At Factory Two I occasionally taught a jewelry make and take class. I taught people to design pair of earrings in Inkscape, how to laser cut them out of acrylic and how to stain them with alcohol ink.
Duration: 2017 – 2020
Challenge: For a make and take class, everyone should leave with a final product. There was no guarantee that everyone would be able to design a unique pair of earrings after using Inkscape for the first time.
Solution: I made the instructions as detailed as possible, but also prepared a few earring designs that people could use. Each participant made 2 pairs of earrings.
You can download and read the materials that I created for the class, below.
Class participants using alcohol ink to stain their earrings
Example pair of earrings made for class
Student work, raindrop shape
Student work, curved shape
Student work, Michigan and crescent moons