Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 08/07/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 10/09/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
COLD CONNECTION I
INSTRUCTOR: DOLORES OSBORNE-HENSLEY
Discover the art of joining metals without heat! This beginner-friendly class introduces you to the exciting world of cold connections and endless design possibilities. You will learn essential skills for working with copper, brass, titanium, and nickel using cutting, sawing, and filing techniques. Explore riveting, tab settings (for metal, cabochons, fossils), metal layering, stone setting with tabs, form-folding, and more. We will also add vibrant color to copper and titanium with a hand-held torch. Engaging projects will showcase various cold connection techniques, providing you with the skills and inspiration to create your own unique jewelry with plenty of time for practice and design development. The class fee covers all project materials: metals, wire, findings, rivets, steampunk elements, cords, accent stones, chains, and ear wires.
Gain a strong foundation in cold connections, opening doors to further lapidary exploration. Basic tool kits are provided, and additional tools will be available for purchase. Unlock your creative potential! Join Cold Connections I.
Lab Fee: $175
Estimated Material Cost: $0 to $100
Prerequisite: None
Dolores is an Air Force veteran, who traveled around the world, collecting sea glass, shells, stones, fossils, and semi-precious stones just waiting to be incorporated into wearable creations. After retiring from the armed forces, she opened The Wild Bead and Boutique, in Montgomery, Alabama, where she taught beading, embroidery beading, jewelry, and cold connections. Her first class at William Holland was cold connections with Kim St. Jean, where her love of manipulating metals into creative wearable art began. She is a self-taught artist, but classes at William Holland have helped her advance her creations to a higher level. Dolores loves meeting and nurturing other artists and was a 12-year active member of the Montgomery Gem and Mineral Society and held the role of Vice President, Newsletter Editor, and Annual Gem and Mineral Show Manager, but recently transferred her membership to the Alabama Mineral and Lapidary Society, in Birmingham, Alabama to explore more rock digs, classes and meet other rock lovers. Dolores is a member of the Pike Road, Alabama Art Guild and teaches cold connection classes to the public and art guild members. Her other lapidary passions consist of rock hounding, cutting semi-precious stone slabs and shaping cabochons.
Please contact William Holland School of Lapidary Arts if you have any questions.