Claudia Betancourt: Ox horn. From Craft to Contemporary Jewelry
Workshop
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07 Aug 2014
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29 Aug 2014
Published: 30.07.2014

WE WALKA Escuela
- Mail:
- escuelajoyeriawalkastudio
gmail.com
- Management:
- WALKA
DEADLINE: 05/08/2014

A workshop that gives you the possibility to learn how to work the ox horn through traditional techniques. With 4 practical sessions the student will learn a set of introductory techniques and develop the ox horn along with jewelry or objects.
Ox horn: From Craft to Contemporary Jewelry (Level I)
The workshop "Ox horn: From Craft to Contemporary Jewelry (Level I)" promotes, strengthened and deepened over traditional techniques applied to the material ox horn as an infinite discipline to be applied both creative resources to design jewelry and to create portable object-art.
Through 4 practical sessions, designed for people with experience or basic knowledge of jewelry techniques, the student will learn a set of introductory techniques based mainly, though not exclusively, in depth techniques like sawing, drilling, pierced molecular characteristics of material, finishings, cold connectors and more. Those techniques will be developed along with jewelry or objects.
The workshop, based on studies and research on our craft heritage, will address the aforementioned techniques, which allow rich possibilities of creation and will have an emphasis on practice/hands-on.
The workshop "Ox horn: From Craft to Contemporary Jewelry (Level I)" promotes, strengthened and deepened over traditional techniques applied to the material ox horn as an infinite discipline to be applied both creative resources to design jewelry and to create portable object-art.
Through 4 practical sessions, designed for people with experience or basic knowledge of jewelry techniques, the student will learn a set of introductory techniques based mainly, though not exclusively, in depth techniques like sawing, drilling, pierced molecular characteristics of material, finishings, cold connectors and more. Those techniques will be developed along with jewelry or objects.
The workshop, based on studies and research on our craft heritage, will address the aforementioned techniques, which allow rich possibilities of creation and will have an emphasis on practice/hands-on.
Dates and price
Starting Date: Thursday 07 and Friday August 8Ending Date: Thursday 28 and Friday 29 August
Course Duration: 12h
Sessions: 4 sessions of 3 hours
Hours: 3 possibilities:
- Afternoons: Thursday 15:00 to 18:00
- Nights: Thursday 18:30 to 21:30
- Mornings: Friday 10:30 to 13:30
Cost
General Public: US $300
WE WALKA Escuela Students: US $260
* Materials included

WE WALKA Escuela
- Mail:
- escuelajoyeriawalkastudio
gmail.com
- Management:
- WALKA
DEADLINE: 05/08/2014
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