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Intro to Basic Metalsmithing: Piercing and Cutting with Monica Moreno 6/29/25 2pm-5pm Room C
CCRMC 2025 Fiesta of Gems Workshop Learn how to craft your own metal adornments using tools and materials that are simple to work with at home. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore techniques such as cutting metal with a jeweler’s saw, piercing metal to create interior designs, sanding and cleaning your pieces, applying a protective…
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Color Your Way: Paper Jewelry Creations with Ruth Shapiro 6/28/25 10am-1pm Room B
CCRMC 2025 Fiesta of Gems Workshop Create beautiful, expressive, and light-weight jewelry (and other items, too!) with a minimum of tools, space, and experience needed. Inexpensive and recyclable. Match to each outfit and mood! Papers are supplied. I will have some findings available. **Special prize if you have an embossing machine to share!! Workshop size…
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Fusing Skinny Stacking Rings with Jette Sorensen 6/28/25 10am-1pm Room C
CCRMC 2025 Fiesta of Gems Workshop Make skinny rings using Argentium Silver. Argentium has a higher fine silver content than regular sterling, making fusing easier than with regular sterling. Fusing is connecting metal without using solder. Argentium is extremely slow tarnishing when compared to regular sterling. You will learn to control the flame of a…
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Basic Rock Tree of Life Making with Regina Lozano 6/28/25 2-6pm Room B
CCRMC 2025 Fiesta of Gems Workshop Create a beautiful Tree of Life that symbolizes life’s quiet strength and is grounded in meaning. Bring a rock from your collection to serve as the foundation. Select a materials kit that includes wire and stone chips – each with their unique properties, such as smoky quartz for grounding…
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Intro to Basic Metalsmithing: Piercing and Cutting with Monica Moreno 6/28/25 2pm-6pm Room C
CCRMC 2025 Fiesta of Gems Workshop Learn how to craft your own metal adornments using tools and materials that are simple to work with at home. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore techniques such as cutting metal with a jeweler’s saw, piercing metal to create interior designs, sanding and cleaning your pieces, applying a protective…
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Club Meeting – April 14, 2025
7:30 PM Zoom Meeting: Rio Grande River Valley Agates Presented by Geologist Stephen Blyskal The Rio Grande River valley has been hunted for agate since the 1950s. The valley gravels are widespread, covering an area up to 50 miles east of the river. This talk will touch on the history of the river itself and…
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Club Meeting – March 10, 2025
7:30 PM IN-PERSON What’s that Rock? Presented by Gary Mitchell Please join us on March 10 at 7:30 PM in the Multipurpose Room at the Veterans Memorial Complex, 4117 Overland Ave, Culver City 90230 for a presentation by Garry Mitchell. During our March meeting, Gary will share his knowledge, discuss, and bring samples of rocks…