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Date: August 29th
Times: 10a - 5pm w/ 1 hr lunch
Level: This is an intermediate course, however beginners are welcome!! Sample pieces will be made throughout the class! Those with experience are welcome to arrive with their own, pre-made fine or sterling silver work ( we ask that you send photos of said work prior)
Membership Price: $300 (Members can use code MEMBERS10 upon checkout to receive 10% off)
An $85 materials fee is due at the beginning of class (may vary due to market volatility). Cash is appreciated and the materials fee is required for all students!
Workshop Description:
Keum-boo (Korean: 금부; also Geumbu, Kum-Boo or Kum-bu—Korean "attached gold") is an ancient Korean Gilding technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to silver.
Traditionally, this technique is accomplished by first depleting a surface of stealing silver to bring up a thin layer of fine silver to the surface. Then 24 carat gold foil is applied with heat and pressure—to produce a permanent diffusion bond. Keum-boo is a beautiful, cost effective and sustainable technique of utilizing gold in your designs and creating beautiful and intricate surface decoration. Keum-boo can be used on the surface of jewelry and hollowware. Whether you're new to the process or looking to refine your skills, this hands-on workshop offers a fun and rewarding way to elevate your metalwork with the beauty of gold.
In this workshop you will learn all the basics of this beautiful surface technique and how to: depletion guild, how to design with intention, cut and apply the gold foil to three dimensional, flat, and textured metal surfaces, techniques for finishing.
Together we investigate the various ways metal surfaces, particularly fine silver, can be enhanced by manipulation and through the application of gold foil, to a prepared silver surface.
In this course you will learn:
Depletion gilding or ‘silvering’ the metal surface in preparation.
Design with intention
Cutting gold foil
Adhesion of gold foil to the silver surface by means of heat and pressure
The decorative potential of the gold fusion process
Use of the rolling mill to add texture to the metal
Fusion and soldering of findings to the surface
Specific finishing’ processes.
About the Instructor:
Brienna Hall: Brienna holds a bachelor’s degree in sculpture with a minor in fiber arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her artistic journey began as a photographer and milliner, where she honed her skills in crafting exquisite headwear and creating ornate, dreamlike imagery. This creative foundation eventually led her to establish Shrine Jewelry, a line that lovingly merges her love for adornment with the artistry of fine metalwork. Working from her studio in Mendocino, California, Brienna brings her unique vision to life, drawing inspiration from the rugged beauty of the Northern California coast and the mystic worlds around us. In addition to her work as a jewelry artist, Brienna continues to study photography and teaches workshops on the ancient technique of sand casting precious metals, sharing her expertise throughout Northern California. Starting in 2025, she is expanding these workshops to the Midwest. Her philosophy as a jeweler is rooted in the belief that our bodies are sacred shrines deserving of adornment. Each piece of jewelry is crafted to honor this intimate space, blending organic shapes, repetitive patterns, and textile-inspired techniques with the process of metalsmithing. Through sand casting, fabrication, keum-boo and textile techniques Brienna creates one-of-a-kind works, each imbued with a sense of individuality and timelessness. shrinejewelry.com @shrine_jewelry
Hanna-Katarina Edwards: Hanna-Katarina creates one of a kind jewelry, ritual adornments and performance pieces. She works in collaboration creating experimental videos, photography, creative direction and performance in order to tell stories through the body. Hanna practices ancient and experimental metalsmithing techniques, in addition to working with a variety of materials, found objects and traditional craft processes. Hanna creates adornments for performance and ritual, recontextualized in the landscape of modern life. Her work draws on mythology, mysticism,dreamscapes, archetypal symbology, magic,memories,the subconscious and perspectives of reality. Honoring storytelling traditions of the past while writing a new narrative out of time. Adornments meant to act as deities for the body, enabling the wearer to invoke the sacred through their own embodiment. Hanna studied metallurgy in New York and Florence, Italy. She currently resides and works in Guadalajara, Mexico hanna-katarina.com