Award-winning jeweler/metalsmith Joy Raskin at Sandwich Home Industries in August

SANDWICH — Award-winning jeweler/metalsmith Joy Raskin will teach a one-day workshop in August on how to make a wire chain.

Raskin's is scheduled for Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will feature beginner jewelry techniques of wire wrapping, knitting hammering and spiraling wire to create basic link chains such as Egyptian Spiral Chains and the Viking (knitted) Chain, using 14 gauge to 26 gauge round wire.

Raskin has been a silversmith since 1984, and has exhibited throughout the U.S., Ireland and New Zealand, showcasing both her jewelry and flatware designs.

She has received many awards for her work. She was commissioned by the State Council on the Arts to create the Cultural Access Award for the Governor's Awards in the Arts in 2001. Her work is included in many collections, including the White House and Smithsonian Institution.

Also in August, Elizabeth Craumer, a popular pastel artist, will be teaching a workshop titled "Exploring Color in Pastel" on Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Sandwich Home Industries League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. This workshop will concentrate on using color, and becoming more confident with your color selection, while concentrating on breaking down some of the color mysteries and doing color exercises. Instructor will demonstrate techniques and assist students at their easels. The day will end with a critique, along with some framing tips. Students will leave with new insights of various pastel techniques to improve their work.

Elizabeth Craumer, who enjoys the immediacy and the luxurious color that pastels offer; is a former president of the Pastel

Society of New Hampshire.

To sign up for this or other summer workshops held at Sandwich Home Industries - League of New Hampshire Craftsmen visit the website at www.nhcrafts.org/center-sandwich or call the gallery at 603-284-6831.