Casting Club! Day 2 of 2 (September 17th + 24th)
Sep
24

Casting Club! Day 2 of 2 (September 17th + 24th)

***Prerequisite: Lost Wax Casting class or previous wax working experience***
For Students with wax carving background +/or have taken our Lost Wax Casting class

Class price covers all casting materials for 2 flasks, kiln time and finishing tools
*casting grain NOT included.

Thursday, September 17th - Noon-3pm
+ Thursday, September 24th - Noon-3pm

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Lost Wax Casting (Day 1 of 4)
Sep
24

Lost Wax Casting (Day 1 of 4)

This class meets for 4 Days
Students must attend ALL 4 Days:

Thursday, September 24th - 6:00-9:00PM
Friday, September 25th - 6:00-9:00PM
Saturday, September 26th - 11:00AM -2:00PM + 3:00-6:00PM
Sunday, September 27th - 11:00AM -2:00PM

Please wear closed toed shoes + if you wear reading glasses, please bring them.


Lost-wax casting is a fascinating, hands-on process where you start by sculpting a design in wax, which acts as a temporary model. It is a meditative, almost sculptural art of carving your design from a block wax, stick of soft wax or sticky sculptural wax. In class you will focus on learning the basics to shape, shave, and smooth the wax using small tools, gradually refining every curve, texture, and detail. This wax model becomes the heart of the process, capturing every mark you make. When your model is finished, the wax is then encased in a plaster-like mold and melted away—“lost”—so molten metal can be poured in to take its place. During this class, you’ll get two casting days and plenty of wax carving time. It’s creative, a little magical, and incredibly satisfying to see your idea transformed into something metal you can hold.

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Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 4)
Sep
25

Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 4)

This class meets for 4 Days
Students must attend ALL 4 Days:

Thursday, September 24th - 6:00-9:00PM
Friday, September 25th - 6:00-9:00PM
Saturday, September 26th - 11:00AM -2:00PM + 3:00-6:00PM
Sunday, September 27th - 11:00AM -2:00PM

Please wear closed toed shoes + if you wear reading glasses, please bring them.


Lost-wax casting is a fascinating, hands-on process where you start by sculpting a design in wax, which acts as a temporary model. It is a meditative, almost sculptural art of carving your design from a block wax, stick of soft wax or sticky sculptural wax. In class you will focus on learning the basics to shape, shave, and smooth the wax using small tools, gradually refining every curve, texture, and detail. This wax model becomes the heart of the process, capturing every mark you make. When your model is finished, the wax is then encased in a plaster-like mold and melted away—“lost”—so molten metal can be poured in to take its place. During this class, you’ll get two casting days and plenty of wax carving time. It’s creative, a little magical, and incredibly satisfying to see your idea transformed into something metal you can hold.

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Lost Wax Casting (Day 3 of 4)
Sep
26

Lost Wax Casting (Day 3 of 4)

This class meets for 4 Days
Students must attend ALL 4 Days:

Thursday, September 24th - 6:00-9:00PM
Friday, September 25th - 6:00-9:00PM
Saturday, September 26th - 11:00AM -2:00PM + 3:00-6:00PM
Sunday, September 27th - 11:00AM -2:00PM

Please wear closed toed shoes + if you wear reading glasses, please bring them.


Lost-wax casting is a fascinating, hands-on process where you start by sculpting a design in wax, which acts as a temporary model. It is a meditative, almost sculptural art of carving your design from a block wax, stick of soft wax or sticky sculptural wax. In class you will focus on learning the basics to shape, shave, and smooth the wax using small tools, gradually refining every curve, texture, and detail. This wax model becomes the heart of the process, capturing every mark you make. When your model is finished, the wax is then encased in a plaster-like mold and melted away—“lost”—so molten metal can be poured in to take its place. During this class, you’ll get two casting days and plenty of wax carving time. It’s creative, a little magical, and incredibly satisfying to see your idea transformed into something metal you can hold.

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Lost Wax Casting (also Day 3 of 4)
Sep
26

Lost Wax Casting (also Day 3 of 4)

This class meets for 4 Days
Students must attend ALL 4 Days:

Thursday, September 24th - 6:00-9:00PM
Friday, September 25th - 6:00-9:00PM
Saturday, September 26th - 11:00AM -2:00PM + 3:00-6:00PM
Sunday, September 27th - 11:00AM -2:00PM

Please wear closed toed shoes + if you wear reading glasses, please bring them.


