Made to Serve: A Metalsmithing Workshop for the Dinner TableNovember 15, 2026
9 am-4:30 pm
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Don’t let your jewelry box have all the fun! Learn to craft three beautiful and functional items for your holiday table, sure to wow any dinner guests. These also make great housewarming and hostess gifts for the holidays! All items are customizable based on skill-level while maintaining a beginner level approach.
Project 1 is a small bowl and spoon set perfect for fancy salts and herbs or glam it up and use it to sprinkle edible glitter on your baked goods. You’ll learn sinking for the bowl, dapping for the scoop of the spoon, riveting, and forging for the handle.
Project 2 is an herb stripper made from thick sheet metal. Texturing this piece all over, especially with a round hammer, will give you the slightly cupped shape that makes this piece easier to hold and use. You’ll cut it from the sheet and use various tools to create the holes, then round the edges to make it comfortable in the hand.
Project 3 is a cocktail pick set forged from round wire. The holder is made from tubing and has a secret trick to help keep those picks wrangled. We’ll use a forging technique borrowed from wrought iron to create the cool twist, but you’ll have other options as well to make the ends decorative and unique. You’ll learn how to taper the point end and smooth it out to make a nice sharp point for spearing hor d'oeuvres of all kinds.
You’ll learn about different types of hammers and how they make the metal move in different ways, as well as what kind of textures they impart. We’ll also talk about how to make your own sinking block for taking sheet metal of all sizes and giving it volume and how to color, patina, and seal your metal to make it not only beautiful but also safe to use with food.
Please bring your own lunch or be prepared to order lunch off-site.
$65 MBG Members/$75 Non-Members, plus a $30 kit fee payable to instructor at time of class
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Memphis Botanic Garden, 750 Cherry Rd,Memphis,TN,United States
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