About this Event
Workshop Description
Give your jewelry new life in this jewelry repair workshop! Learn basic repair skills such as resizing, cleaning, polishing, and fixing/replacing clasps, chains, and earring backs. We will also explore upcycling, transforming broken or underutilized pieces into something fabulous for your wardrobe. Tools and materials will be provided, but bring any jewelry or accessories you want to repair or turn into something new!
Ticket Cost
Please note we have a sliding scale for tickets for this event! The break down is as follows:
General Admission #1: Covers the cost of workshop and materials
General Admission #2: Covers cost of workshop, materials, and supports the instructor
General Admission #3: Covers cost of workshop, materials, supports the instructor, and helps keep our workshops more accessible
About the Artist
June Nelson (they/she) is a nonbinary transfemme creator, educator, and organizer based in Oakland, CA. They received a BA in Cognitive Science and Education from UC Berkeley in 2020 and worked as a public school teacher before dedicating themself to creating. A self-taught jeweler, June crafts transdisciplinary bodily adornments through chainmail, metal casting, wire working, and a variety of other mediums, toying with expectations of appearance and material. Their work is deeply inspired by queer bodies and expression, ancestral/traditional craftwork, and our (dis)connection with land and nature.
Honoring the importance of community in the arts, June stewards communal makerspaces for QT/BIPOC artists, organizes community-based fashion shows and art markets, and teaches various workshops intended to cultivate community and facilitate access to jewelry-making materials and knowledge.
About SCRAP
We at SCRAP breathe new life into old arts & crafts supplies and reduce waste by diverting over 200 tons of materials heading to landfill every year. To learn more about SCRAP and our mission to make art materials & education more accessible to all, please visit our website at www.scrap-sf.org
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SCRAP, 2150 Newcomb Avenue, San Francisco, United States
USD 39.19 to USD 60.54
