Mentorship is the fastest way to go from where you are today, to where you want to be! Learn How Mentorship Works or join this mentors group below. Not sure what stage you are? Click here for descriptions.
In the Mastrius community, I look forward to having a prolonged period of working together to develop each person’s studio practice and creating a community of trust and support that will help to drive each participant towards their goals. Members can expect to learn a variety of applicable skills and techniques that they can take directly into their own studio practice of jewelry making and enamelling.
From the basics to more complex jewelry making and enamelling skills, a full spectrum of demonstrations will be provided, specific requests will also be welcomed.
Discussions will cover the practical and conceptual aspects of jewelry and its contemporary setting with its historical background. We’ll also address; how to get the most out of your studio practice, with the consideration that each person’s needs will be different. Let’s open our curiosity and break out our love of jewelry!
My works pull inspiration from landscapes, floral and architectural forms, blending the natural and constructed. Taking fragments from life moments and distilling the essence of these moments to evoke feelings in the viewer, the works stimulate personal associations with objects and environments that spark memories and emotions. I seek for people who view or wear my works to have a memory relationship with the works, as I do. The references for my works, while taken from specific moments in my life are utilized in an ambiguous manner. Intended to evoke memories and emotions.
Technique Demos may include: jewelry fabrication: sawing, soldering, solder set-ups, fabrication layout, wax carving: sculptural and geometric stone setting: bezel, tab, basket, prong, tube settings and variations on each, small scale forging and forming: learn how to move the metal to achieve your desired results through careful forging.
Jennifer’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Technique
Technical:
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Design for Jewelry
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Technique Demos: jewelry fabrication, wax carving, enamelling, stone setting
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Teaching How to Self Critique
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Providing Critiques – get the most out of them and learn where you can improve
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Studio Setup for Jewelry Creation
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Supplies and tools – How to set up your studio space. What tools do you really need, where to save, and where to spend.
“Mastrius is a perfect balance of accountability, community and fun. It feels like family. Family that makes you a better you.” ~ Elizabeth, Emerging Artist
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If the group you’re interested in has a waitlist, you have the option to join another group to get started. When your group opens we can transfer you over.
Your Membership Includes (click here):
Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
Aspiring
Mentorship Membership
$ USD64/Month
Next session: January 15, 2025
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST Wed
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jennifer Wells is a studio artist and educator originally from the U.S but currently living in Italy. She holds an MFA, in Metalsmithing & Jewelry Design and has completed artist-in-residencies at:
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN
Pocosin Arts in Columbia, NC
Jentel Foundation near Banner, WY
She has worked for several U.S based Craft Schools, in a variety of roles.
As an educator, Jennifer has taught for and been a visiting Artist at Universities throughout the U.S and for study abroad programs based in Italy. She serves on the Board of Vita Institute and teaches short workshops on various enamelling and metalsmithing techniques throughout Europe and the U.S. In recent years she has curated multiple international exhibitions focused on jewelry and enamelling.
Her works have been featured in multiple publications and are in the collections of the Enamel Arts Foundation, Racine Museum, All Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Crocker Art Museum, The Metal Museum, and Private Collections.
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