Greetings!
Spring is here, and things are buzzing at the Academy!
We have two final Masters Symposium classes this weekend. Our first webinar, featuring Harriete Estel Berman's Prepare for Success, still has openings in person, and you can participate online, wherever you are!
Next is the Spring Jewelry Technician Intensive, from May 7 to June 29, 2012. This is a chance to work one-on-one with Alan Revere, who personally teaches the program.
The Summer/Fall 2012 brochures are in the mail, and you should receive your copy soon. Let us know if you want to be on our mailing list.
Revere is offering an exiting variety of new elective classes next semester, including Flush Setting, iPhone Photography, a one-day Jewelry Making Introduction, and our Green Jewelry class as a webinar. Check our web site for the schedule and descriptions.
Please register early online. Classes are filling quickly and it is disappointing when the class you want is full, so if you are thinking about registering, now is the time! Thank you for being part of the Revere community.
See you in class,
- Christine Dhein
Assistant Director
   
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Spotlight on the Symposium
Collaborations & Webinar
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Last Chance for our 2012 Masters Symposium!
Webinar Class Only $79!  Prepare for Success with Harriete Estel Berman
This weekend - April 28-29, 2012
9 am to 4 pm
The Revere Academy will offer its first webinar class, in conjunction with the 2012 Masters Symposium class, "Prepare for Success." This class is designed to give artists the skills they need to succeed in running their own businesses. The class is open to artists in all media and students at all levels can participate in this class without the costs of travel and lodging. Webinar participants will be able to view the instructor and Powerpoint presentations in real time via their computer, as well as submit their own questions and images for review by the instructor, much like the students who attend the class in person. Call 415-391-4179 to register for the class today! Register now!
Masters Symposium Collaborations Each week during our Masters Symposium visiting masters collaborate to create a special, one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry that is auctioned, and sold to one lucky winning bidder. Michael Boyd and Jayne Redman collaborated to create a lovely pendant in 24k gold, sterling silver and lapis purchased by Revere's office manager, Dara Villonco. Thomas Herman collaborated with Michael Boyd to create a striking chased and pierced pendant in 18k gold and jade, purchased by Revere student Lourdes Rufino-Maceda. This week, Charles Lewton-Brain is collaborating with Gregoré and Jennifer Morin to create a one-of-a-kind brooch. Check out our Facebook page next week to see the third Masters collaboration and find out who was the lucky winning bidder.  Left: Collaboration by Michael Boyd and Jayne Redman
Right: Collaboration by Thomas Herman and Michael Boyd |
Registration Open for Summer / Fall 2012
Open Session: July 13- Oct 6, JTI Program: Oct 9-Dec 5
|  Registration for our Summer / Fall 2012 Open Session and JTI Programs is now open. Check our online calendar, and selection of new elective classes. Register now!
For those of you on our mailing list, our new brochure should be arriving in the mail soon. If you are not on our mailing list, |
Student Success Stories
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Future of Design Contest Winner: Bree Richey
 Four Swirl earrings and Marquis Flower necklace in sterling silver
by Bree Richey
Bree Richey and Christine Dhein at the Future of Design Award Ceremony
Revere graduate, Bree Richey, has been named the winner of the inaugural Future of Design contest, a business incubator competition for jewelry designers created by Cindy Edelstein of the Jeweler's Resource Bureau and Andrea Hill of StrategyWerx. As the winner, Richey will receive more than $250,000 in business services and support. See more of Bree's jewelry collections.
2012 Raphael Founder's Prize Winner: Meghan Patrice Riley
 Meghan Patrice Riley has been selected as the winner of "Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals," the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize competition, at Society for Contemporary Craft. Revere @ Manika Exhibition a Success 
Ring by Chris Nelson and Rings by Jenny Reeves The Revere community and San Francisco jewelry collectors gathered to celebrate the opening of Revere @Manika on April 13th at Manika Jewelry near Union Square. The exhibition ran through April 23rd, and included the work of Alan Revere along with Revere faculty, graduates and students, Michael David Sturlin, Jenny Reeves, Alice Abrams, Mirkhabib Abzalov, Janice Hagey-Schmidt, Chris Nelson, Karen Olsen Ramsey. |
Bench Tip from Alan Revere
Bead It: A Quick Trick for Polishing Beading Tools
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If you do any pavé or bright-cut setting, you probably take very good care of your beading tools. These little concave punches that shape and polish setting beads come in sets of about 15 sizes. They can be mounted into a handle and pressed onto metal that has been raised with a graver to hold a stone.
