“That was the first time I heard a reference to that.” While he didn’t intentionally fashion the cabinet after the folksy eighteenth-century kitchen essential conceived to protect food from insects and animals in the days before refrigeration, he doesn’t mind the comparison. “Some of the older-generation folks I know said it looked like a pie safe,” Leed recalls. The premise has been around for centuries: Cabinets of curiosities have existed since the Italian Renaissance, when collecting rare and unusual souvenirs from the world over indicated social status, and viewing the assemblage doubled as party entertainment.īut for a segment of the audience who saw Leed’s sleek and modern finished design at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York last spring, a classic American piece sprang to mind. “The driving narrative for this piece was the notion of having something tucked away that’s not completely hidden,” says Leed, a designer in Durham, North Carolina. Studio JSD - Jewelry, Makerspace + Galleryĭesert Sands RV Park - 1940 N.An envy-inducing statement piece puts a contemporary spin on the classic curio cabinetīehind the luminous bronze screen and the handsome dark walnut casing of Elijah Leed’s Warren Cabinet, pottery, art books, trinkets, and turtle shells are meant to nestle next to model ships, marbles, and Matchbox cars. Waltham, MA Farm: The New England Craft Programīirmingham, MI Institute of Arts/Kirk Newman Art School MAINE Artascope/ Bickford Education CenterĤ8 Railroad Square, Yarmouth, College of Art Continuing Studies LOUISIANA New Orleans School of Metalsmithing (There are multiple chapters ( NE Chapter, SE Chapter, West Chapter, NW Chapter, SW Chapter and South Chapter) of this Private lessons, small group and Museum of Fine Arts These are other online classes you can check out!Īcademy Of Art University fully accredited degree programs (AA, BFA, MA, MFA.) She has some very unique classes that will build on top of the skills you already have. Rosy Revolver courses open up a few times a year so Jessica can support jewelers as they go through her courses. *I am a paid affiliate for these online classes, I have personally taken the courses and think they are fabulous! You also receive exclusive promotions from our sponsors! Become a Patron! If this community and my content has been helpful to you, or if you are a school and this page has been helpful for students to locate you and you'd like to support the page you can become a patron for $5 a month! This support helps me continue to provide free jewelry making content and resources. If you have any questions or feedback please reach out to the schools directly! If you would like to suggest an addition to this list or an edit please email me: with "CLASS DIRECTORY" + your city and state in the subject line of the email, include in the email the name of school, physical address, link to website, link to Instagram and contact number (where applicable). I have not personally taken classes at most of these locations (wish I could) so I have no experience or additional information about them. Just a little disclosure: the following list of schools and workshops have no direct affiliation with Metalsmith Society.
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