Teen Metalsmithing: Summer Art Experience

Program Dates: June 17 - 21: Metalsmithing with Ale Carrillo-Estrada

Age: Open to Ages 13-16

Registration will close on Monday, June 10 at midnight.

Description 
Kipuka
ʻO ka makamae a mālama ʻia
The Precious and Protected

Imagine you are a great winged creature soaring above our island of Hawaiʻi, of lands untouched by humans. Stretches of barren lava, dark oceans of aʻa and pahoehoe for as far as the eyes can see. In the distance, islands of ancient forests emerge as olivine gems, an oasis, a kipuka.

In this 5-day metalsmithing session with artist Theresa Lovering-Brown, students will explore kipuka through the lens of ʻohana or family. Sessions are designed for students to acquire the fundamentals to metalsmithing, working with nonferrous metal sheet and wire, along with the vocabulary of metalsmithing. Students will learn to identify qualities of various metals, measure, mark and transfer designs onto their metal and saw out shapes using a jewelers’ saw. We will then explore textures and add dimension by doming and forming flat sheet. By the third session, cold connections are introduced, allowing you to join elements together with wire and tube rivets. In our final session, students will “antique” their pieces with natural patinas, and learn to make their own jewelry findings to complete their wearable pieces. This experience will culminate in a student share out and discussion with other age groups in the Summer Art Experience program.

Summer 2024 Teen Sessions
*Registration for each session listed is available through the links below. 

• June 10 - 14: Ceramics with Tomoko Nakazato
• June 24 - 28: Printmaking with Hunter Buck
• July 1 - 12: Sound Art with Seb Choe *There will be no class Friday, July 5, 2024

About the Teaching Artist
Ale Carrillo-Estrada is a distinguished visual artist and educator with a prolific career in jewelry design and metalsmithing. She owns and designs for Akiceri Designs Jewelry. Ale has 17 years of experience in jewelry design and has been teaching for nearly 8 years.