Soldering Tips & Tricks Workshop
Adult Workshop | Available
This workshop will cover the basics of how to set up your own soldering space, torch and tank, including safety issues. We will cover soldering basics to advanced, from butt joints to stick soldering, and how to support metal for hard to reach joints. Great for those who have been taking jewelry classes but want to understand or improve their soldering. Bring in your problem soldering jobs and we will work on ways to solve them. We will be using acetylene/air torches and oxygen/acetylene Little Torch. There will be a portable oxygen/propane Little Torch setup to try out as well. You can even bring your own setup if you need further help. Extra tips and tricks will be included!
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.