Gypsy Junk Jewelry with Shrink Art

Instructor:  Lisa Guerin

June 22th, Sunday, 1 - 5pm

Price:  $49

includes a class kit (small supply list required, see below)

Come spend the day exploring the endless possibilities designing gypsy junk jewelry with Somerset Studio Director's Circle Artist:  Lisa Guerin.  This unique style of jewelry design combines art stamps, shrink film and lots of little bits of junk, or course!  In class we will create one-of-a-kind treasures and discover many delights along the way.  We will learn the tricks and techniques of working with shrink film, while making lots of gypsy jewelry treasures.   Then we will design and create our jewelry pieces. I will show you how to create findings and extra pieces out of ordinary junk. We will use anything and everything we can find to finish our jewelry designs.

We will also create a display board for our gypsy junk jewelry.

Students are welcome to bring any kind of jewelry bits, single earrings, broken pieces, charms, buttons, and other junk to incorporate into their designs.

Materials List:

Black Pigment Ink- (Colorbox or VersaCraft are both fine)

Scissors, Exacto Knife and Cutting Mat

Color Chalks (Lisa will also bring hers to share)

Hole Punch (I recommend a Japanese Screw Punch)

Heat Gun and Mat

Awl and Jewelry Pliers

Lisa will provide a class kit that contains shrink film, everyday item tools, a ball chain plus lots of junk bits & findings!  Lisa will also bring some cool art stamps and other fun little bits to share.

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