Creating Memorial Jewelry through Sand Casting and Ritual with Siblings, Scottie & Brienna Hall

Dates: Oct 18 & 19.
Times: Sat & Sun 10 am-4 pm.
Cost:  $500
Level: All
Required Materials: Students are invited to bring a cherished object, cremains of a loved one, symbolic material, or a personal offering.
Optional Materials: Hand towel, items to cast.

This workshop will take place on the grounds of the Mendocino Art Center but will be independently organized and facilitated by Brienna Hall, who will also handle all registrations directly. The cost of the workshop is $500, which includes silver for your project and a studio use fee for MAC facilities.
Please contact the instructor directly for more information and to register.

Workshop Description:
Create a unique piece of jewelry or small talisman memorializing a loved one, pet, or place. Through metalworking and guided ritual, students will Sand Cast a personal keepsake. Join us in marking the sacredness of Fall with ritual and the ancient art of Sand Casting!
This workshop is open to all levels of experience. The only prerequisite is a willingness to reflect on the impermanence of life through ritual, storytelling, memories, and art making.


About the Instructor: Siblings scottie and Brienna Hall are excited to combine their individual passions and art forms into this unique ritual Sand Casting experience. scottie hall (ze|zir) is a Minneapolis based artist, hospice chaplain, and childless cat queer. Ze invites hospice patients and their loved ones to meet death with curiosity through ritual, self-discovery, and radical acceptance of the natural dying process. A longtime practicing Buddhist scottie holds a MDiv from United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities where their studies included Inter-religious Chaplaincy and Theopoetics.


THIS IS AN INDEPENDENT WORKSHOP. To register, contact Brienna Hall inquiries@briennahall.com or Call/text 707.357.0166.

Brienna Hall is a jewelry artist and educator based in Mendocino, California, with a BFA in Sculpture and a minor in Fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute. 
Her creative journey began as an analog photographer and milliner, crafting ornate headwear and dreamlike imagery—early expressions of her deep love for adornment and storytelling. This path evolved into Shrine Jewelry, jewelry that blends adornment, ritual, and fine metalwork.
Working from her studio on the Northern California coast, Brienna draws inspiration from the wild landscape and mystic symbolism. Her jewelry combines organic forms, repetitive patterns, and textile-inspired techniques with metalsmithing processes like sand casting, fabrication, and keum-boo. Often working with metals and materials that hold metaphysical properties, she imbues each piece with that intention. Each creation is made to honor the body as a sacred shrine—unique, timeless, and deeply personal.
Shrine Jewelry has been featured at Milano Jewelry Week (Artistar Jewels 2025), in British Vogue, and is available through select fine galleries in Northern California and online.