Name: Scrap to Signature: Beginner Wire & Chain Jewelry
Start: 2026-06-14T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-14T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Appalachian Arts Craft Center

Scrap to Signature: Beginner Wire & Chain Jewelry
Instructor: Francesca Faucette
Sunday, June 14 | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Turn your leftover silver and treasured beads into a one-of-a-kind statement necklace! In this playful, hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the foundational wire techniques that transform simple materials into expressive, sculptural jewelry. Using bits of sterling from your scrap box along with gathered beads, pearls, and gemstones, we’ll explore how to build an organic chain and create a unique pendant centerpiece—similar in spirit to the piece shown. Each participant will leave with a finished necklace that reflects their own creative style. Along the way, you'll discover how improvisation and texture can elevate even the smallest materials into something extraordinary. These versatile techniques can easily be adapted to create bracelets, earrings, and rings as well, opening the door to endless jewelry possibilities!
We keep the class small and intimate, so everyone receives plenty of guidance and hands-on support. Expect a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere where you can experiment, ask questions, and connect with fellow makers. A lunch break will also be incorporated.
Skill Level: Beginner – no experience required
Age: 18+
Skills You’ll Learn
Students will learn Chain making, incorporating beads and gemstones into chain links, hammering and texturing silver, filing and shaping wire components, creating decorative wire embellishments, oxidizing for depth and contrast, and polishing and professional finishing techniques.
Member Rate: $135
Non-Member Rate: $150
Material Fee: All materials included (sterling silver, beads, pearls and gems according to availability)! Tools and Equipment are provided for student’s use during the class.
Registration Deadline: June 7
About the instructor
Francesca is a designer at heart and has been creating jewelry since early 1999. She is mostly self-taught, although she has taken workshops in almost all mediums. Francesca works intuitively, gathers inspiration and twists, turns, bashes, and burns it until she gets the desired outcome. Her work is bold, expressive, and filled with texture! Francesca has taught in the Carolinas, at national bead shows, and for almost 2 decades in the Nashville area as Francesca Lynn and has recently relocated back to the home of her heart, East Tennessee, where she started Studio Navarri.