Summer Academy Camps

Jewelry Making: Natural Object Jewelry

Design

Registration for camps opens January 15, 2025.

In collaboration with

Explore natural object jewelry through this engaging camp, offered in collaboration with the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Learn to design and construct jewelry containing a found natural object and create a beautiful wearable keepsake inspired by the natural world around us.

Age:	14-17
Course Date:	June 2 – 6, 2025 Monday – Friday
Course Date Info:	9:00 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Address:	UGA- Lamar Dodd School of Art Thomas Street Art Complex 102 S Thomas St, Athens, GA 30601 See map: Google Maps
Cost:	Day Camp – $530 Residential Camp – $1255
Course Number:	1928-001

Instructor:

Larissa McPherson

Larissa McPherson is a metalsmith and jewelry artist from Adairsville, GA, and is currently working on her MFA in Jewelry & Metalsmithing at the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art. Larissa graduated from the University of West Georgia with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in studio art. Her work explores ideas and issues related to natural history collections and the accumulation of microplastics and waste in the environment, specifically in animal bodies. This is Larissa’s second year as a Summer Academy instructor.