Lost-wax casting is a fascinating, hands-on process where you start by sculpting a design in wax, which acts as a temporary model. It is a meditative, almost sculptural art of carving your design from a block wax, stick of soft wax or sticky sculptural wax. In class you will focus on learning the basics to shape, shave, and smooth the wax using small tools, gradually refining every curve, texture, and detail. This wax model becomes the heart of the process, capturing every mark you make. When your model is finished, the wax is then encased in a plaster-like mold and melted away—“lost”—so molten metal can be poured in to take its place. During this class, you’ll get two casting days and plenty of wax carving time. It’s creative, a little magical, and incredibly satisfying to see your idea transformed into something metal you can hold.

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Lost Wax Casting (Day 4 of 4)
Sep
27

Lost Wax Casting (Day 4 of 4)

This class meets for 4 Days
Students must attend ALL 4 Days:

Thursday, September 24th - 6:00-9:00PM
Friday, September 25th - 6:00-9:00PM
Saturday, September 26th - 11:00AM -2:00PM + 3:00-6:00PM
Sunday, September 27th - 11:00AM -2:00PM

Please wear closed toed shoes + if you wear reading glasses, please bring them.


Lost-wax casting is a fascinating, hands-on process where you start by sculpting a design in wax, which acts as a temporary model. It is a meditative, almost sculptural art of carving your design from a block wax, stick of soft wax or sticky sculptural wax. In class you will focus on learning the basics to shape, shave, and smooth the wax using small tools, gradually refining every curve, texture, and detail. This wax model becomes the heart of the process, capturing every mark you make. When your model is finished, the wax is then encased in a plaster-like mold and melted away—“lost”—so molten metal can be poured in to take its place. During this class, you’ll get two casting days and plenty of wax carving time. It’s creative, a little magical, and incredibly satisfying to see your idea transformed into something metal you can hold.

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Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 1 of 3)
Oct
2

Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 1 of 3)

This is a 3-day course. You must attend ALL 3 Days.
Class will take place from 11am - 6pm each day with a 1 hour break for lunch
Friday, October 2nd,
Saturday, October 3rd, +
Sunday, October 4th
Please wear closed toed shoes + bring reading glasses if you use them.

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Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 2 of 3)
Oct
3

Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 2 of 3)

This is a 3-day course. You must attend ALL 3 Days.
Class will take place from 11am - 6pm each day with a 1 hour break for lunch
Friday, October 2nd,
Saturday, October 3rd, +
Sunday, October 4th
Please wear closed toed shoes + bring reading glasses if you use them.

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Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 3 of 3)
Oct
4

Intro to Jewelry + Metalsmithing (Day 3 of 3)

This is a 3-day course. You must attend ALL 3 Days.
Class will take place from 11am - 6pm each day with a 1 hour break for lunch
Friday, October 2nd,
Saturday, October 3rd, +
Sunday, October 4th
Please wear closed toed shoes + bring reading glasses if you use them.

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Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 1 of 4)
Oct
8

Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 1 of 4)

Wanna burn some shit and melt some metal?!
Then this workshop is for you!

We’ll meet over 5 sessions - dive deep into the things and energies you are looking to let go of and create something you can carry with you to bring forward.

From burnout to buildup - each student will create a 3D paper representation of the energies or things they are individually wanting to let go of - then burn it to ashes. These ashes will then become ink - and we’ll create a mono-print from these ashes.

Each student will also create a bronze totem to carry with them to remind them about the energies you want to hold onto. You’ll carve, sand, and file a piece of wax into a stone sized shape that will then be burned away in the art of lost wax casting. Then, using a torch, each student will melt bronze and cast their wax totem into metal so it can be carried with you filled with good intentions and the energies you want to bring forward.

This class will meet over 4 days - students must attend all 4 days:
Thursday, October 8th - 6-9pm
Friday, October 9th - 6-9pm
Saturday, October 10th - 11am-2pm - *lunch break - then 3-6pm
Sunday, October 11th - 11am-2pm

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Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 2 of 4)
Oct
9

Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 2 of 4)

Wanna burn some shit and melt some metal?!
Then this workshop is for you!

We’ll meet over 5 sessions - dive deep into the things and energies you are looking to let go of and create something you can carry with you to bring forward.

From burnout to buildup - each student will create a 3D paper representation of the energies or things they are individually wanting to let go of - then burn it to ashes. These ashes will then become ink - and we’ll create a mono-print from these ashes.

Each student will also create a bronze totem to carry with them to remind them about the energies you want to hold onto. You’ll carve, sand, and file a piece of wax into a stone sized shape that will then be burned away in the art of lost wax casting. Then, using a torch, each student will melt bronze and cast their wax totem into metal so it can be carried with you filled with good intentions and the energies you want to bring forward.

