Alloy: A Metalsmithing Community

We just wrapped up our Spring Creative Challenge “Rings That ‘DO’ Things” and we are SO impressed by what our members whipped up!

The fabulous jury members & brought their experienced insight and metalsmithing expertise to narrow down our winners. Major thanks and praise to this wonderful team.

In First Place was with his ring “Coaster”, Second was with her working whistle rings, Third was with his ring “knight’s helm” and Honorable Mention to with her matchbox ring featuring working drawer and strike plate !!!

All of our members worked so hard on this challenge and really impressed the judges and we couldn’t be more proud.

The Summer Creative Challenge starts on JUNE 15th! Are you going to join us to see if you can win the $150 cash prize?! It’s easy (and FREE!!!) for ALL member types! Ask us how to become a member and join in on the fun!

It’s A Foundry Friday Feature! Meet one of our members and frequent Foundry Friday Flyers, Bethany!

“Casting on Foundry Fridays at Alloy is like getting to feel the excitement of Christmas morning, once a month.”

Bethany started wax carving in October 2025 and has been fully immersed ever since. She’s already gathered much of the equipment needed for her home casting setup, but while her studio comes together, she’s been joining Foundry Friday every month to keep practicing with support and guidance.
Since starting, she’s experienced both exciting successes and frustrating setbacks—but she keeps showing up ready to learn. From wax carving and construction to experimenting with organics and plastics, Bethany has explored a wide range of casting techniques and continues pushing herself to discover what’s possible.

How Foundry Friday works:
Book your investment appointment. Starts the first Thursday of each month (unless otherwise noted). Choose a 15-minute investment slot between 10 AM – 1 PM — one appointment per flask.

Prep your waxes. By the start of your scheduled investment appointment, your waxes must be weighed and secured to the flask base so your flask is ready to invest.

Invest your flask. You’ll work independently, but our casting assistant will be nearby if you need a quick check. Once finished, your flask is added to the Friday casting lineup.

Burnout overnight. We’ll handle the burnout so it’s ready to pour the next day.

Cast on Friday! An instructor is will be there during the whole session to assist.

*MUST have taken Beginning Casting for Jewelry* OR *Alloy Investment Orientation*

Send us a DM if you have questions or to book your appointment!

TONIGHT!!! Everyone is invited — who’s everyone?? Friends, family, your crazy rock hound neighbor, heck, bring your dog! We can’t wait to see you there.

Member Spotlight!! Meet Allen!
has been involved with Alloy for some time now, but recently became a bench member a little over a year ago! We’ve enjoyed watching Allen grow in his skills and always grateful for our little (and mighty!) community here in Kansas City.

Curious about joining Alloy and becoming a member? Shoot us a message!

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Our mini workshops sell out FAST! 🔥🔥

Who? What? When? Where? How? These are the questions that haunt new and experienced jewelers alike when determining how to handle their scrap metal. Join Julianne in this BRAND NEW Workshop where we will discuss how to process, store, and send in your various scrap types to refiners to make some extra dough $$$!

This will be a discussion based workshop, which will include a handout for you to take notes on and take home with you.
We will define the different types of scrap, and explain how to process each one and give our recommendation on where to send them!

DM us “SCRAP” to get a link to tickets right to your inbox before they are gone!

So what can YOU make at a make and take? DM us “Make and Take” for the link to our latest live make and take workshops, tickets available to the public NOW!

These workshops are our Alloy Fan Favorites, so they sell out fast. Remember, email subscribers get first dibs. So if you want to be the first to know when our latest workshops go live, be sure to subscribe (use the link in our bio — > )

Get ready to MAKE it and TAKE it at Alloy this summer! We can’t wait to welcome you all in the studio.

Members! It is your lucky day. FIRST, you will be getting some happy mail today if you are subscribed. So be sure to check your email because we know you won’t want to miss what is inside!

SECOND! Our next Metalsmith Meetup is 5/28. Our Metalsmith Meetups are open to the public, so come meet us at KC Bier Co. from 6-8pm to meet the Alloy community and instructors, or just hang out with a super cool group of people who just happen to love lighting things on fire 🔥

Save this post to save the date for 5/28! We hope to see you there.

Black Friday - but skip the big box stores! We are combining Black Friday with Small business Saturday and Cyber Monday in ONE!

If you shop from November 28th - December 1st, you’ll automatically receive 25% off our merch (no code required!). This includes OLD AND NEW merch!
Oh and we just added a patch version of the Monster Bench design!!!

Treat yourself or a fellow metalsmith to some bad ass locally designed ( .studio ), locally made merch( shout out ) and support a local business in the process.

https://www.alloymetalsmithing.com/alloy-merch

Thankful is an understatement. This community of metalsmiths and makers has become so incredible. We are grateful for our studio, our instructors and all of YOU in our Alloy community. Happy Thanksgiving!