FABRICATED FLATWARE
John Cogswell
Have you ever tasted ice cream from a silver spoon of your own making, speared a martini-cured olive with your own martini fork, or served delicacies to the Queen Mother (oh, okay, to your mother-in-law) with a delightfully elegant pastry server of your own design? Bored with bland, mass-produced anonymous stainless steel? Explore alternatives.
Learn how to fabricate unique, innovative flatware pieces that address a specific function, please the eye, and feel good in the hand. Use traditional techniques and processes to create handwrought sterling silver flatware (forks, spoons, serving pieces, etc.) of original design.
This workshop will focus on fabrication, not forging. Topics include: designing for specific usage or applications, forming and fabrication techniques, and detailing and refinement. Competent basic metalworking and soldering skills required.
Learn how to fabricate unique, innovative flatware pieces that address a specific function, please the eye, and feel good in the hand. Use traditional techniques and processes to create handwrought sterling silver flatware (forks, spoons, serving pieces, etc.) of original design.
This workshop will focus on fabrication, not forging. Topics include: designing for specific usage or applications, forming and fabrication techniques, and detailing and refinement. Competent basic metalworking and soldering skills required.
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John Cogswell's Bio
John Cogswell is a jeweler, silversmith, educator and author/illustrator. He recently retired from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, NY, and previously taught at Parsons School of Design, NYC, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and Hofstra University, LI. He was also former Director of the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. In addition, he has conducted numerous workshops at such locations as Arrowmont; Brookfield; Haystack; Penland; Appalachian Center; Peters Valley; Touchstone; WCFSG/WildAcres; FSGNE/Atlantic Center for the Arts and many others. He was the 2006 inductee into the National Metalsmiths’ Hall of Fame and was selected as Touchstone Center for Crafts’ 2007 Artist of the Year.
John is the author and illustrator of Creative Stonesetting, and has served as a technical consultant and contributing author for several contemporary jewelry texts including Metals Technic, Contemporary Silver and The Penland Book of Jewelry. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications, and is included in many public and private collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, the Jewish Museum, NYC and the Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, NC.
John Cogswell is a jeweler, silversmith, educator and author/illustrator. He recently retired from the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, NY, and previously taught at Parsons School of Design, NYC, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and Hofstra University, LI. He was also former Director of the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Department at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. In addition, he has conducted numerous workshops at such locations as Arrowmont; Brookfield; Haystack; Penland; Appalachian Center; Peters Valley; Touchstone; WCFSG/WildAcres; FSGNE/Atlantic Center for the Arts and many others. He was the 2006 inductee into the National Metalsmiths’ Hall of Fame and was selected as Touchstone Center for Crafts’ 2007 Artist of the Year.
John is the author and illustrator of Creative Stonesetting, and has served as a technical consultant and contributing author for several contemporary jewelry texts including Metals Technic, Contemporary Silver and The Penland Book of Jewelry. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications, and is included in many public and private collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, the Jewish Museum, NYC and the Ackland Museum of Art, Chapel Hill, NC.
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