This class will meet over 4 days - students must attend all 4 days:
Thursday, October 8th - 6-9pm
Friday, October 9th - 6-9pm
Saturday, October 10th - 11am-2pm - *lunch break - then 3-6pm
Sunday, October 11th - 11am-2pm

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Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 3 of 4)
Oct
10

Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 3 of 4)

Wanna burn some shit and melt some metal?!
Then this workshop is for you!

We’ll meet over 5 sessions - dive deep into the things and energies you are looking to let go of and create something you can carry with you to bring forward.

From burnout to buildup - each student will create a 3D paper representation of the energies or things they are individually wanting to let go of - then burn it to ashes. These ashes will then become ink - and we’ll create a mono-print from these ashes.

Each student will also create a bronze totem to carry with them to remind them about the energies you want to hold onto. You’ll carve, sand, and file a piece of wax into a stone sized shape that will then be burned away in the art of lost wax casting. Then, using a torch, each student will melt bronze and cast their wax totem into metal so it can be carried with you filled with good intentions and the energies you want to bring forward.

This class will meet over 4 days - students must attend all 4 days:
Thursday, October 8th - 6-9pm
Friday, October 9th - 6-9pm
Saturday, October 10th - 11am-2pm - *lunch break - then 3-6pm
Sunday, October 11th - 11am-2pm

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Adult 4-Day Camp (Also Day 3 of 4)
Oct
10

Adult 4-Day Camp (Also Day 3 of 4)

Wanna burn some shit and melt some metal?!
Then this workshop is for you!

We’ll meet over 5 sessions - dive deep into the things and energies you are looking to let go of and create something you can carry with you to bring forward.

From burnout to buildup - each student will create a 3D paper representation of the energies or things they are individually wanting to let go of - then burn it to ashes. These ashes will then become ink - and we’ll create a mono-print from these ashes.

Each student will also create a bronze totem to carry with them to remind them about the energies you want to hold onto. You’ll carve, sand, and file a piece of wax into a stone sized shape that will then be burned away in the art of lost wax casting. Then, using a torch, each student will melt bronze and cast their wax totem into metal so it can be carried with you filled with good intentions and the energies you want to bring forward.

This class will meet over 4 days - students must attend all 4 days:
Thursday, October 8th - 6-9pm
Friday, October 9th - 6-9pm
Saturday, October 10th - 11am-2pm - *lunch break - then 3-6pm
Sunday, October 11th - 11am-2pm

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Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 4 of 4)
Oct
11

Adult 4-Day Camp (Day 4 of 4)

Wanna burn some shit and melt some metal?!
Then this workshop is for you!

We’ll meet over 5 sessions - dive deep into the things and energies you are looking to let go of and create something you can carry with you to bring forward.

From burnout to buildup - each student will create a 3D paper representation of the energies or things they are individually wanting to let go of - then burn it to ashes. These ashes will then become ink - and we’ll create a mono-print from these ashes.

Each student will also create a bronze totem to carry with them to remind them about the energies you want to hold onto. You’ll carve, sand, and file a piece of wax into a stone sized shape that will then be burned away in the art of lost wax casting. Then, using a torch, each student will melt bronze and cast their wax totem into metal so it can be carried with you filled with good intentions and the energies you want to bring forward.

This class will meet over 4 days - students must attend all 4 days:
Thursday, October 8th - 6-9pm
Friday, October 9th - 6-9pm
Saturday, October 10th - 11am-2pm - *lunch break - then 3-6pm
Sunday, October 11th - 11am-2pm

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Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 1 of 2)
Oct
17

Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 1 of 2)

Special - 2-Day Lost Wax Casting “Rapid Fire”
Must wear closed toed shoes
*Must attend both days - Saturday, October 17th - Noon - 6:00pm
+ Sunday, October 18th - Noon - 4:00pm

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Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 2)
Oct
18

Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 2)

Special - 2-Day Lost Wax Casting “Rapid Fire”
Must wear closed toed shoes
*Must attend both days - Saturday, October 17th - Noon - 6:00pm
+ Sunday, October 18th - Noon - 4:00pm

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Ghoulish Wax Carving Workshop
Oct
31

Ghoulish Wax Carving Workshop

In this 5 hour class you’ll carve, file, melt and sculpt a spooky creation in wax,
then we will cast it into metal for you!
All skill levels welcome, no previous experience necessary.
Bronze casting is included, additional fee for Sterling Silver.

