Mendocino Art Center Jewelry Studio

10/13/2026

By popular demand, we’ve added one more impromptu session of Sip & Stack tomorrow night (Tuesday), 5–8 PM at ! ✨ RSVP by dm.

After a delightful weekend hosting four sessions, we’ve had requests for more so we decided to open up another evening of ring-making fun!

Join us for a little sipping, stacking, and metalworking while helping us reach our goal of supporting the Mendocino Art Center’s Jewelry Department as we prepare to represent MAC at New York City Jewelry Week!

Your support helps us share the incredible offerings of the Art Center, from educational programming and artist residencies to our beautiful gallery and the amazing creative community that makes it all possible.

Plus, you’ll leave with your own hand-crafted stacker rings and a crash course in the basics of metalsmithing!

Come make something beautiful, support the arts, and spend an evening creating in community with us. We’d love to see you there! ✨

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🗓️ Tomorrow, Tuesday Oct 13, 5–8 PM

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10/07/2026

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Reserve your spot for Sip & Stack. ✨By request we have added a 14k gold option! ✨ SIP & STACK A 3-Hour metalsmithing workshop + fundraiser from 5-8:00 on Oct 10th or Oct 11th. Join us at the Mendocino Art Center for a beautiful evening of metalsmithing, w**e, and making. In this 3-hour i...

10/05/2026

So, you cant make the stacker ring event but would still like to donate! Here is a link to donate directly to MAC jewelry department to support our trip to NYC Jewelry Week! We hope to bring awareness of our amazing studio, wonderful art center and active residency program. https://shrinejewelry.com/products/donation-nyc-jewelry-week

10/02/2026

Sand Cast Sunday is on for this Sunday! I will be hosting our sand casting open studio from 12-4:00, $55! Come melt some metal and make some magic with me. I will be bringing the core casting kits, the vacuum assist, red clay, flasks and a plethora of shapes to base your designs on. Silver and bronze casting grain available for purchase. Video of what I like to call the molten yolk!

09/27/2026

💍 Make a set of stacker rings and help send the Mendocino Art Center Jewelry Department to New York City Jewelry Week! 🗽

Hanna-Katarina and Brienna Hall will be representing the Mendocino Art Center in New York City, sharing our work and spreading the word about our Artist-in-Residence program and educational offerings.

Join us for an evening of jewelry making, local w**e, and community. You’ll create your own set of three handcrafted sterling silver stacking rings while helping bring the Mendocino Art Center and its jewelry programs to a wider audience in NYC.

Choose your session:
📅 October 10 or 11
⏰ 5–8 PM
💰 $120 — includes materials + your first beverage

Space is limited, so reserve your seat!

Come make something beautiful, support local artists, and help us take the Mendocino Art Center Jewelry Department to NYC! 🗽💍
https://shrinejewelry.com/products/sip-stack-a-fundraiser-to-send-mendocino-art-center-to-nycjewelry-week-fundraiser?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web

09/26/2026

✨ Seats are filling up for our Stacker Ring Workshop! ✨

Reserve your spot ASAP! Register with QR code link in the comments.

Not only will you leave with your very own handcrafted set of three silver stacking rings, you’ll also be supporting the Mendocino Art Center jewelry department as Hanna-Katarina and I head to New York City Jewelry Week to represent MAC and our jewelry community.

💍 Make something beautiful.
🍷 Sip local w**es, create, and connect.
🗽 Help us get to NYC!

October 10 or 11 | 5–8 PM
$120 | Materials + first beverage included

Space is limited—grab your spot before they’re gone!

Mendocino Art Center

08/05/2026

Keum-Boo: Gold Foiling for Jewelry on August 29th from 10-5:00 at Mendocino Art Center. On this day-long workshop on you will learn the ancient Korean art of keum-boo, where 24 kt gold foil is fused to fine silver!

Instructors:

Keum-boo (Korean: 금부; also Geumbu, Kum-Boo or Kum-bu—Korean “attached gold”) is an ancient Korean Gilding technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to silver.

Traditionally, this technique is accomplished by first depleting a surface of stealing silver to bring up a thin layer of fine silver to the surface. Then 24 carat gold foil is applied with heat and pressure—to produce a permanentdiffusion bond. Keum-boo is a beautiful, cost effective and sustainable technique of utilizing gold in your designs and creating beautiful and intricate surface decoration. Keum-boo can be used on the surface of jewelry and hollowware. Whether you’re new to the process or looking to refine your skills, this hands-on workshop offers a fun and rewarding way to elevate your metalwork with the beauty of gold.

In this workshop you will learn all the history and basics of this beautiful surface technique and how to: depletion guild, how to design with intention, cut and apply the gold foil to three dimensional, flat, and textured metal surfaces, techniques for finishing.

Together we investigate the various ways metal surfaces, particularly fine silver, can be enhanced by manipulation and through the application of gold foil, to a prepared silver surface.

07/06/2026

✨ Save the date! ✨

Join us on August 8th from 5-8:00 for the opening reception of Quicksilver, an exhibition celebrating the talented studio artists of the Mendocino Art Center Jewelry Department.

Explore a beautiful collection of handcrafted sterling silver and gemstone rings, bracelets, earrings, and pendants, each showcasing the creativity and craftsmanship of our studio community.

Featuring the work of .nicho, , Lynda Sheffel, and Nikki Luka.

We’d love to see you there! ✨ Bracelet by Lynda Sheffel

06/24/2026

A big thank you to Brian Weissman and Erin S. Daly for a wonderful Spoons Workshop! We are so fortunate to have had you share your knowledge, skill, and enthusiasm with our community. Metal was formed, annealed, and transformed into beautiful handcrafted spoons, and a great time was had by all. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a day of learning, creativity, and connection. ✨🥄✨ Mendocino Art Center

06/17/2026

Advanced Sand Casting with Gemstones w Brienna Hall - July 18 & 19 In this advanced workshop, we will explore stone selection, heat tolerance, mold preparation, and various setting techniques. Students will learn to cast gemstones in place using two-part molds and the core casting system. We will explore flush, tube, channel, and bead setting methods, create prong settings, and work with a vacuum assist to achieve precise, cast-in-place results. Participants will refine finishing and setting skills while gaining confidence in cast-in-place gemstone methods. We will be working in Sterling Silver and Cubic Zirconia.

About the Instructor:
Brienna holds a bachelor’s degree in sculpture with a minor in fiber arts from the Kansas City Art Institute. Her creative journey began as a photographer and milliner, where she honed her eye for composition, texture, and form through analog photography and the creation of sculptural headwear. Over time, this path evolved into Shrine Jewelry, where she unites her love of beauty, symbolism, and fine metalwork.

Working from her studio in Mendocino, California, Brienna creates jewelry that reflects both elegance, meaning and individuality. In addition to her studio practice, she shares her expertise through workshops on sand casting precious metals, keum-boo, and Argentium silver, teaching throughout Northern California and beyond. Mendocino Art Center Shrine Jewelry by Brienna Hall

Cast gemstones directly in silver using advanced sand casting techniques.