Majestic Medallions

Seth Apter, Instructor
Friday, January 16, 2015, 6:00-9:00pm
Class Fee: $60.00
Kit Fee: $10.00

Seth Apter is coming back in Southern California mid January and he's headed to Gilding the Lily! Come learn to create your own Majestic Medallions using bezels and pendants from Spellbinders A Gilded Life collection along with your own found and purchased objects. The addition of paper, foil, and embellishments will bring a royal flair to these pieces. Your medallions can be vintage, steampunk, victorian, colorful, blingy, or any other style you choose. We will be creating a painted base for the medallions so they can be displayed as artwork but options to use your creations as jewelry or stand-alone assemblage will also be reviewed.

Tools & Supplies:
*Acrylic paint (assorted colors, some metallic paint suggested) *Paint brushes (cheap bristle brushes work well) *Water container and paint palette *Water mister *Adhesive: bring two types of your favorite – one for adhering paper (my favorite is PVA) and one for adhering metal (my favorite non-toxic brand is Liquid Fusion and my favorite toxic brand is Loctite) * Paper: card stock, craft foil, hand painted, scrapbook sheets, etc. to cut up using provided dies *Hardware: assorted sizes/patinas, vintage and/or new. Examples include metal or rubber washers, watch parts, gears, pocket watch-cases, coins, commercial embellishments, brads, etc. Think in terms of circular-ish shapes that have a circumference of 3 inches or less. *Bling: small stones, gems, craft self-adhesive bling, etc.

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Soulful Heart Pendants

Debby Anderson, Instructor
Sunday, November 16, 2014, 10:30-4:00p
Class Fee: $155.00, all materials included!

We are pleased to offer Debby Anderson's Soulful Hearts workshop for the first time anywhere! Reminiscent of the old world, these time worn pendants are inspired by heart reliquaries and art from the past. While the response to the hearts has been overwhelming, Debby encourages us to create any shape with special meaning to you. Our work will include sculpting clay, incorporating lace, adding images, color and antiquing, as well as embedding our embellishments. Add to that a bit of solder and metalwork and we are well on our way to creating a stunning Soulful Heart pendant of our own. Each student will create at least one pendant, perhaps more time permitting. All materials are supplied! No soldering experience necessary, and you can even share soldering supplies with a friend!
*Seating is limited. Please call with your deposit and let us hold a seat for you!

Tools & Supplies:

round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, flush cutters, bench block & hammer, ring mandrel or Wrap n' Tap pliers or bailing pliers, and soldering supplies if you have them.

*Optional items to bring: small spiritual medals & crosses, fleur de lis, metal stampings & filigrees,  rhinestone jewelry, found objects, rhinestone chain (avoid pot metal as you tun the risk of items melting).

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Gilded Relics ~ A Stitch in Time

Debby Anderson, Instructor
Saturday, November 15, 2014, 10:00-4:00p
Class Fee: $160.00, includes everything except the rhinestones!

With romantic and spiritual inspiration Debby Anderson comes to Gilding the Lily! We are thrilled to have this northern California artist come teach with us. Debby is excited to share her love of shaping, manipulating and forging wire to create beautiful pendants and charms. In this full day class she will share with you how to create multiple pendants and charms in different shapes and sizes. These are perfect to then use in your own necklace, bracelet and mixed media designs. You will learn to securely attach and embellish vintage gems and found objects while using solder with a light touch. Debby will share her popular gilding and finishing techniques, as well as her way of stitching wire with a soldering iron. In addition we will be working with sculpting clay and resin to permanently encase your images and trinkets. You may also want to add a touch of color and antiquing to your image to add a time worn, old world effect. Debby will have a wide variety of her beautiful images to share. This is sure to be a fun filled, action packed day and we hope you can join us in creating your own Gilded Relics!
This class is sure to fill quickly so call and have us hold a spot for you!

