Made to Serve: A Metalsmithing Workshop for the Dinner Table

Don’t let your jewelry box have all the fun! Learn to craft three beautiful and functional items for your holiday table, sure to wow any dinner guests. These also make great housewarming and hostess gifts for the holidays! All items are customizable based on skill-level while maintaining a beginner level approach.

Project 1 is a small bowl and spoon set perfect for fancy salts and herbs or glam it up and use it to sprinkle edible glitter on your baked goods. You’ll learn sinking for the bowl, dapping for the scoop of the spoon, riveting, and forging for the handle.

Project 2 is an herb stripper made from thick sheet metal. Texturing this piece all over, especially with a round hammer, will give you the slightly cupped shape that makes this piece easier to hold and use. You’ll cut it from the sheet and use various tools to create the holes, then round the edges to make it comfortable in the hand.

Project 3 is…