Bangles & Rings Workshop
Adult | Registration opens 11/17/2025 8:00 PM EDT
Make bangles, cuff bracelets, and rings. Simple wire rings and bangles will be soldered together, hammered for texture and embellished with wireworking. Cuff bracelets will be made from sheet metal that is textured and shaped into a C-shape bracelet. You will leave with new rings and bangles that you’ve made yourself and makes great gifts! Instructor will provide brass, bronze and copper wire and sheet metal, and a limited amount of silver wire. Cost of materials will be $20-40 depending on how much silver is use
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.