$200.00 – $225.00
Dates/Times
Instructor: Mark Swanberry
Member Tuition: $110.00 Non-Member Tuition: $135.00
Material Fee: $90.00 Included in fee shown
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Member, Non-Member
Create your own copper Lantern on a Bluestone base. You will punch and shape the copper sides and top and attach them to a stone base. The Lantern features a glass drop ,soldered into the 3 sides of the lantern. The punched holes and glass create a pleasant appearance when lit with a candle. The Lantern will be 9 ½” tall, and the base is 5 ½” by 5 ½”.
Learn the discipline of Metal Working known as Embossing. Students will transfer an image of their choosing from a paper template to a sheet of copper by using various sizes of stylus and other hand tools to create a textured picture. Students will find that copper is a very workable material. Your finished piece will fit in with any Adirondack decor or even in a rustic birch frame! This piece is 8" x 8".
Member Tuition: $65.00 Non-Member Tuition: $80.00
Material Fee: $50.00 Included in fee shown
In this class students will create a beautiful copper bowl from a 12" x 12" sheet of 16-gauge copper. Students will pound and hand tool the sheet into an 9" diameter, approx. 2" deep bowl. Students will also make a decorative vine with leaves from copper that will be attached to the rim of the bowl. Some soldering will be involved in this class.