Section A Meets 1/17/2012 to 4/24/2012 on Tuesday from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

Location: MICA Jewelry Center at Meadow Mill. Expanding on the skills learned in Introduction to Art Jewelry, this course refines technical skills and places emphasis on complex fabrication of forms, surface application and mechanisms. More advanced methods of soldering, fabrication and design development are covered. The student is encouraged to develop creative ideas through drawings and model making. This program helps the student develop a personal aesthetic and apply it to wearable art. At the conclusion of this course, students have a repertoire of skills and information that prepares them to work on a more independent level. Prerequisite: Perfecting Basic Skills or equivalent experience.

Section A Meets 1/17/2012 to 4/24/2012 on Tuesday from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM.

Location: MICA Jewelry Center at Meadow Mill. Enameling is an exciting way to bring the colors and depths of glass to the surfaces of metal. An art form with a very rich tradition, enameling is increasingly becoming part of the contemporary jewelry movement. Beginning students learn the traditional techniques of cloisonne, champleve basse-taille and plique-a-jour. Students are able to apply enamels to both jewelry and sculptural objects, using their own designs in both traditional and experimental ways. Slide presentations and discussions provide an overview of contemporary and historical enamels. The emphasis throughout is on creative thinking, design and mastery of technical skills. Note: Studio fee covers all enamels.

Section A Meets 1/19/2012 to 4/26/2012 on Thursday from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM.
Section B Meets 1/23/2012 to 4/30/2012 on Monday from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

Section A Instructor: April Wood. Section B Instructor: Damon Thompson. Location: MICA Jewelry Center at Meadow Mill. Geared to the beginning student, but open to all levels; emphasizes creative thinking, design, and mastery of technical skills for making jewelry or small metal objects. Introduces jewelry as an expressive, inventive art form viewed with increasing seriousness over the last decade, as distinctions between sculpture, fashion, performance, and jewelry have blurred. Slide presentations and discussions provide an overview of contemporary and historical jewelry. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, participants learn metalworking techniques, including sawing, soldering, polishing, riveting, surface embellishment, forming, and hollow fabrication - and apply these techniques to projects to create jewelry and/or small-scale sculpture of the student's own design.

Section A Meets 1/19/2012 to 4/26/2012 on Thursday from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.
Section A Meets 1/19/2012 to 4/26/2012 on Thursday from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM.

By special request only. Please contact the School for Professional and Continuing Studies for more information (410) 225-2219 or spcs@mica.edu

Section A Meets 3/17/2012 to 3/18/2012 on Saturday,Sunday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Location: MICA Jewelry Center at Meadow Mill. Catalogs have pages of flex shaft attachments but which one will do the job? The descriptions are helpful but cannot compensate for actual use. The flex shaft is a versatile tool, if you know a few of the secrets. This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of flex shaft attachments. Students are instructed in the proper use of some of the many flex shaft attachments. And will be given time to experiment in class. This workshop also covers devices for holding jewelry and parts while you are working on them. Bring in your problem pieces and flex shaft questions. Find out the best way to achieve the finish you want. If you have a flex shaft, please bring it to class. Prerequisite: Introduction to Art Jewelry or equivalent experience. Students are invited to repeat this course to learn the newest flex shaft techniques. Note: A fee of $45 payable to the instructor on the first day of class will cover the cost of a materials kit.

Section A Meets 4/14/2012 to 4/15/2012 on Saturday,Sunday from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

Location: MICA Jewelry Center at Meadow Mill. In this hands-on workshop, students will explore a variety of techniques and methods for incorporating interesting textures and color into jewelry and metalwork. Techniques will include wet felting and needle felting, etching, roller-printing, and embossing, tooling, colored gesso, colored pencil, lacquers, gilding and powder coating. By experimenting with a range of alternative color and texture processes students will create samples to use as a departure point and to open up new possibilities for their own work.