Make A Sterling Silver Ring in a Day Workshop

Cost $120.00
Instructor: Judi Gauthier
Prerequisites: NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!
All materials are included.

Design and fabricate a sterling silver band ring. Learn basic sawing, soldering, texturing, and forming. No previous jewelry making skills are required and all materials will be provided. (You may use our pre-made bezels with size appropriate stone cabochon if you chose to purchase these in addition) Leave with your new creation on your finger! If you like, bring a sack lunch.

Scheduled Dates
April 3rd
Sunday, 10:00am - 5:00pm
$120.00

Intermediate Jewelry Making Class, 3 Day Intensive

Cost: $240.00
Instructor: Judi Gauthier
Prerequisites: Beginning Jewelry Making 3 Day Intensive OR Beginning Jewelry Making 6 Week OR EQUIVALENT
All materials are included.


This class will expand on the skills you learned in our Beginning class while adding more tools to your repertoire -- and all in one weekend! This Intermediate class is for those students who have had an introduction to metalworking or jewelry making and want to further strengthen and develop his/her skills in soldering and jewelry techniques. In this class you will learn how to use the rolling mill to form and texture metal. Fold forming and patinas will also be introduced. Explore bezel setting stones and other materials into your work. Leave with several finished pieces.


Scheduled Dates

March 26th - 28th
Saturday - Monday, 10:00am - 5:00pm
$240.00

Everything You Wanted to Know About Pearls

Cost $95.00
Instructor: Jim Jenkins
Prerequisites: NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!
All materials are included.

In this 3 hour workshop you will get to know all about pearls. Learning how to determine pearl quality, how they are made and drilled, and the difference between cultured and natural pearls. Then you will learn to half drill AA+ pearls into an earring and pendant set you take home.

Scheduled Date April 2nd
Saturday, 10:00am - 1:00pm
$95.00
http://pouncingrain.com/pearlseverything.html

Learn Jewelry Making In A Beginning 3 Day Class

Cost: $240.00
Instructor: Judi Gauthier
Prerequisites: NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED!
All materials are included.

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Learn all the basics of metalworking and jewelry making in one long weekend! This class will introduce you to this vast and wonderful world in three short days. You will learn about materials, equipment, and safety in the jewelry lab. Through a series of demonstrations, you will also learn how to saw, pierce, file, texture, solder, rivet, and polish metal. You will leave with the basic skills and knowledge you will need to start creating on your own! This hands on class will give you time to finish several pieces.


Scheduled Dates


March 19th - 21st
Saturday - Monday, 10:00am - 5:00pm
$240.00

Friday March 11th 4:00pm to 7:00 Reception For Hayley Bolstad

Pouncing Rain Jewelry and Metal Center will be holding a receptrion for our "Featured Artist of the Quarter", Hayley Bolstad. The reception will be Friday, March 11th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. This is a great time to mingle, purchase her pieces and speak with the artist herself. Hayley has a fun and unique style. Incorporating her love of etching, found objects and original themes. Join us for fun and to get to know the artis as well as our community at Pouncing Rain. Refreshments too!

Hayley's Artist Statement
Growing up on San Juan Island was a perfect place to be free from the norm and express oneself creatively. I was lucky enough to grow up with artist parents. Since I was of a young age I knew what made me happy. Art lifted my spirit and was my favorite outlet.

After High School and some break free travel I was left with the incomplete knowledge of having to find an answer to “What’s next?” Sitting in a little bookstore in LaConner browsing the net with key words of my interests I discovered pouncing rain. It was a Wednesday and there was a class in 2 hours. About 3 hours later I was in love with metalsmithing. My adventure began.

Since 2006 I have steadily dabbled in metal work. Etching has enriched my life. Being able to take my drawings and transform them into pendants has been fascinating.

As a thrift store Junkie jewelry making has enabled me to fulfill many of my wants and needs. Spending time searching for those vintage treasures to up-cycle, or finding new bits and pieces to spark projects. What’s more fun than having finished pieces made with that little something you held onto since you were 6. That little something you found on the playground then waited the two weeks till no one clamed it as there own and you could call it yours.

