Dan Haga

Dan started making jewelry in 1991 and has continued to learn something new every year since. However, he feels his real education was in the making of more than 8,000 fabricated pieces. He has taught at William Holland School since 1995.

Silver I – Dan Haga

For beginners only on April 19th!! In this class, students will learn the basics of silver from lighting and how to handle the torch, soldering, sawing, and hammering. You will learn how to buff & polish your pieces. Approximately 4 projects will be completed at a cost of $20 to $60 each, most students will spend approximately $150.00 to $200.00, based on 4 to 5 projects and a $40.00 lab fee, which covers the use of paste solder, saw blades, ultra cleaner to clean finished work after polishing, use cupronil to prevent fire scale. It will not be necessary for you to bring tools to this class, but bring any you have. Prerequisite: Absolutely NO previous silver experience on April 19th!! Open to all on Dan’s other dates.

Silver II – Dan Haga

Silver II Students will advance their skills well beyond Silver I. Students will work from projects selected by Dan. There will be a $40 Lab fee and 5-7 projects with prices ranging from $35.00 and up to a high of $100.00. Sometimes 14K accents will be used in a project. Cost of class will run from $200.00 to $250.00. Please bring your own tools. Prerequisite: 2 classes of Silver I.

Silver II, Southwest Jewelry – Dan Haga

The student will learn the art of overlay-design, stamping-design, and use of Turquoise in designing this jewelry. Lab fee $40, approximate materials fee is $200.00 to $300.00. Prerequisite: It is required that the student has completed Silver I & II before they will be able to keep up in this class.

Work Completed in These Classes