 

Tools & Supplies:

Round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, flush cutters, bench block & hammer, ring mandrel or Wrap n' Tap pliers or bailing pliers, soldering supplies  

Optional items to bring: metal stampings & filigrees, rhinestone jewelry, found objects, rhinestone chain (avoid pot metal as you run the risk of items melting)

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Fantasy Flower People

Susan Walls, Instructor
Saturday, October 25, 2014, 10:00-2:00p
Class Fee: $80.00, everything included!

Two things are continual and obsessive threads in all of Susan's work, it doesn't matter whether she's painting, sewing, putting jewelry together, or journaling. Faces and shrink plastic. That's it! Susan is a shrink plastic addict who dreams of faces... all kinds of faces!
In this class Susan will share all the steps for using and manipulating artist grade shrink plastic. From an array of whimsical vintage faces each creation will be given a personality and some resin to get that see through quality. Once finished your pieces are wearable art as pendants or earrings, you choose!
This class is technique driven but we will shoot for getting at least a couple of pieces to completion. More can be made depending on time constraints. The resin, which will be our last step, will be wet when poured and needs a minimum of 24 hours cure time to be able to handle it safely. Some findings will need to be attached after this time. Susan will provide boxes and containers to get these home safely.
No experience necessary... all levels welcome!

 Tools & Supplies:

All materials for this class are generously supplied by Susan. 

The following are optional:

apron, silicone mat, StazOn black ink pad, lazer printed photocopies of faces printed on cheap copy paper (1/2 x 3/4 inch), razor scissors

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Mon Petit Coeur (My Little Heart)

Jen Cushman, Instructor
Saturday, November 8, 2014, 10:00-3:00p
Class Fee: $115.00, everything included!

The vintage visages in old photos are too precious and inspiring to collect dust in an old box. Take your treasured family photo (or choose from the transparencies provided) and turn it into a beautiful wearable work of art in this workshop with Jen Cushman, mixed-media artist, author and instructor. We’ll learn how to effectively harness both positive and negative space when creating mixed media pendants using lovely backless bezels and ICE Resin®, a crystal clear jeweler’s grade epoxy resin. Embed small treasures into your collage, such as rhinestone chain, buttons, text or words, glass glitter, vintage ribbon or lace, millenary flowers, broken bits of bobbles and jewels to create a truly unique beauty. Gilded rosary chain and tattered ribbons provide just the touch of vintage-inspired design to our Mon Petit Coeur necklace. Jen and Gilding the Lily will provide everything needed to complete this lovely piece!

Tools & Supplies:

Round nose jewelry pliers, flat nose or chain nose pliers, wire snips, and scissors. 
*If you wish to personalize your piece...
bring several found objects such as pearl buttons, broken vintage jewelry, bits of old ephemera, snips of lace or ribbon. If you wish to use your own photo, please be sure to bring toner based or laser printed copies or reproduction pictures (like those printed at your local photo center). It’s best to scale the images down so they are no larger than 2 to 3 inches maximum and fit inside a bezel. Images will be cut to fit and for design consideration.

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Bohemian Dynasty

Judy Hernandez, Instructor
Saturday, July 5, 2014, 10:00-3:00p
Class Fee: $75.00, kit fee $10.00

Inspired by her passion for Chinese art history, Judith Hernandez designs and creates beautiful jewelry. Her design style draws not only on art history but the breezy natural look of California beach culture popular today. The beauty of her designs is that they do not have to be Chinese in reference. With the bohemian style jewelry that is hot this summer Judith will take you step by step through her process of design, chain wrapping, tassel making, as well as combined bead stations. Bring a few favorite beads or gemstones, and a favorite focal of a cross, a buddha head pendant, a carved Guanyin or any charm or talisman with personal meaning to you and Judy will teach you to create a sculptural necklace in the sense that you built your piece from the charms up. 

