[Jewelry making - Article 00175] - Re: [Orchid] Looking for lesson plans

[cynthia archer]

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>         Hello Folks After pursuing curriculums for a couple of months,
>     (for my high school age Western kids jewelry class hoping to start
>     this fall in Amritsar, India) I'm concluding what I'm really
>     looking for are lesson plans. Any of you teaching who might be
>     willing to share some that could be scaled simpler for younger
>     minds/hands??? This whole thing is a volunteer effort on my part.
>     Thanks. Jot Singh Khalsa. Millis, MA USA 

    Hi there, I used to teach intro to metal fabrication techniques at a
    shared Craft studio and Gallery space here in Toronto, and generally
    my classes were limited to 18 years and older.  However, I got to
    teach a highschool workshop that spanned two full days, and I was so
    stunned at how diverse the students finished projects were!  It was
    proposed to them that they address the issues surrounding identity,
    in any way their imaginations wanted to.  I demonstrated and
    assisted an awful lot over those two days, but if your classes can
    be more spread out, no doubt your results with these young adults
    will be amazing. We covered: Piercing, sawing, basic bending using
    pliers Texturing with punches, use of text punches as well Roller
    printing metal with all kinds of media Incorporating non metal media
    Riveting (including articulated rivets and tube rivets) Using basic
    forming tools such as Ball punch and doming block, rawhide mallet on
    stump and stakes Circle cutter and kick press with various shaped
    dies Basic heat colouring of copper and nickel (we used conservator's
    wax to seal it) Rudimentary metal finishing (at the end of the two
    days, only the meticulous few really cared about this aspect of
    working with metal, it was quite hilarious actually!) 

Have tonnes of fun! I certainly did



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