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| William Holland Workshop |
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Joe
DePietro 863-635-5138 |
Lou
Mager 314-432-2894 |
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Joe has been casting since 1988 when he took his first casting class at William Holland from Bob Raber. He has since learned from Roger Moore, Earl Spiegle, Vi Hicks, Howard Spiegel, and Terry Higley. He also took classes at Stewarts Jewelers School in Jupiter, Florida. He has been teaching casting at William Holland for at least 10 years. Joe has been doing lapidary work since 1974. He has taught CABBING and OPAL CUTTING at his Rock Shop in Avon Park, FL, and at his local gem club workshop where he was workshop director in 1988. Joe and his wife won the AFMS "Each One Teach One" award in 1989. He has been teaching at William Holland since 1992, but has specialized in Opal Cutting and Casting since 1998 at William Holland and for SFMS. He has developed "Opal Cure", a simple method of healing cracks in opals and other soft stones, which he teaches in his Opal classes. Lou has been attending classes at William Holland, (one to four weeks) each year since 2003. He has taken Casting classes from Vincent Flores, Gino Deskins and Joe DePietro several times. He has also taken various classes from Dan Haga, Bill Cady, Allen Brown, Gene Baxter, Mack Thornton, Dee and Bill Conybear, Della Samuel, and Sarah Lee Boyce. Lou is a member of the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths. He has taken weekend workshops from Dan Haga, Howard Seigel and Sherri Jaudis in St. Louis. Lou retired, after 40 years from Sheet Metal Workers Local 36. |
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CLASS DESCRIPTION Joe teaches both centrifugal
& vacuum casting methods. He will have pre-made waxes to purchase
& waxes to make your own pieces to cast. Wax models will be
made from pre-made molds and also flat mold making will be shown.
Casted pieces will be finished and polished during class. The class
fee covers a handout, waxes, beginning wax item, all investments
& polishes. Fine Silver and Sterling will be available for purchase.
If you want to use Gold, you must bring it. LAB FEE:There will be a class fee of $90, which will cover the cost of waxes, wan sheets and other consumable supplies such as investment. Maximum No. of Students: 6 Pre-requisite: None |
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