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Welcome To The Howard Academy |
The Howard Academy of Wisconsin offers career training for jewelers and metalsmiths with a curriculum that focuses on proficiency and craftsmanship using a low tech and low cost approach. We want our graduates of our jewelry school to keep quality and profits up by keeping time, labor and material costs down. Professional training in the metal arts includes: - Practical gemology
- Diamond and gem setting
- Goldsmithing, welding and forging
- Casting and mold making
- Hand engraving and die carving
- Tool making, jig forming
- Drawing, sketching and layout
| - Sculpture and art foundry work
- Troubleshooting for repair
- Custom work
- Advanced creative techniques
- Observation of working shop and store
- Gold work and production experience
| | | |  | William L. Howard
Master Goldsmith
P.O. Box 472
Stoughton, WI 53589
1-800-843-9603
FAX 608-873-0960 |
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Pictured from left to right... John Evans, Anna Smirnova, Luke Heinecke, George Guenther  The Howard Academy has more winners this year. At the 2008 Wisconsin Jewelers Association student design competition, the students at the Howard Academy won all categories. This is only the second time that this has happened! Look for the pictures of this years winners and past winners on the website. - Best of Show: Anna Smirnova
- First Place Rings: George Guenther
- First Place Earrings: John Evans
- First Place Bracelets: Luke Heinecke
- First Place Other: George Guenther
- First Place Pendants, Enhancers & Brooches: George Guenther
Congratulations to All!
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We have been keeping a secret from anyone not actually here at the Academy. We have a talented silversmith/goldsmith named Glenn Prescott as an instructor here now and we are quite proud of his talents. In addition to Glenn, Bill's daughter Missy Howard has been on staff also - this time as a full-time addition. We have been lucky enough to have her interrupt her nomadic lifestyle to occasional do some additional instruction here and there. This time we made her commit! Look for their biographys or artist statements (or whatever I can finagle out of them) and some images of their work on the website. |
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