Making Miniature Bowls
Adult Workshop | Available
Students will make miniature bowls out of copper, bronze and silver, using dapping
punches and small mushroom stakes. The bowls will be formed from 2” to 4” 20g. discs,
on wooden dapping blocks and then hammered over stakes to make shallow to deep
bowls for a variety of uses. Bases will be made with sheet metal and wire. Ear protection
will be necessary for we will be doing much hammering. If you are interested in making
a sterling bowl, order a 2” or 3” or 4” 20g sterling or Argentium disc or buy enough silver
sheet to make a bowl.
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.