CLASSES: New Schedule 2011

The latest Satin Crystals class schedule for the rest of 2011 can be found here: http://www.satincrystals.com/servlet/the-template/classes/Page

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NEWS: New Crystal Class & Free C.H.I. Membership for Healers!

Free C.H.I. Membership:  $40 Value One year free membership and profile on californiahypnosis.us for students who enroll in our Crystal Healing Certification class this October, and have qualified for a healing certification through CHI. This is a NEW Crystal Class focusing on Crystal Kundalini, the 7 Energy Bodies, Crystal Color Therapy, Crystal Massage.  All new material taught by Master Teach Dr. Ann Satin, who will be flying in from O.C. Early Bird discount available through Thursday Aug 25th. For more details, visit satincrystals.com 415-553-8987:  Call Today. August Special 50% Off Sale on God Figures Crystal Ganesh, Kwan Yin, Buddha, Angels & More. Call 415-553-8987 for showroom appointment or order on our website.   August Special 50% Off Slab & Chakra Plate Sale Agate, Petrified Wood, Jasper and More!  Natural Slabs and Chakra Plates all 1/2 off! Introducing Jewelry Making Workshop:  Clay and Crystals Master Jewelry artist Sheila Satin offers this class for the first time in October! Satincrystals.com for details and enrollment.

CLASS: Jewelry Sunday

QUESTION: Hello! I really thought your class on how to make jewerly was this coming Sunday. And I really wanted to go and can't make this Saturday. If you can, please give this class again in the near future. I would love to make jewerly with crystles and bring along a few friends also. Thank you for your time and I hope to meet you real soon.

ANSWER: Thank you for writing to me! Yes, this time the jewelry class is on Saturday. However, if you have at least 3 students, I can have a custom class for you anytime you would like to schedule one depending on space in our calendar!

When you have some dates and friends ready to register, let me know and I will set it up for you!

Let's keep in touch!
Sincerely,
Sheila Satin

www.satincrystals.com

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CLASS: Jewelry

Jewelry-Making Class: Beading Dec 4th (Sat) 12-5pm:
Jewelry Designer Sheila Satin will instruct you on how to professionally make genuine crystal healing jewelry pieces through beading techniques. She will begin by explaining the properties and powers of the different crystals that will be used. You will also learn how to clean, charge, and program the stones. In this session you will have the chance to make:

· Beaded Elastic Bracelets
· Beaded Memory Wire Bracelets
· Beaded Necklaces
· Beaded Anklets
· Beaded Bookmarks

Tuition includes all wiring materials and instructions. However, actual beads are not included, and starts at $5 per piece created. You can create as many as you like, and infuse them with your personal power and energy!

Tuition: $45

Great hand made gifts for the holidays!!!

Register at Satin Crystals Shop 1718a Polk Street, San francisco or email for paypal invoice at satincrystals@gmail.com or call to pay over the phone at 415-776-7446.


http://www.satincrystals.com/
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CLASS: Jewelry

QUESTION: Hello! I could not make it for the Jewelry Making Workshop (Wire Wrapping) on May 15th. Is there another same or similar workshop planned in the near future? I checked out the events schedule online, but I did not find any this kind of evens for the next few months. Please let me know if there is a possibility to offer the workshop! I really would like to learn how to make jewelry myself. Thank you.

ANSWER: Hello, Thank you for your interest in our jewelry class. Although we don't have anything scheduled yet, we will most likely have another workshop this fall or winter. If you are not already on our email list, please do join us by signing up on on the "Join" link on our website, emailing us at satincrystals@gmail.com or calling into the store! We send out info on our latest classes, events, and specials every once in awhile.

Thanks again,
Lisa Satin

Satin Crystals :: 1718a Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 776-7446
http://www.satincrystals.com

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EVENT: Jewelry Classes

I just taught my Intro to Jewelry Class yesterday and already looking forward to the next one on January 30th. Here is an interesting article...

11 Reasons to Take a Jewelry Class
by Beading Daily

1: Conserve materials
Seems obvious, but I probably wasted a mile of metal in my early forays with wire. If only I had taken a class and seen early on how to, for instance, use wire from the spool to be more economical.

2: Learn safely about safety
If you’re a beginner, absolutely take classes in anything with flame, heat, toxic fumes or corrosive substances. Lampworking is an obvious example, with open flame and potentially explosive consequences. But using a hammer, drill, or dremel poses hazards, too—especially if you’re sitting there thinking, what’s a dremel?
A Bead Fest student has fun in a safely supervised lampworked-glass class.

3: Know the must-have tools
I am oddly attracted to specialty pliers with alien noses and funky-colored handles. And while a tool for bending a “V” in metal is something useful for people who do that a lot, I was taught to achieve this effect with tools I already owned, for the few times I want to do that.
Step by Step Wire Jewelry Editor-in-Chief and Bead Fest teacher Denise Peck brings shopping karma to our Bead Fest director, Karen Keegan.


4: Discover which tools do what
In the same light, if I was making a lot of V shapes, that tool would make sense. And, without the insight of a teacher, I wouldn’t have even known that tool existed.
I’m sure a teacher could tell me what the heck these pliers are!

5: Observe efficiency
Watch a teacher at work. Pay attention to their economy of movement, how they place things at hand in their work space and their sequence of production. Good teachers are usually as productive as they are creative. They can show you ways to be faster as well as better at the technique.
Bead Fest teacher Janice Berkebile shows how to keep your work space organized.


6: Add expert tricks and tips to your repertoire
How often have you seen something demonstrated and said, “Gee, I never thought to do it like that.” Exactly.
Bead Fest teacher and vendor Lisa Niven Kelly shows a student her technique for stamping in metal.


7: Learn about your medium
For instance, I didn’t know until I took a class that I could melt away an entire piece of silver wire trying to fuse it into a ring. The teacher showed me exactly how to position the torch.
Take a class for any kind of work with a torch so you don’t burn up your art. Believe me, I'm talking from experience.

8: Watch a technique in action
Some techniques are just plain difficult to explain in words or illustrations. I only learned Viking knit by watching it demonstrated by a skilled teacher.
Viking knit is easier to learn when you see it done in person. I didn't know which end was up, down, around, or through until I watched Denise Peck actually doing it.


9: Discover new resources
Teachers have their favorite sources and favorite brands for a reason. Expand your own sources for tools and materials from your mentors; consider their tried and true recommendations.

10: Be inspired
Most teachers would love to be spending more time in their studio, so we’re grateful for their generosity in sharing their time and expertise. Teaching is a special calling. Take advantage of being up close to the technique and material in your teacher’s work. Ask questions. Let that visual stimulation encourage you! Above all, show respect and don’t reproduce their designs for your own gain.

11. Make new friends and network
Enjoy the company of others of a like mind. Taking a class is fun. Meet people from many backgrounds with many diverse styles and skills. Share stories of juggling family, jobs, and jewelry. Hear why others are so passionate, and what other art forms lead them here. You’ll learn as much from your fellow students as from the teachers! Plus, you may find yourself with dinner companions!

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