Heracles Knot (Intermediate)

Instructor: Mahmoud Muhawish

Supply List:

• Fine Silver wire .040 = 18 gage get 10 feet and .025 = 22 gage get 10 feet
• Sterling Silver wire .040 = 18 gage 3 feet
• Dowels set
• Natural hard charcoal block it is the best for fusing metal and heat reflective 5-1/2 × 3 × 1-1/4 Inches 4) or or 12x6 Soderite Hard pad
• Soldering pick
• Joyce Chen Scissors
• Soldering tweezers
• Silver solder hard , Medium and Easy
• If you would like to add pearls or beads get 3 MM to 5 MM what you like is fine

Suppliers:

Note: Many suppliers are not open on the weekends, please call ahead for hours.
Allcraft Tool & Supply, 135 West 29th Street, 212.279.7077 (metal, tools, solder)
Metalliferous, online only http://www.metalliferous.com (tools)
Myron Toback, 545 5th Ave #1000, New York, NY 10017 212.398.8300 (metal, solders)
Rio Grande Catalog (for tools, metal and stones) 800.545.6566, http://www.riogrande.com
Dikra Gems, 56 West 45th Street, suite 1005, 212.869.6332 (for stones)
R Gems, 48 West 48th Street, suite 210, 212.302.3388 (for stones)

Student Guidelines & Studio Rules

• Studios are open 15 min before the start of class.
• Do not enter any studio without your instructor present.
• Do not enter a studio until the previous class has ended and all the participants have left the room and your instructor is present.
• Students must leave studios after their class is over.
• Do not use any tool that you are unfamiliar with as it could permanently damage the tool particularly hammers.
• Only use hammers that you are familiar with like a “hardware hammer” if it doesn’t look familiar don’t use it you will ruin it.
• Exhaust fans must be turned on when torches are being used or any materials is being melted.
• Tools & Torches are coded with six different colors which denote the studios they belong in and their use;
  Blue S353
  Yellow S355
  Red S352
  Orange S350
  LIGHT BLUE INSTRUCTOR’S BOX NOT FOR STUDENT USE.
  Green children’s classes
• If you borrow a tool from another room return it at the end of class time.
• Library books are for reference only please return them in their proper order.
• Students are responsible for cleaning the space they have used including the soldering station and bricks and returning tools at the end of class.
• This is a communal studio please help us make your time here productive by following the above guidelines.