Workshops

I began teaching while in graduate school at Indiana University from 2007 to 2009 and again as an adjunct professor in 2010. Since then, I've acted as the studio director for the jewelry & metalsmithing departments at both the Armory Art Center and Lighthouse ArtCenter in addition to teaching beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes. Currently, I am teaching workshops nationwide and creating work.


Topics of my workshops include:
- Hammer forming: raising, stretching, synclastic, anticlastic, forging (non-ferrous), flatware,
bowls, teapots, tea infusers, etc..
- Basics of hydraulic press
- Centrifugal casting and mold making
- Stone settings: surface setting, channel, tube, prong, basket, bezels, and unique variations of traditional settings that I've found useful and beautiful in my own work.
- Soldering & fabrication methods
- Mechanisms: hinges, cold connections, joints, bails, clasps
- Surface finishes : polishing, patinas, textures, etc..
- Basic enameling

-Slip casting porcelain & mold making
- Glass fusion