Flux Jewellery School

Starting next month, The Brooklyn Museum will be showcasing an immersive showcase honoring Spike Lee.

https://blexmedia.com/spike-lee-brooklyn-museum/

Nicknamed "Mama Africa", Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist Zenzile Miriam Makeba, was born on March 4, 1932. born in Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa, She was the first artist to popularize African music around the world. Makeba's song "Pata Pata," originally released in South Africa in the late 1950s but not released in the United States until 1967, is considered by many to be her most popular single. She is also well-known for "The Click Song" and "Malaika," and for introducing to the West a number of Xhosa, Zulu and Swahil songs.
In 1962, Makeba performed at the birthday celebration of President John F. Kennedy. In 1965, she and Belafonte released the album An Evening with Belafonte & Makeba, which includes two duets: "Train Song" and "Cannon." The album earned Makeba and Belafonte a Grammy Award for best folk recording in 1966.
Makeba married Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) in March of 1968 and by the end of her career, she had recorded 30 original albums and 19 compilation albums. In addition to her music career, she, was a prominent activist, against apartheid in South Africa.
Miriam Makeba transcended on November 9, 2008, at the age of 76.

Studio Casting Techniques for Jewellery - fancy joining us this weekend for 2 thrilling days of play? Learn to carve a mould in cuttlefsh or wood, explore the delft casting technique... experiment with pewter as a low melt metal, try your hand at melting sterling silver! Book your place online now (link in bio)...Looking forward to seeing your results already :))

What’s your kind of gemstone? What makes it special? How do you identify it? So many questions........... If you like blues, perhaps you can tell the difference between Topaz, Aquamarine, Tanzanite, Tourmaline...Iolite, Sapphire, Apatite, Turquoise, Lapis... Blue Lace Agate...Blue Jade (!)... Could we call Labradorite blue too?? Last class we took a great meander through our crazy selection of stones - we talked more about how quality and cut, size and character determine how best to turn our gem into a jewel. Students chose their favourite... now comes the next thrilling challenge... looking forward to seeing some drawings at our next class *!*

Gem of a jewel - our next jewellery course begins with a stone of choice... how will you incorporate it into your next jewellery design?? Playtime! Wednesday eves, starting 15 Jan. Check our website, or dm for more...

New beginnings - Open and ready for the best of times 2020...Happy New Year to you!

Getting ready for 2020 vision... sharpen your skills at Flux! next course starting Wednesday 15 January

Make a Gem of a Jewel: Stone Setting and Design Techniques for Jewellery - Flux Jewellery School Choose a gemstone, explore setting techniques, experiment with designs - develop jewellery making techniques to make beautiful gems! 10 wk course at FLX

Link matters... These lovely necklaces both explore ways to integrate shape, colour and form. Made independently by 2 jewellery explorers, it’s interesting to note strong similarities here, yet still these necklaces carry a different make-up. Viktoria comes to Flux for self directed Tuesday extra time... her necklace began with beach finds- 2 pieces of glass, human-made from sand, then cracked, shaped and polished over time by the sea’s wild buffering, rhythmic pattern. Note how this organic processing brings new life to the glass! Now having living form, these sea glass beings remain ever connected; the interrelated silver links add more to the story of how her green beauties took form. The second necklace starts with other influence... Karla loves her labradorite ring, and she sought to make matching piece of jewellery; our 10week chains and links course at Flux was a timely invitation to give structure to her designs. In combining stone with silver, oval with rectangular form, solid stone with hollow box, Karla’s pendant presents geometric interplay... additionally we might see an otherworldly window, a dream, a door, a landscape... draping pleasingly from a repetition of oval links that make her chain. What’s your story? Join us at FLX for creative play time

Link matters... These lovely necklaces both explore ways to integrate shape, colour and form. Made independently by 2 jewellery explorers, it’s interesting to note strong similarities here, yet still these necklaces carry a different make-up. Viktoria comes to Flux for self directed Tuesday extra time... her necklace began with beach finds- 2 pieces of glass, human-made from sand, then cracked, shaped and polished over time by the sea’s wild buffering, rhythmic pattern. Note how this organic processing brings new life to the glass! Now having living form, these sea glass beings remain ever connected; the interrelated silver links add more to the story of how her green beauties took form. The second necklace starts with other influence... Karla loves her labradorite ring, and she sought to make matching piece of jewellery; our 10week chains and links course at Flux was a timely invitation to give structure to her designs. In combining stone with silver, oval with rectangular form, solid stone with hollow box, Karla’s pendant presents geometric interplay... additionally we might see an otherworldly window, a dream, a door, a landscape... draping pleasingly from a repetition of oval links that make her chain. What’s your story? Join us at FLX for creative play time