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Afterschool - ages 9-14
Sep
17

Afterschool - ages 9-14

Join us after early release
1 - 6PM

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Casting Club! Day 1 of 2 (September 17th + 24th)
Sep
17

Casting Club! Day 1 of 2 (September 17th + 24th)

***Prerequisite: Lost Wax Casting class or previous wax working experience***
For Students with wax carving background +/or have taken our Lost Wax Casting class

Class price covers all casting materials for 2 flasks, kiln time and finishing tools
*casting grain NOT included.

Thursday, September 17th - Noon-3pm
+ Thursday, September 24th - Noon-3pm

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Heirloom Jewelry Making - Wax Carving Workshop
Sep
6

Heirloom Jewelry Making - Wax Carving Workshop

Come in and create an heirloom piece of jewelry that’ll last for generations to come!
In this 5 hour class you’ll carve, sand, melt and sculpt a piece of jewelry in wax,
then we will cast it into metal for you!
All skill levels welcome, no previous experience neccessary.
Bronze casting is included, additional fee for Sterling Silver.

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Studio CLOSED
Aug
24
to Sep 4

Studio CLOSED

The Studio will be closed for a summer break August 24th-September 4th
See you soon!

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Hollow Forms with Visiting Instructor Audrey Laine Sawyer! (Day 2 of 2)
Aug
23

Hollow Forms with Visiting Instructor Audrey Laine Sawyer! (Day 2 of 2)

This is a 2-Day class
Saturday and Sunday,
August, 22nd + 23rd
10:00 am - 3:30 pm with a 30 minute break

Audrey Laine Sawyer

Is a jewelry artist and metalsmith with a naturalist’s approach to designing and making. She creates wearable artwork of heirloom quality out of sterling silver, gemstones, and intention. She loves her work and always tries to bring joy and wonder through the things she makes. She takes great pride in the quality of her work, driven by creative passion and natural curiosity.

Many handmade sterling silver necklaces with animal silhouettes.

She works from her home studio in the Blue Ridge mountains of Western North Carolina just west of Asheville. She received a BA in Studio Art from Rollins College and studied metals at Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts Program. She is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and now teaches Jewelry Decorative Techniques at HCC.

Click here to explore more of Audrey’s jewelry!

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Hollow Forms with Visiting Instructor Audrey Laine Sawyer!   (Day 1 of 2)
Aug
22

Hollow Forms with Visiting Instructor Audrey Laine Sawyer! (Day 1 of 2)

This is a 2-Day class
Saturday and Sunday,
August, 22nd + 23rd
10:00 am - 3:30 pm with a 30 minute break

Audrey Laine Sawyer

Is a jewelry artist and metalsmith with a naturalist’s approach to designing and making. She creates wearable artwork of heirloom quality out of sterling silver, gemstones, and intention. She loves her work and always tries to bring joy and wonder through the things she makes. She takes great pride in the quality of her work, driven by creative passion and natural curiosity.

Many handmade sterling silver necklaces with animal silhouettes.

She works from her home studio in the Blue Ridge mountains of Western North Carolina just west of Asheville. She received a BA in Studio Art from Rollins College and studied metals at Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts Program. She is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and now teaches Jewelry Decorative Techniques at HCC.

Click here to explore more of Audrey’s jewelry!

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Studio CLOSED
Aug
8

Studio CLOSED

The Studio will be closed today.
One of our apprentices is getting MARRIED!

See you tomorrow!

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Wax + Wine Night
Jul
26

Wax + Wine Night

**Must have wax carving experience**
* *Prerequisite - Lost Wax Casting or Rapid Fire (or equivelant)* *

Come relax and carve some wax! We will provide the tools, and have some wax available for a small fee. Connect with your community at this low-key event!
Casting process will not be done here - to cast, please ask about our casting schedule or participate in our next Casting Club!
BYO beer/wine.

This will be work time, little to no instruction.

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Youth Camp JULY: Art + Metalsmithing for ages 9-13 - (Day 5 of 5)
Jul
10

Youth Camp JULY: Art + Metalsmithing for ages 9-13 - (Day 5 of 5)

Join us JULY 6th-10th
9AM - 3PM
This is a 5-Day Camp - students must attend ALL 5 days.

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Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 2)
Jun
14

Rapid Fire! 2-Day Lost Wax Casting (Day 2 of 2)

Special - 2-Day Lost Wax Casting “Rapid Fire”
Must wear closed toed shoes
*Must attend both days - Saturday, June 13th - Noon - 6:00pm
+ Sunday, June 14th - Noon - 4:00pm

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Linocut Printmaking with Trica Chan of Riverbird Printworks
Feb
27

Linocut Printmaking with Trica Chan of Riverbird Printworks

ONLY 1 SPOT LEFT!

Sign up below!
To learn more about the instructor, Tricia Chan, click here!

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