Join us for "CLASP A PALOOZA"
2 fantastic workshops taught by Alison Antelman and Suzanne Williams
at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida
at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in Dunedin, Florida
FEBRUARY 24, 25, 26, 2023 10am - 5pm
$555 for FSG members, $690 non-members
(Not a member? Join below for just $50)
includes Continental Breakfast & Lunch for 3 days
Alison Antelman"Where's the Clasp?"
Where’s the Clasp?
Create a one-of-a-kind key clasp to unify your art jewelry. Students make a front key clasp necklace with stainless steel neck wire by fabricating terminals and soldering sterling to stainless steel cable. Students are encouraged to go with their own design inclinations and to explore new ideas in creating cohesive finished jewelry. Clasps can be textured, chased, roller printed, etched, domed, hydraulic press shapes, with stones, with enamel…the variety is endless as you come up with your own solutions. We'll discuss possibilities for customizing your clasp to fit your designs. Students are welcome to show projects in need of a clasp and we'll trouble shoot the situation. This class is meant to get you thinking about connections, functional, practical and aesthetic aspects of use. Step-by-step handouts are supplied along with a kit. Samples will be shown. Basic fabrication including knowledge of soldering is required. Kit fee $20 (includes silver) 
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Suzanne Williams"Alternative Clasps"
Alternative Clasp-making workshop description
This 3-day workshop will start with a short presentation introducing participants to many different kinds of clasping methods and mechanisms for jewelry including a section on clasp inspirations - ideas coming from non-jewelry sources. We will then create the following 4 clasp samples in sterling silver: 2 versions of a rotating insert clasp, a basic, and a more complex version of that clasp, a rotating key lock clasp, and an interlocking puzzle clasp. These clasp mechanisms can be modified and incorporated in unique and unusual ways, in innumerable variations, into necklace and in some cases bracelet closures - becoming integrated into the design, or as the main attraction of a jewelry piece. Clasps don’t have to be an afterthought at the back of a chain. These are clasp mechanisms that are functional, fun, and invite being taken apart and put back together like a puzzle. Kit fee $65 (includes silver)
CLASS IS FULL. YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR WAITING LIST BY SENDING YOUR INFORMATION TO US BY EMAIL @
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Please note: These two workshops will be taught simultaneously at the Art Center but in separate rooms, so you must choose one or the other to attend.
The cost for this three day workshop also includes a Continental Breakfast and Lunch for all 3 days of the workshop.
Dunedin Fine Art Center
1143 Michigan Blvd.
Dunedin,FL 34698
(727) 298-3322
The cost for this three day workshop also includes a Continental Breakfast and Lunch for all 3 days of the workshop.
Dunedin Fine Art Center
1143 Michigan Blvd.
Dunedin,FL 34698
(727) 298-3322