Metalsmithing meets every Monday and Thursday from 5p – 9p in the Metalsmithing Shop in the new HGMS Education Center, 7901 Bailey Cove Road SE, Huntsville. (Please enter the South parking lot from Bailey Cove Road SE, and enter the building through the double glass doors.) We offer a class the first Thursday of the month. Monday nights and the other Thursday nights are open so you can work on individual projects.
Participation in metalsmithing classes requires certification. As always, on nights that we do not have an official project class scheduled, anyone who is certified is invited to join us to work on your projects. Instructors are available for “one on one” instruction and help on individual projects on work session nights. Anyone who missed a particular project we have had in the past and would like to work on that project, please notify Shelley or me and we will provide you with the kit and instructions and any special tools so you can work on it during our work session nights. Please let us know in advance if the project you want to work on requires special tools or equipment that we need to bring from home so we can have them available.
Certification Classes: The next certification class is (Date TBD). To get on the list for the class, please send your name and contact information (name, email address, and cell phone number (for text messages) to [email protected]. Seats will be filled in the order I receive them. If you end up on the wait list, you will be added to the next scheduled class. Certification classes are scheduled approximately every other month.
CERTIFICATION CLASS INFORMATION – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
After Certification Class dates are set, email notices with information about the class(es) will be sent to everyone who is currently on the request list about a week before the scheduled date. You must reply to that email to be scheduled for the class or to request a future class. One reminder email will be sent to those who do not respond to the first email. If there is no reply after the 2nd email, your name will be removed from Certification Requests list. If you are still interested in Certification, you will have to send in your information again to get on the current list.
Facebook: The Metalsmithing/Silver group has our own page in Facebook groups. You can see info on classes, examples of project classes, and other general information. Members of the group can post their finished class projects. Our class page is HGMS Metalsmithing Group. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/438777169648170
For more information, send email to [email protected].
Did You Know?
December: Tanzanite – Named for Tanzania, the country where it was discovered in 1967, this popular gemstone is the blue-to-violet or purple variety of the mineral zoisite. Zircon – Best known for its brilliant blue hues, zircon’s optical properties make it bright and lustrous. It also occurs in warm autumnal yellows, reds, and reddish browns, and in green hues. Turquoise – This vivid blue gemstone is a rare phosphate of copper that forms only in the Earth’s most dry and barren regions. Ancient peoples from Egypt to Mesoamerica and China treasured it. Source: 
