Jewelry Collective Unrecognized

Mission Statement
The Jewelry Collective was formed in 2010 to fill the gap of metal working at Hampshire. We are a group of passionate people working to improve our artistic abilities and hands-on metal working skills. Our goal for this collective is to learn more about jewelry making in all forms and to create beautiful and functional works of art. We hope to get more people excited about creating their own jewelry and exploring their own artistic abilities. We have a soldering station, tools to do wire work, texturing, cutting, filing, and many other things. Our general on hand materials are different gauges of silver, copper and brass wire, copper silver and brass sheet metal, solder, and assorted beads and other costume jewelry. Eventually we would like to start working with such things as enamel, casting, and precious metal clay, along with acquiring more jewelry books to help learn new skills. We would also like to host an informational jewelry classes and demonstrations that would be open to the entire Hampshire community.

Inventory
3oz Chasing Hammer - 1 6oz Rawhide Mallet - 2 chain nose pliers - 2 flat nose pliers - 2 round nose pliers - 2 wire cutters - 2 lazer saw blades - 2doz saw frames - 2 handy flux paste - 5lb Sterling silver round wire 20ga - 0' Sterling silver round wire 18ga - 3' Rio Pickle - 3lb Copper round wire 14ga - 1lb

 Examples of Wire Jewelry 

Simple beaded bracelet with hand made wire clasp and hammered disk

Pearl necklace with hand made wire clasp

Simple hammered copper wire earrings

Chain Maille jump ring necklace pendent

Simple wire earrings with beads

Loose jump rings

Soldered circular stud earrings

Soldered building earrings

Copper bezel stud earrings

Triangle mismatched stud earrings

Square hollow form brass and silver ring

Silver and brass ring with concave dapped centerpiece

Roughly dapped convex brass ring

Dapped silver mesh necklace

Pennies dapped into domes