Unravel the mystery of Victoria’s

3D filigree

Blow people’s minds without losing your own

Unlock the secrets for designing your own sculptural filigree jewelry as Victoria reveals how she builds her complex structures including

Flip-ups
Overlapping curves
Spiral wraps
Möbius strips
Fabric folds

Soul Cloud – “Spiral Wrap” style filigree pendant

What You’ll Make

Our first project will be a small sculptural pendant to discover all the technical considerations needed to bend and form soldered filigree. Next we’ll unlock the secrets for designing your own sculptural forms as Victoria unveils her strategies and processes. Expect to create two-three, 3D filigree jewelry projects.

How It Works

When the course opens, you can access the course dashboard (via Padlet) with all the demo videos and handouts.

Watch videos, work along at your own pace. Post design ideas, progress pics, and ask questions on the dashboard. It’s like I’m in your studio!

Join me for the live Zoom sessions (or watch the recordings) for in-depth help. (Dates below.)

Progress to designing your own 3D filigree structures with the video demos plus my supportive feedback.

Access all the recordings, demos, help, and get your questions answered until the course ends.

*Ribbon Lace II,* 3D filigree pendant on a Roman chain, 2024;
Sterling, fine silver, 22k gold, Koroit opal;
10 x 6 x 0.625 in; Awarded the Juror’s Award for Jewelry at CraftForms2024
Photo by Pat Vasquez-Cunningham

What others have to say about Victoria’s jewelry & metalsmithing courses

The Michael Bublé of teachers
Victoria, you are the Michael Bublé of teachers. If you’ve never seen him perform, it’s a real treat because he is so connected to his audience. When he’s on stage it’s all about the audience, not about him. His ego is nowhere to be found, and you teach the same way. You love what you do, and it comes through in your teaching. Thank you for that!
Geraldine Brophy
Artist
Achieve levels of skill that you didn’t know you had
I just spent the most wonderful class with one of the best teachers that I have ever had the pleasure of learning from. Victoria is a true artist and shares her gift teaching with patience, passion, good humor, and enthusiasm…she has an infectious laugh, and you can’t help laughing with her while she encourages you to achieve levels of skill that you didn’t know you had.
Patti D’Arbanville
Artist, Actress
These courses prove that you really care
As an educator myself, I appreciate the sheer amount of time you put in the preparation of all those materials and videos. With the care you take you have raised my work to another level. These courses prove that you really care about your students and their success
Delores Heiden
D & D’s Rock & Wire

Skill-set was dramatically improved
Victoria’s workshops are presented in a clear and engaging manner that is both highly informative and entertaining. As students, our skill-set was dramatically improved during the course of a workshop. We were able to put the techniques we learned to immediate use, and made the cost of the workshop back on the first piece we sold.
John & Corliss Rose
2Roses
Expect a lot of ‘ah-HA!!’ moments will be had
You wont be disappointed with this class, and like me, I expect a lot of ‘ah-HA!!’ moments will be had! Enjoy!
Joan Geisler
Artist
In Japan, Victoria would be considered a national treasure…
Victoria teaches techniques used for millennia to create many of the great works of art one can see in museums. She has found many tricks that streamline and improve the processes, and she uses them to make strikingly contemporary pieces rooted in the ancient world.
Students are given a series of challenges and opportunities to grow their own inner voices and are encouraged to create works unique to them, at their levels of ability.
The number of places one can learn these skills in the US can be counted conveniently on one’s thumbs. In Japan, Victoria would be considered a national treasure, and she would be funded to pass these skills on to the next generation.
Al Boyers
Metalsmith

What others have made from studying filigree with Victoria

Andrea Terry’s Time Flies when You’re in a Vortex
Lilli Lehtonen’s Russian Filigree Flower Ring
Victoria Hall’s Return, Russian filigree and forged vase
Victoria Hall’s Net Dress with Russian filigree collar
Natalie Freedman’s Magnolia Perserverance, Russian filigree neck and back piece

Milt Fischbein’s Crown and Tiara
Lilli Lehtonen’s Flower Garden Necklace
3D filigree pendant by Melicia Phillips

Worried You Can’t Draw?

Doesn’t Matter!

We’ll work with sketchy lines, rough shapes, paper, and scissors to design in metal. The only person who needs to understand your squiggly lines is you.

Over 5 -1/2 hours of detailed demo videos that include

The ins, outs, fronts, and backs of 3D filigree

Designing and creating flat templates for sculptural ideas

How to fill frames that will bend dramatically

How to clean up inaccessible areas

Creating and wrapping continuous frame structures

Creating and when to use multi-strand filler wire

Bonus Demos: TIG Welding Filigree, Working with gold, creating Nordic style florets

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Over 7 Hours of Live Q&A Coaching Calls to give you all the support you need to succeed.

All live sessions recorded and posted on the course dashboard for later viewing.

All live sessions are at 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time (New York time) via Zoom

Due to health issues I’ve had to move this course to open again in the fall of 2026

2026 Zoom dates TBD

Spellbound III – “Möbius” style 3D filigree earrings

3D filigree draws on the technique of tension-fitted or Russian filigree (filigrana). But, instead of being limited to slight curves or shallow domes, you can create truly sculptural filigree that nearly defies the laws of physics.

Filigree makes a little silver go a long way!

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Easy on the Budget

4-Month Payment Plan of

$205

Registration Opens Later This Year

Best Price

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$750

Registration Opens Later This Year

Frequently Asked Questions

No! This is an intermediate filigree class. This class will focus on designing and fabricating beyond the very basics, so it is essential that you already know how to twist filler wire and how to construct and fill filigree frames. You don’t have to be a master filigree worker, but you do need some experience with tension fitted, open back, filigrana, Russian filigree, or Yeminite filigree. If you learned from Victoria’s Russian Filigree video or studied with her, Milt Fischbein, or another of Victoria’s longtime students and gone on to make at least a few pieces, this class is for you.

Please consider learning basic filigree from Victoria’s online video Russian Filigree or her DVD on the same topic.

You can purchase ready to use 26 gauge, fine silver, filigree filler wire here.

You can purchase a Filigree Filler Wire Example Card here.

There is also filler wire making bonus video included to help troubleshoot these issues.

A complete list of tools is available here.

Yes! Access to the live session, coaching calls will be posted on Padlet within 24 hours.

Unravel the Secrets of 3D Filigree to Create Stunning Sculptural Jewelry

Opening again in 2026 with more live sessions