Janice offers classes in pearl knotting, and stone setting through the Rotary Centre for the Arts at 421
Cawston Ave., Kelowna. Please call (250) 717-5304 to book your spot...
Janice “followed her bliss” when she made the decision a few months after her husband of 59 years died in
May 2005, to welcome the challenge of taking her talent and experience to a new level: At the age of 78 she
opened her studio at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna’s Cultural District. Not only has she
expanded her own portfolio of eclectic designs which are sold at the Art Ark Gallery, but she felt a
calling to pass on her knowledge to others who yearned to create jewellery, to give them self-confidence
and the pride in saying “I made it myself”. Her students have brought a new dimension to her life: They have
expanded her circle of dear friends and most enthusiastic supporters, and she is never happier than when she
hears what she calls the “Wow Factor”. That is when they bring up the shine of silver on the polishing
machine and see their piece brought to a jubilant finish.
With her dedicated expertise and her kind, patient, witty delivery of the class lessons, Studio 203 is
usually a place filled with laughter. She claims jewellery-making is good for your health - improves your
memory and alertness, is a fast relief from stress, eliminates wrinkles except for laugh lines, and gives
you amazing vitality.
Fall Classes
Basics of Silver Jewelry Making
Course #324a: Saturdays, 12:30 - 3:30pm, September 6, 2008 - September 27, 2008.
Course #324m: Saturdays, 12:30 - 3:30pm, November 8, 2008 - November 29, 2008.
Students in this course will make a sterling silver wide band ring shank. The course covers all the basic
techniques: accurate measurements, sawing, forming and pressure fitting, soldering, filing, sanding and
polishing. With this knowledge the student can then make any type of jewellery project. Each student has
his/her own workstation.
This course has a maximum of five students. Silver as well as an instruction notebook written by Janice
Fingado are included. Course Fee: $195.00
Beading Workshop
Course #324b: Tuesday, 10:00am - 4:00pm, September 9, 2008.
Course #324h: Thursday, 10:00am - 4:00pm, October 16, 2008.
Course #324r: Tuesday, 10:00am - 4:00pm, November 25, 2008.
This all-day workshop teaches students to work with Softflex wire and how to attach clasps using crimps.
Students can select from a wide variety of semi-precious stone beads, pearls and silver beads.
Course Fee: $150.00
Earrings Workshop
Course #324c: Wednesdays, 1:00 - 4:00pm, September 17, 2008 - September 17, 2008
Course #324i: Thursday, 1:00 - 4:00pm, October 23, 2008
In this course, students take home 2 completed pairs of earrings (silver or gold-filled) using pearls,
stone beads, crystals and silver findings. Students will also learn the correct way to make a perfect
wire-wrapped loop. All materials are included. Course Fee: $110.00
Silver Art Clay Workshop
Course #324d: Sunday, 9:30am - 4:30pm, September 21, 2008.
Course #324g: Sunday, 9:30am - 4:30pm, October 12, 2008.
Course #324n: Sunday, 9:30am - 4:30pm, November 16, 2008.
In this all-day workshop students will work with the exciting material called Art Clay, a mixture of Fine
Silver and clay which can be rolled, printed, stamped, pierced, shaped and formed in the exact way pottery
is made. After it is dried and fired, the clay burns away and you are left with a piece of .999 Fine Silver,
which can be burnished to a high polish and is ready to be hung on a silver chain or a pair of ear wires.
It must be worked quickly before the clay dries, which leads to an organizational approach and a
spontaneous piece of art. This fun course is guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing. Please bring
your own lunch. Course Fee: $175.00
Knitted Cuff Bracelet *NEW*
Course #324e: Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00pm, September 23, 2008.
Course #324j: Thursday, 1:00 - 4:00pm, October 30, 2008.
In this new workshop you will learn how to thread semi-precious stones, pearls, Swarovski crystals, etc. on
coloured wire and then knit them in to a cuff to make an elegant piece of jewelry. As worn by Sex and the
City star Kristin Davis. All materials included. Note: Basic knitting skills are required to join this
class. Course Fee: $110.00
Stone Setting
Course #324f: Tuesdays, 12:30pm - 3:30pm, October 7, 2008 - October 28, 2008
This 4 week course can be taken concurrently with the Basics of Silver Jewelry Making course and teaches
all of the methods used for setting stones: bezels, prong settings, curved bezels, floating bezels, flush
settings, etc. At the end of the course the student will have time to solder the setting to a basic ring
shank and have completed an elegant ring.
Please note that materials (silver & stones) will be of an addtional cost dependent upon stones
chosen. Course Fee: $185.00
Pearl Knotting Workshop
Course #324k: Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00pm, November 4, 2008.
This 3-hour workshop will teach students how to make a classic 16" knotted pearl necklace using 7-8mm pearls
on a silk thread, with a gold-filled or sterling silver clasp. Students will use a tri-cord knotter which
produces a perfect knot each time. All materials are included. Course Fee: $140.00
Rock & Gem Identification
Course#324p: Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00pm, November 18, 2008.
In her studio, Janice will demonstrate stones that many students use in their projects. The origins, method
of collecting, characteristics, how to detect a superior stone from an inferior stone; how to set them and
how to take care of them, how pearls are created and how to take care of them - all are covered. Starting
with 400-million-year-old fossils and ending with man-made laboratory discoveries, this interesting talk is
based on the instructor’s many experiences and her far-flung travels! Course Fee: $35.00