The problem with beading tools, as with most tools, is that they come from the factory in a semi-manufactured condition. The tool steel is fine, but the finish is lacking. In order for beading tools to leave smoothly shaped, shiny beads, they need to be polished. Here's how:
Start by placing a piece of 4/0 polishing paper onto a hard, flat wood surface. Mount a beading tool into a flex-shaft. With the motor spinning, hold the tool perpendicular to the polishing paper and press down. As the tool spins and is pressed into the paper, it becomes polished. After one or two presses, the tool should leave a perfectly shaped and perfectly polished little "bead" in the polishing paper. It is now ready for use.
This series of tips is from Alan Revere's continuing column in
MJSA Journal, and will be collected into a book. Find more tips like this one in Mr. Revere's book, 101 Bench Tips, published by MJSA. Illustration is by Sean Kane.
Order now!
More Bench Tips
Visit our new and improved Bench Tips page with clever, time-saving techniques taken from the book, 101 Bench Tips for Jewelers by Alan Revere. Also included are 102+ bench tips that have been recently published in his column in "MJSA Journal," and Green Jewelry Tips from Christine Dhein. New entries will be added each month, so be sure to check back often.
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| Thank You for Reading RevereNews! | The Revere Academy is a professional jewelry school where master craftsmen pass on their skills and knowledge to students at all levels. Beginners and hobbyists as well as experienced working bench jewelers come for dozens of short, intensive classes (just 3-days!) and diploma programs lasting 2-4 months. I hope you will be able to join us for a class soon!
Sincerely, Christine Dhein
Assistant Director
Revere Academy
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Spring Jewelry Technician Intensive
May 7-June 29, 2012
New Class Added! |  | We just added a second section to the Spring Jewelry Technician Intensive (JTI) program. Both sections will study with Alan Revere and other experienced faculty during the two-month JTI Program, which is the most effective way to build the skills and confidence to succeed as a bench jeweler. The Intensive's full time format is the perfect way to prepare for a career in jewelry.
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The Right Tool
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Otto Frei now carries
Revere pliers.
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Chased & Forged
Sept 10-12
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Revere
on the Road
|  | The Revere Academy will present classes taught by Michael David Sturlin and Christine Dhein at the 2012 Bead & Button Show in Milwaukee, WI, June 1-9, 2012.
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| Opportunities |
Call for Mokume Gane Images
Baltimore metalsmith, Wayne Werner is looking for images of mokume gane work that he can include in a lecture he's giving on the topic at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design. Send your images to Wayne Werner. A compiled CD will then be donated to the Library at the Mint Museum.
Deadline: May 1
Master
Artist-in-Residence Opening
The Appalachian Artisan Center located in Hindman, KY, has an annual opening in its Master Artist-in-Residence Program for artists working in metals. The one-year residencies begin September 1.
Benefits include a substantial stipend, housing, state-of-the-art studio space, and teaching opportunities. They define "Master Artist" as someone who has significant experience and skill in their given field; college degrees preferred but not required.
Deadline: May 25
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International Design Contest and Exhibition
The SIERAAD Award NEW TRADITIONAL JEWELLERY®
An international contest for gold, silver and jewellery designers, inspired by old traditions. This year's theme is "New Nomads." Build bridges between the traditional jewelry of nomads, pilgrims, explorers, globetrotters, refugees and colonists, and possible symbol bearers representing the mobility of New Nomads.
Deadline: June 1
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Halstead Grant for Silver Jewelry Designers
Halstead Bead Inc. invites new silver jewelry designers to enter its 7th annual grant competition for artisans in the industry. The winner of the 2012 business development grant will receive a prize package including $6,000 in cash and merchandise.
Deadline: June 9
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MJSA Education Foundation Scholarships
U.S. students enrolled in jewelry-related educational programs are invited to apply for an MJSA Education Foundation scholarship. Every year, the Foundation--a 501(c)(3) subsidiary of MJSA--offers awards of $500 to $2,000 through its Scholarship Group, which consists of five permanent endowment funds managed by the Rhode Island Foundation. Last year, six students received awards totaling nearly $7,000.
Deadline: June 15
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SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarships
Three scholarships are given annually. Undergraduate and graduate students are juried separately, and at least one award goes to an undergraduate.
Awards: $1,000-$2,000
Deadline: March 15
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Turtle Love Co.'s
Jewelry Design Contest
Open to all legal residents of the US, professional and novice alike. Seeking engagement ring designs that feature a single 5 mm faceted stone. A panel of judges will select first and second prize winners.
Prizes: $500-$1000
Deadline: August 1
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crafthaus "Behind the Brooch" Online Exhibition
A lot of metalsmiths pay particular attention to the backsides of their brooches. If that sounds like you, check out this online exhibition coordinated by SNAG member Lorena Angulo. Deadline: August 1
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2012 Bolo Tie Competition
This competition enables both students and professionals to showcase New Mexico's state tie, the Bolo. This is particularly significant in 2012, as this year marks New Mexico's centennial. Merchandise awards provided by Rio Grande. Finalists in both the student and professional categories will be showcased in an exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe.
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