Metalwerx School: Established in 1998, Metalwerx offers professional weekly jewelry classes and short intensive workshops with a personable feel. Metalwerx is a non-profit school and community studio for jewelry making and metal arts located in Waltham, Massachusetts. We offer instruction on a wide range of topics for all jewelers and metalsmiths, from the novice to the professional, in our fully equipped studio. We offer small, personalized classes in a supportive, enthusiastic, community environment.
The mission of Metalwerx is to enrich people's lives by exposing them to a creative, stimulating environment, expertly taught classes and a community of dedicated practitioners with a focus in metals. Members of the Metalwerx community work as teacher’s assistants and school ambassadors, ensuring that your experience is productive and memorable.
Beginner to Advanced Level Jewelry Making & Metal Arts programs: - Weekend Workshops
- Weekly Jewelry Classes
- One Day Workshops
- Special Events
- After School Jewelry Program (Ages 14+)
- Summer Programs
Private Lessons in the basics of jewelry making are available through Metalwerx. We have many outstanding metalsmiths and jewelers who can help you. Rates are $50 an hour and by appointment. If you have a question regarding private lessons, use our contact form for questions.
Jewelry and Silversmithing Repairs:
Metalwerx is associated with many fine jewelers and whom we feel are up to the standards and quality of excellent craftsmanship. If you are in need of a jewelry repair, please contact us and we will direct you to one of our preferred associates.
Open Studio:
Our studio is your studio. By appointment, you can sign up for studio time. Rates are $10 per hour, sold in blocks of ten hours each. A one time maintenance fee of $50 is payable when purchasing the first block. Students must have basic jewelry making skills and feel comfortable with a torch. This is a time for you to work independently and use the Metalwerx tools.
Online Candle Making Classes for New York City & NY residents
Courses / Programs
• Learn how to make unique candles from the comfort of your own home or work studio in New York with The Candle Academy, a leading international candle design school owned by a UK candle designer based in Jamaica.
• Home Study / Online Candle Making Classes in New York, nationwide or around the world include the choice of Live Seminars via Skype with Gary Simmons - one of the top candle designers in the world from the UK, or lessons via HD Video & PDF information files.
• These distance learning candle making courses for complete Beginners to Advanced artists will start you on the path to an exciting new career in candle design or a very rewarding hobby!
• These intensive candle making training courses are Hands-on and Very Visual, and follow the same techniques as our onsite programs, making it an ideal solution for people that live too far to be able to attend in Jamaica in person.
• Perhaps you would prefer to learn in person through an incredible educational program and vacation in beautiful Jamaica in the Caribbean!
• Business start-up and Hobby courses offered year-round, both onsite or online. Welcome to this very special profession!
Candle Academy Student Reviews:
"Very detailed and intensive. I was looking for the wow factor and that's exactly what I got." G. Woodard, USA
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"I realized after the first hour my investment was justified." Alex English, NBA Allstar, USA
The Valentin Yotkov Studio in Brooklyn, New York City is one of the only schools in the USA that specializes in chasing/repousse instruction. Our studio offers weekly classes, intensive workshops, as well as private tutoring. Valentin also teaches at other schools in the US and abroad. We are open year round, and all levels are welcome.
All classes and workshops taught exclusively by Master Silversmith Valentin Yotkov, who also teaches workshops at other schools in the United States and Europe. After almost becoming a lost art, Chasing and Repoussé are currently experiencing a modern Renaissance. Metalsmiths worldwide are discovering the potential of these techniques for creating unusual, intricate designs on jewelry, hollowware or other forms of metalwork.
- Chasing and Repousse
- Miniature Vessel Raising
- Chasing on a Three Dimensional Vessel
- Rendering and Stylizing Designs for Jewelry
- Constructed Hollowware
Experience something totally different - learn how to blow glass with the amazing artists at Diablo Glass School in Mission Hill, close to Brookline in Boston MA.
We provide beginner to advanced level glass art courses for adults, kids, and teens at our tailor-made studio in Boston. We also provide online courses.
Diablo is a place where beginning and experienced glass artists are welcome to share a nurturing environment, to grow and develop their creative skills in a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Diablo offers different level classes and facilities in various disciplines, exposing a broad spectrum of people to exciting glass techniques in glassblowing, flameworking, fused glass and stained glass.
• Study for 1, 2 or 3 semesters at the UK’s No. 1 arts university!
• Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is a leading university specialising in arts, performance, design, and media education. Easily accessible less than 2 hours south of London by train, AUB provides study abroad BA (Hons) courses for US / international students & professionals who wish to spend time abroad in pursuit of careers in creative arts, graphic design, interior design, textiles, fashion, makeup, animation, visual communication, event management, architecture, dance, acting, film production, photography, & more.
• Our short study abroad courses are designed for students who want to spend time learning in the UK, developing their creative skills and perhaps gaining credits towards their university degree, but do not necessarily want to spend as much as 2-3 years studying in the UK.
• Students are fully integrated with our full-time BA (Hons) degree students, and these courses can be taken for 1 term, 2 terms, or 3 terms.
• If you can't find the exact course you want, we can design a course tailored to your individual needs. You can join several groups of students on a range of different courses and also receive one-to-one tuition.
• We also provide summer study abroad programs.
"The facilities that the Arts University Bournemouth has to offer are absolutely amazing. First off, the library was one of the most resourceful places I have come across in my entire stay there." - Orlando, USA, Animation Production
Located in the heart of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NYC, LiloVeve Jewelry School offers fun, informative classes and workshops in the art of handcrafting jewelry. Classes include full 6-week programs, or short 2-day workshops.
Founded by a jewelry artist, the school is a professional environment for the exploration of jewelry fabrication and design.
Fields of study range from basic silversmithing and wax carving to high karat gold alloying and stone setting.
Our weekend workshops highlight specialty techniques such as filigree, enameling, granulation, chain making, and more.
Our focus is to provide an artistic and creative classroom in which to learn and explore the art of jewelry making. Small class sizes and personal attention are a hallmark.
We offer hourly rate benchtime for practice, completion of work / jewelers in need of equipment and space, students wanting to explore their own ideas in a supportive environment.
Serving the Greater Boston and New England areas, Anemone Makeup is a beauty training school in Burlington MA that offers a week-long Makeup Artist Training Program which includes makeup classes and workshops for aspiring makeup artists. What makes our program unique is that students may enroll in our intensive, one-week Makeup Artist Training Program or only the individual classes that they need in a particular makeup field.
Each class includes lectures, demonstrations, hands-on practice, individualized assistance, and a practice manual. Students leave our programs with the confidence and skills they need to take their careers to the next level.
Anemone Makeup Classes provide students with the skills they will need to work behind the scenes at photo shoots, high-definition broadcasts, theater performances, fashion shows, weddings, and other high-profile events. Anemone Makeup Artist Classes were developed in 2004 by veteran Boston makeup artist and Anemone product line founder Ann Marie Laurendeau. She offers a variety of classes in professional makeup artistry for beginners, working makeup artists, and private clients.