Bangles & Rings Workshop
Adult | Registration opens 11/17/2025 8:00 PM EST
Create bangles, cuff bracelets, and rings in this hands-on workshop. Shape and solder wire rings and bangles, hammer for texture, and add decorative wire details. Cuff bracelets will be formed from textured sheet metal. Take home your handmade pieces—perfect as gifts! Instructor will provide brass, bronze and copper wire and sheet metal, and a limited amount of silver wire. Materials cost: approximately $20-40 depending on silver usage.
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.