August 30th 2025 : Sea to Studio: Jewelry from Coastal Treasures

ONE DAY WORKSHOP 
*all classes meet in person at Katie's jewelry studio in Greenville, South Carolina

Saturday, August 30th, 2025 9-5 PM

Turn Your Treasured Beach Finds Into Beautiful Wearable Jewels!

As summer fades into fall, give your coastal treasures new life. In this hands-on, one-day class, you’ll learn how to drill seashells, shark teeth, and other found objects to transform them into stunning wearable pieces.

We’ll walk you through how to safely work with fragile natural materials, add gold or silver findings, and assemble a one-of-a-kind necklace or charm cluster that captures the spirit of your summer.

What you’ll learn:

• How to safely drill and/or capture shell, bone, coral, sea glass, or fossil materials

• Design principles for creating beautiful wearable compositions

• Tips for securing unusually shaped objects and working with raw metal wire

• Beginner Soldering (with special considerations for fragile found objects)
  
  

• Professional finishing with sterling or gold findings

Bring your own beachcombed treasures or select something from our curated studio collection. 

*We recommend bringing more objects than you expect to use so that we can select the pieces that are best suited to our working methods.  

*Each student will make a minimum of 1 piece, but many students will make several, depending on complexity.

No experience necessary!  Just bring your creativity and curiosity.

This class is perfect for beginners!

*no stone setting will be covered in this class.

The class fee includes instruction only, materials fees are separate.  Sterling is sold to each student individually and the cost is weight based, so each student's fee is different depending on how much silver their projects utilize.  Typical costs for a student average around $40-$80 per class, but can increase if students prefer to use heavier weights, large formats, or gold.  
*Students who wish to work in gold can, but we will need to chat ahead of class to determine what styles and how much gold to order specifically for you. 
14K Gold is significantly more expensive than silver!

Prerequisite: None! This class is designed for those without prior experience.

Workshop Cancellation Policy:

Student Cancellation:
Due to the small class sizes and demand for each seat, if you are unable to attend a class for any reason, please notify Katie as soon as possible to allow another student to register for the class. 

Please note, we cannot offer refunds for student cancellations, but we can offer credit to be applied toward a future workshop based on the time frame in which you have notified us of your cancellation.

• Please notify us at least 72 hours prior to the workshop date and time for full credit towards another workshop.
• Less than 72 hours notice from class date and time, you will receive a 50% credit towards another workshop.
• If cancelled within 24 hours of workshop or if you are a no-show to class, we cannot offer any refund or class credit.  

*While extenuating circumstances happen from time to time and will be overlooked -- Katie reserves the right to unenroll and/or prevent future enrollments from any student that exhibits repeated cancellations.  Students who habitually enroll and then cancel, particularly at the last minute, may not be allowed to enroll in future classes, as this creates scheduling problems for everyone and often results in total cancellation of a class.  


Low-Enrollment Cancellation:
Workshop cancellations are decided three days before the start date. In the rare event that Katie must cancel a workshop due to insufficient enrollment, currently enrolled students will have the option to have the entire class fee refunded or held as credit for future workshops.

Age limitation:
This class is appropriate for students aged 16+, however students aged 9-16 may be permitted with a parent who is also a paying student class participant.