Making Flatware Workshop

Making Flatware Workshop

Adult Online Workshop | This class has been canceled

open to all levels

2/29/2020 (one day)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM EDT on Sat

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$200.00

$180.00

Utensils can be surprisingly easy to make. We will make utensils or a set of flatware using wire or sheet metal for the handles and sheet metal that we will dome to make spoon bowls, as well as cut out fork and knife blades. Hammer textures will be covered to show various ways of shaping and texturing metal. Styles such as salad servers, serving spoons, measuring spoons, 3 piece flatware sets ( fork, knife and spoon) will be covered. Instructor will provide materials on request. 12g to 20 g. sheet metal and thick wire from 2 g to 12g. will be used. Estimated cost of materials $5-$35.

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.