOY RASKIN is one of the youngest craftspeople to be accepted into the League of NH Craftsmen in 1986 after completing a BFA from RISD and a MFA from UMass Dartmouth, focusing on flatware (and earned the nickname "Spoon Lady"!). After a short stint as a bench jeweler for several fine jewelry stores, repairing jewelry, she went back to making flatware full-time after winning an Individual Artist Fellowship from the NH Council for the Arts in 1995. Winning the Individual Artist Fellowship gave her the boost to go sell her artwork throughout the US doing fine craft shows. In 1996, she started teaching jewelry making/metalsmithing at a local art college and branched out to teaching all over NH, MA and CT. She’s also a creative teacher, teaching a broad range of jewelry and silversmithing techniques at various schools in New England. She's currently working full time as a metalsmith in her studio, teaching metalsmithing and working as a goldsmith for a local gallery.