$200.00 – $225.00Price range: $200.00 through $225.00
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Instructor: Mark Swanberry
Member Tuition: $110.00 Non-Member Tuition: $135.00
Material Fee: $90.00 Included in fee shown
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Member, Non-Member
In this class students will create a beautiful copper bowl from a 12" x 12" sheet of 16-gauge copper. Students will pound and hand tool the sheet into an 9" diameter, approx. 2" deep bowl. Students will also make a decorative vine with leaves from copper that will be attached to the rim of the bowl. Some soldering will be involved in this class.
Learn basic 19th Century American tinsmithing from a master tinsmith. This class will introduce you to and teach you about all the tools, forming stakes, swedges and hand-operated machines used in a well-equipped 19th-Century tin shop. You will be shown how to do basic layout work, cutting, forming, assembly and soldering. Complete both a finger candle stick and a wall sconce by the end of class. You will be amazed at what you've accomplished.
Instructor: Art Thorman
Material Fee: $25.00 Included in fee shown on checkout page
Special Notes: Students must be 14 years of age or older.
Learn the discipline of Metal Working known as Embossing. Students will transfer an image of their choosing from a paper template to a sheet of copper by using various sizes of stylus and other hand tools to create a textured picture. Students will find that copper is a very workable material. Your finished piece will fit in with any Adirondack decor or even in a rustic birch frame! This piece is 8" x 8".
Member Tuition: $65.00 Non-Member Tuition: $80.00
Material Fee: $50.00 Included in fee shown