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Dale Cougar Armstrong teaching the Ultimate Cabochon Pendant!



Students will learn to formulate this pattern to be able to frame almost any item into a pendant, such as a coin, irregular cabochon, piece of china or porcelain, etc. Basic skills will be taught that include how to determine how long and how many wires are needed for the frame, straightening, measuring and marking a wire bundle, how to make consistent wraps/bindings, where to place wraps, how to make and secure a bail, how to embellish, what to do with all of those wires at the end, and more!

Your instructor will provide complete tool kits for use while in class and you will receive written follow-up hand-outs to take home.

Students Please Bring: notebook, pen/pencil, digital or cell phone camera (no flash please), magnifying eyewear if needed, and a bottled beverage & snack.

Skill Level:
intermediate
Materials Included:
Instructions and wire/beads to create your Pendant.
Instructor Name:
Dale Cougar Armstrong
Instructor Bio:
Internationally known, Dale ?Cougar? Armstrong is a diehard rockhound, lapidary, and a full-time wire jewelry artist, instructor, and author; with a background in the fine arts, cloisonn?, and repouss? prior to making wire jewelry. With more than 45 years of combined experience, Dale uses absolutely no solder or glue in her traditional wire jewelry designs and teaches how at jewelry-making events around North America, Russia, Germany, Ukraine, and Switzerland. Her award-winning work is sold in galleries and gift shops and has appeared in many printed publications. Author of numerous magazine and Internet articles and the bestselling book, ?Wirework: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Wire Wrapping?, Dale has made many different series of instructional DVDs; has many free tutorials on YouTube, has appeared on the PBS broadcast show ?Beads, Baubles & Jewels?; is a member of the Beadalon Design Team and a representative for Euro Tool. Dale has also worked as an instructor and live presenter for Jewelry Television.

Dale Cougar Armstrong teaching the Ultimate Cabochon Pendant!

Cost:
$ 70.00
personal and written instructions with Dale. Supplies to complete your bracelet.