Tools & Supplies:

Brass chain, approximately 2 feet, Necklace clasp or closure of your choice, 10 - 20 beads and/or drilled stones (4 mm - 14 mm), One package each of cotton embroidery floss in colors that match or compliment the colors of the stones you will be using, Basic jewelry supplies (pliers, bead mat, containers for supplies while you work with them), Extra charms and findings of your choice

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

A Treasured Shrine

Susan Bates-Bezek, Instructor
Saturday, July 19, 2014, 10:00-4:00p
Class Fee: $95.00

We all have keepsakes and momentos that are special to us and Susan Bates-Bezek has come up with a great way to encase and display them. Everyone has made a little shrine and had to hunt for a trinket to fit inside. In this technique driven workshop we will adapt the size and shape of our shine to that treasured piece we saved for "someday". There is no limit to the size or depth of the item you can enshrine, this is very unique. You just need a piece of glass as tall and wide as the object you're putting inside. Susan will teach you to build a sturdy box to the glass, not vise versa. It can be round, square, triangle, etc. Susan is available before hand to help you find just the right glass for this project. She has made sizes from 1/1/4" oval to 9x12". Let your imagination run wild and come create your own unique Treasured Shrine!    

Tools & Supplies:

Glass bevel or double strength glass (any size/shape)

3/16 to 1/4" foam core board, Xacto knife with new blades,

ruler, masking tape, scissors, paper for the inside of your box, paint to coordinate & medium brown paint, clear matte acrylic, paint brushes, Ultimate Craft Glue & 5 minute epoxy, hair dryer, soldering supplies & sheet of copper foil or wide trim to finish the box

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Soldering Basics & Beyond

Dede Warren, Instructor
Saturday, August 16, 2014, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Class Fee: $85.00

Have you wanted to learn to solder but perhaps been afraid of the tools involved? No doubt a torch with a flame reaching 12 inches can be intimidating, as well as learning to create with a tool that reaches temperatures of 900 degrees. There's a lot to learn to safely and easily use these tools. Local Artist Dede Warren will share her knowledge of soldering on a variety of mediums. This workshop will give you a basic knowledge of what you can and cannot solder, the tools and supplies involved and how to use them, and a variety of ways in which to use this skill.

Our focus in this hands on workshop will be the elements of soldering and not project oriented. Dede will supply the materials to create your own soldered chain, a 3 dimensional bezel, and will share how to create a chunk, rough finished soldered 3 dimensional piece, along with using a variety of patinas. This class is rich in soldering techniques, and our focus will be on learning the art of soldering. While we will create chain and a bezel we will not be creating a finished project with either of these. If you have a 3 dimensional piece you'd like to solder, please bring these with you and we will discover and troubleshoot the ways you can solder these pieces. If you want to learn to create a specific project using soldering this might just be the class for you!

Supply to Bring:

• soldering supplies if you have them • tin snips • basic jewelry pliers • metal file
• apron or towel for your lap • old cookie sheet to work on

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede  Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card, or via phone with your credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Creative Wire Connections

Connie Freedman & Dede Warren, Instructors
Saturday, June 28, 2013, 10:00-4:00p
Class Fee: $85.00

Connie Freedman and Dede Warren are back with Handcrafted Connections with Wire. With so many ways of putting jewelry together, we thought we'd spend a full day focusing on building a solid base for assembling your designs. Regardless of your jewelry design style wire work is at the heart of jewelry making. We will cover wire gauge and hardness, as well as the various types of wire that can be used in jewelry, and how each differs. We will start with the basics of  creating eye pins, head pins & jump rings, and expand to creating handmade chains, soldered links, hammered finishes, patinas and beyond. We'll also create hook & eye closures in a variety of styles, as well as several variations of ear wires. As always we will share our quick & easy tips for learning to wire wrap! You'll each go away with a handful of our favorite tools, several handmade chains designs, and lots of ear wires and clasp/closures. The photos below are just a hint at what we'll be learning to make.
Beginners welcome!

