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Date: November 6th
Times: 10a - 5pm w/ 1hr break
Level: Intermediary
Membership Price: $180 (Members can use code MEMBERS10 upon checkout to receive 10% off).
There is a $25 per student materials fee to be paid directly to the instructor, at the start of class.
Workshop Description:
This workshop will teach the process of creating tools for jewelry making. Eden will demonstrate turning W1 Tool Steel into tools like a center punch, chasing and repousse, and stamps. These processes include shaping, hardening, tempering, and finishing. All of these tools are universally applicable to any jewelry process. Students will leave with finished tools to use in their practice as well as the knowledge of creating tools on their own.
About the Instructor:
Eden Tighe is a metalsmith and textile artist. She received her BFA in Jewelry and Metals at PennWest Edinboro University in Spring 2025. Her main focus is making sculptural body adornment and jewelry that communicate relational interactions. Her interests in color and texture act as common themes to symbolize her studies exploring personal experiences.
She was a Re-Formed: Jewelry Artist-in-Residence at the Mendocino Arts Center (CA). Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in The National Museum of Kazakhstan and in Munich Jewelry Week 2026. National shows include PennWest Edinboro University (PA), San Diego State University (CA), The 1020 Collective (PA), University of Arizona (AZ), East Carolina University (NC), UrbanGlass (NY), Mendocino Art Center (CA), as well as virtual exhibitions.
Required Materials: N/A
Optional Materials: If students have their own files they use for steel and their own sandpaper -- they are welcome to bring it.