Explore Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design Summer Camp with Lindsay Huff

About This Event

PLEASE NOTE:  This is a week long summer camp held at The Artsmiths in Mt. Lebanon; each class is a 6.5 hour session from 9am to 3:30pm.  Registering for this camp includes registration for the full week of Monday, July 8th through Friday, July 12th,. CLASS DESCRIPTION:  Explore metalsmithing and jewelry making while creating wearable, functional, decorative, and sculptural masterpieces for you and your friends and family. Emphasizing process, experimentation, collaboration, and innovation, camp is meant to be an open-ended exploration of metalsmithing, and is directed by the interests of the students participating. Possibilities for projects include jewelry (pendants, rings, earrings, necklaces, and keychains), mobiles, wind chimes, and wall pieces. Processes and techniques may include enameling, etching, wire wrapping, letter stamping, leather working, hammering, sawing, soldering, forming, chain making, and embossing. INSTRUCTOR:  Lindsay Huff is an artist and metalsmith who creates wearable art and works primarily in enamel. Her artistic process stems from a fascination with her materials and environment. Lindsay graduated with a BFA in Metalsmithing from Syracuse University, where she began her first experiments with enameling. As an artist, Lindsay loves the act of transformation and the dialogue between certainty and uncertainty: how glass enamels react with each other, the anticipation of waiting for a piece to reveal itself after a firing, and the hammered metamorphosis of sheet metal to finished vessel.   AGE LEVEL:  10-14 TUITION:  $250.00 (due at time of registration)  MATERIALS NEEDED:  All materials are provided by the Artsmiths of Pittsburgh and costs are included in the tuition. LUNCH:  Students must bring a packed lunch unless other arrangements have been made. CANCELLATIONS:  Occasionally camps are cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. In such cases, we will notify you approximately 3 days before the camp was scheduled to begin & the full tuiti