Melt It. Forge It. Celebrate It.
Join us for a unique weekend experience where metalsmithing meets community. Bring your sterling silver scrap and transform it into fresh metal stock and a bracelet while spending a weekend learning, creating, and connecting with fellow makers.
Over one or two days, you’ll learn from Alejandro Sifuentes the fascinating process of recycling silver by melting, pouring, forging, and refining your own sterling silver. Starting with scrap metal, students will create silver ingots and use traditional forging techniques to shape them into a bracelet ,or bar stock for future jewelry projects.
Whether you’re a beginner looking to explore the magic of hot metal or an experienced jeweler wanting to reclaim and reuse silver, this workshop offers a fun and rewarding way to build skills while giving new life to old materials.
What You’ll Learn
* Melting and pouring sterling silver ingots
* Torch safety and proper metal handling
* Forging and hammer techniques
* Annealing and work-hardening
* Rolling and refining forged silver
* How to recycle and maximize your precious metal
Make It a Weekend
Stay for both days and deepen your forging skills while enjoying the camaraderie of a shared studio experience.
Sunday wraps up with a casual potluck/backyard-style barbecue and forging party celebration, giving students a chance to relax, share their work, talk shop, and connect with fellow metalsmiths over good food and great conversation.
Registration Options
Saturday Only: $260
Saturday & Sunday Forging Party Weekend: $445 (Save $75 when you register for both days.)
*Students may bring their own clean sterling silver scrap or purchase silver from the studio.
Come ready to swing a hammer, learn new skills, and turn forgotten silver into something valuable again. Leave with forged sterling silver, practical knowledge, and a few new friends from the bench. 🔨✨🥩🔥
Space is limited to ensure plenty of individual instruction and forge time.
Instructors: Alejandro Sifuentes and Sarah Kellar Sifuentes
1 or 2 sessions
Saturday and/or Sunday
10:00am- 4:00pm
July 11 and 12
Prerequisite: None, all levels welcome.
Melt It. Forge It. Celebrate It.
Join us for a unique weekend experience where metalsmithing meets community. Bring your sterling silver scrap and transform it into fresh metal stock and a bracelet while spending a weekend learning, creating, and connecting with fellow makers.
Over one or two days, you’ll learn from Alejandro Sifuentes the fascinating process of recycling silver by melting, pouring, forging, and refining your own sterling silver. Starting with scrap metal, students will create silver ingots and use traditional forging techniques to shape them into a bracelet ,or bar stock for future jewelry projects.
Whether you’re a beginner looking to explore the magic of hot metal or an experienced jeweler wanting to reclaim and reuse silver, this workshop offers a fun and rewarding way to build skills while giving new life to old materials.
What You’ll Learn
* Melting and pouring sterling silver ingots
* Torch safety and proper metal handling
* Forging and hammer techniques
* Annealing and work-hardening
* Rolling and refining forged silver
* How to recycle and maximize your precious metal
Make It a Weekend
Stay for both days and deepen your forging skills while enjoying the camaraderie of a shared studio experience.
Sunday wraps up with a casual potluck/backyard-style barbecue and forging party celebration, giving students a chance to relax, share their work, talk shop, and connect with fellow metalsmiths over good food and great conversation.
Registration Options
Saturday Only: $260
Saturday & Sunday Forging Party Weekend: $445 (Save $75 when you register for both days.)
*Students may bring their own clean sterling silver scrap or purchase silver from the studio.
Come ready to swing a hammer, learn new skills, and turn forgotten silver into something valuable again. Leave with forged sterling silver, practical knowledge, and a few new friends from the bench. 🔨✨🥩🔥
Space is limited to ensure plenty of individual instruction and forge time.
Instructors: Alejandro Sifuentes and Sarah Kellar Sifuentes
1 or 2 sessions
Saturday and/or Sunday
10:00am- 4:00pm
July 11 and 12
Prerequisite: None, all levels welcome.
