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These workshops are perfect for school groups, corporate events, team building exercises, or just for fun.

A workshop at Macchiarini Creative Design gives each participant the opportunity to create a beautiful, hand-crafted piece of jewelry that is as unique as they are. When students come into our shop, they will be given access to their own individual benches and tool kits with which to work. They will learn some basic techniques, then get started crafting their very own works of art.

Throughout the whole process, our professional metalsmiths will be active and available to help students make their visions come to life.

For pricing, scheduling, and more information, please contact metalworkssf@gmail.com or call (415) 260-0096.

Here are some of the options for our workshops:

Silver Ring Workshop

Guided by our teachers, students will design, craft, and perfect their very own rings. They will use their newfound skills to work with the pre-cut pieces of silver that will become their rings. This is where individual creativity comes into play, as each person will have the ability to customize their metal and create whatever their imagination can inspire.

This is a 2½ hour workshop that can accommodate up to 12 people.

Ring Dish Workshop

In this project, workshop participants will create a copper dish, suitable for containing rings, keys, toothpicks, etc.

Your group will be operating in our studio workshop. Students are given a chunk of pre-cut copper in a size of their choice. From there, they will shape and form and manipulate the metal to create a dish that looks exactly like what it is—a piece made through hard work and determination.

This is a 2½ hour workshop that can accommodate up to 12 people. For enameling, add an additional hour.

Enamel Workshop

This project is for people who love to create beautiful color on their jewelry items. It’s fairly easy to do, and can be completed within an hour and a half.

Students will design a few items that can be hung as earrings, necklaces, or charms. It involves the use of the torch and can be very rewarding to watch the enamel gel onto the surface of your metal art work

This is a 1½ hour workshop.

Custom Coin Design

We will work with you to create a design for a metal coin that can be pressed into an unlimited number of coins. It can feature anything—a name, brand, company logo, or even just a really cool image.

Once the design is approved by you, it will be cast into an iron die that will be used in our custom, high pressure coin press. These coins are about the size of a silver dollar, and can be made in just about any metal, from aluminium to copper to silver.

This option requires at least two weeks of development. After that, each coin can be pressed in about five minutes. The pressing process involves the physical interaction of the participants. Each person can work to make their very own coin, making it an individualized process for everyone involved.