In this world there are many stories to be told. This is mine.


-Hayley Bolstad

Sunday 3/13/11, Learn to Make Soldered Chain

Cost: $85.00
Instructor: Ryan Albachten
Prerequisites: BASIC SOLDERING SKILLS
All materials are included.
Sing up online at: www.pouncingrain.com/solderedchainbracelet.html

In this class you will be creating your own handmade chain using tips and techniques for working with and soldering wire and chain. This will include "stick" soldering, solder-filled wire, soldered findings, texturing, and finishing your chain. We will be practicing these techniques with copper. Materials will be provided to finish a sterling silver bracelet.

Scheduled Dates

March 13th
Sunday, 10:00am - 3:30pm
$85.00

Learn to Make Headpins!

Headpin Making Mini Workshop
Cost: $20.00 (Take all 3 mini workshops in the series for $60.00) Instructor: Ryan Albachten Prerequisites: NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! In this mini instructive workshop we will be working with sterling silver and copper wire to create our own headpins. Practice cutting and balling wire and then hammering the ends. Separate yourself from the crowd and enhance your earrings with unique handmade components!
Single Workshop: March 7th, Monday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
March Mini Series: March 7th - 21st, Mondays, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Tapered Byzantine Chain Workshop

Tapered Byzantine Chain Workshop
Cost: $95.00 Instructor: Nanci LaHatt Prerequisites: No experience needed, but byzantine chain experience appreciated. Learn to work with different size rings to make tapered byzantine chain. In this workshop you will make a set of earrings with a matching pendant.
March 12th, Saturday, 10:00am - 3:00pm

Still Room In Classes This Weekend!

There is still room in this weekend 2 classes with Bill Dawson. On Saturday we have “Off the Block Engraving”. This is a one day class in beginning engraving without needing the expensive engraving block and tools. There are 3 spaces left in this class. Check all the details on our website, http://pouncingrain.com/offblockengraving.html.. Then on Sunday, Bill is teaching his “Tool Making” workshop. Learn the basics of tool design, and fabrication, from laying out and cutting, through shaping, and then on to heat treating and finish work. Here is the link for more info as well as how to registering for this class: http://pouncingrain.com/toolmaking.html

Back From Tucson

I am back from Tucson and have returned with some very nice cabochons, pearls, chain and curious products. It was an unusual year in Tucson because they had record breaking cold weather so I was happy to be inside the different venues shopping. The truth is, although cold for Tucson, it was sunny and I was thrilled it was not raining or snowing.
The selection of Cabochons was really good this year. I have brought back to Pouncing Rain very nice Charoite, which is a beautiful and rare purple, with unique swirls, needles and feathers in the stone. We also have beautiful Labradorite, Mookaite , Pietersite, Drusy and some spectacular Kyanite cabochons. I also found some great little oval abalone shells that are beautiful and very inexpensive to practice your bezel setting.
Hold on, there is more! For the first time ever, I was able to find finished solid copper chain. We now carry a good selection of finished copper chain as well as our “by the inch” unfinished copper chain. This chain is solid copper that has been plated copper so it is shinny and very pretty. It also takes a nice patina with liver of sulfur. If you tumble it for awhile, the plating comes off and you can let it patina naturally. With the price of silver so high, I was so happy to see choices in copper chain. I say, “Yippy” for more copper choices.
The number “ONE” most exciting thing I found in Tucson was…antique Steiff Teddy Bear eyes from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. I have a few of these glass eyes in various sizes that I think would be great set in a bezel for a rings or pendants. I know you can think of many uses for them and I am excited to see what everyone does! Please be sure to share photos of your finished work for me to post on our blog cuz, I know you will do fabulous things with these pieces of history.
I just mentioned a few of the new things in the shop that I am excited about, but there is so much more to see. Stop by the shop to see our new “stuff” and say hello.
-Kathleen