Supplies & Tools:

Bring basic jewelry pliers & wire cutters, chasing hammer & bench block

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card, or via phone with your credit card at 714-680-8893. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Sweetheart Pin Cushion

Connie Freedman & Dede Warren, Instructors
Saturday, March 15, 2014, 10:00-4:00p
Class Fee: $85.00
Kit fee $10.00, payable in class

During WWI and WWII as one of many home-front efforts to support our soldiers, Americans knitted items to be send to the front. Many still do this today! In a charming reversal British Solders created beaded pincushions during WWI and sent them home to mothers, wives, or sweethearts. After Nancy uncovered a box of these stunning treasures, Dede and Connie set about creating their own. We hope you'll join us as we learn the history, materials, designs and more in recreating our own Sweetheart Pin Cushion. Dede and Connie will have a huge stash for you to pull your materials from and all the supplies you need. Just bring a small sewing kit and come create with us in the company of friends on Brookdale.

Tools & Supplies:

scissors, thread, needle 
Optional: lace, trim, beads, sequins, etc

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Embedded Heart Shrines

Laurie Mika, Instructor
Saturday, May 17, 2014, 9:00-5:00p
Class Fee: $120.00
Kit fee $20.00, payable in class

Laurie Mika is an artist, author and instructor with a passion for combining and layering polymer clay and mixed-media techniques to create original style mixed-media mosaic tiles. Hearts are one of Laurie favorite symbols and in this workshop we will focus on an embedded polymer clay heart as the centerpiece of our shrines. The unique thing is that the embedded heart pendant will be removable so that when you would like to wear the pendant, you can simply take it out of the shrine! We will explore a variety of mixed media techniques that include rubber stamping, painting, collage, transfers, embedding, beading and metal leaf. This class is a great way to create something that is both an art piece for the wall and a wearable piece of art! This full day workshop is open to all skill levels and Laurie welcomes beginners to come learn at her side while creating you own beautiful Embedded Heart Shrine. 

Supplies & Tools:
4-5 small (2 ounce) packages of Premo or Sculpey III polymer clay (3 of the same color, preferably darker colors. Make sure the clay is somewhat soft by pressing your thumb into it, if it feels rock hard, don’t buy it! Please condition clay prior to class by kneading it until soft and then rolling into a ball and store in a baggie. a rolling pin works well),
one-inch paintbrush and a small brush, pencil with an eraser, small bottle of ACRYLIC metallic gold, silver or copper paint (Folk Art or similar), small bottle of Weldbond glue (available at Michaels or Ace Hardware), a couple of Doo-dads to embed in clay (charms, buttons, beads, found objects, Milagros, jewelry parts, watch parts, metal findings, small glass tile, found objects), Also a few TINY embellishments for your heart pendant (see pics for ideas).

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!

Seven Sorrows Wearable Book

Cindy Gonzales, Instructor
Saturday, March 1, 2014, 10:00-4:00p
Class Fee: $115.00
Kit fee $65.00, payable in class

Cindy Gonzales has designed this intermediate Art Clay Silver class for those of you wanting to expand your knowledge and skill of this beautiful medium. We will create a fine silver book pendant, complete with paper pages. Cindy has developed techniques to help you create this stunning piece as you gain experience with art clay. She will walk you through step-by-step as you manipulate the clay into various forms with and without molds creating a wide variety of texture and dimension. Cindy will also have her kiln on hand for those of you wanting to learn to fire this way. 
Class is limited to those with previous Art Clay Silver experience, and class size is limited to 8 students. Kit includes 25 grams of Art Clay Silver.

Supplies & Tools:
1/4 or 1/8 inch flat brush, small spray bottle,
If you have them please bring: small filing tools, small butane torch, fire brick, 0000 steel wool, & Amazing Molding Putty for those of you wanting to make molds
Kit Includes:
25 grams Art Clay Silver, sterling wire, sterling chain, opal gemstones, pre-made book pages and patterns

All class fees are prepaid, and non-refundable. Contact class manager Dede Warren at 714-757-0558 to reserve your place in this class. You may also reserve your place in person at the store by check, cash or credit card. Call us if you need assistance...we'll be happy to help!