Add to your basic Jewelry I skills and start with a stepped bezel for a faceted stone.
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Honey Jeanne Laber, MFA, University of Georgia; studied: Penland School, Parsons, Japan, China; exhibitions include American Craft Museum, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, Neuberger Museum, the Mint Museum of Art.
Jewelry II (Intermediate)
Jewelry Independent Study (Intermediate/Advanced)
Absolute Beginner Jewelry Intensive Adult Class
David Butler's work has been included in several exhibits, including The Art of Gold, a traveling exhibit showing at many venues, including The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California and The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. New Steel, National Ornamental Museum, Memphis, TN Memories of New York, Aaron Faber Gallery NYC and a recent show of his work in White Plains at Westchester Center for the Arts. David teaches undergraduate jewelry design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and 92nd Street Y. He has taught different workshops at other institutions, including Penl ...
David Butler's work has been included in several exhibits, including The Art of Gold, a traveling exhibit showing at many venues, including The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California and The Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. New Steel, National Ornamental Museum, Memphis, TN Memories of New York, Aaron Faber Gallery NYC and a recent show of his work in White Plains at Westchester Center for the Arts. David teaches undergraduate jewelry design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and 92nd Street Y. He has taught different workshops at other institutions, including Penland School in 2008 and Arrowmont in 2009. Besides teaching and making jewelry and sculpture, Butler has also worked with other designers, collaborating to bring ideas to fruition, including Donna Karan, 2006, 2007 and Leila Tai, 2009, 2010. He is also involved with museum exhibition design and installation, including the well received, reviewed and recently closed Lost World of Old Europe, an exhibit of ceramic and metal objects from the Danube Valley from 7,000 years ago held at the NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World: www.nyu.edu/isaw. David has worked with the Folk Art Museum on several occasions, including work on the Approaching Abstraction exhibit. Other museums he has worked with include the Guggenheim, The New York Historical Society and The Bard Center for Graduate Studies.
Jewelry III (Advanced)
Silversmithing and Judaica (Intermediate/Advanced)
Ring with a Stone-A Refresher Course
Ann Paly is a professional jeweler with over 20 years experience. She works and resides in NYC and has a diverse and loyal following. She received a BFA from SUNY at Buffalo in Fine Arts and Elementary Education and honed her metalsmithing techniques at the 92nd Street Y, Studio Jewelers, Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design and Pratt. Ann began her career as an art director at several major advertising agencies before discovering her passion for jewelry making and design.
Metalwork and Jewelry
Shuoyuan Bai is a studio jeweler whose work focuses on creating one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by culture and tradition. He graduated from Pratt Institute with his undergraduate degree and later received his M.F.A. in jewelry from Savannah College of Art and Design. Bai’s work is shown in various exhibitions across many countries and featured in publications such as Ornament and Metalsmith magazine. His Instagram account @shuoyuan.bai is where he shares his work as well as his studio processes.
Jewelry I
Alex Tapnio is a university professional and artist with over two decades of experience in arts and lifelong learning programs. Alex’s art across metals, enamels, ceramics, lithography, and etching explores portraiture as well as art historical -‘isms’ through painting techniques in traditionally mechanical processes. Currently, he serves as the lead alumni officer at The New School, Parsons School of Design, where he oversees a global portfolio of community programs and networking initiatives at iconic events and spaces like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Art Basel Miami, ...
Alex Tapnio is a university professional and artist with over two decades of experience in arts and lifelong learning programs. Alex’s art across metals, enamels, ceramics, lithography, and etching explores portraiture as well as art historical -‘isms’ through painting techniques in traditionally mechanical processes. Currently, he serves as the lead alumni officer at The New School, Parsons School of Design, where he oversees a global portfolio of community programs and networking initiatives at iconic events and spaces like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Art Basel Miami, Shanghai Fashion Week, and SXSW. After earning art degrees from Indiana University and NYU, Alex focused his career in support of talented teen prodigies and arts audience development at prestigious intuitions like Columbia University, Cooper Union, Time Warner, Scholastic, Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the U.S. National Gallery of Art. He’s thrilled to join the faculty of 92NY to further discover and nurture new voices and curious learners!
Introduction to Enamel and Jewelry
Drawing on Enamel
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