Name: First Friday Charm Making at Ignite Jewelry Studios
Start: 2026-11-06T17:00:00.000-05:00
End: 2026-11-06T20:00:00.000-05:00
Location: Ignite Jewelry Studios

First Friday Charm Making at Ignite Jewelry Studios

Ignite Jewelry Studios is open late for First Friday, and you can make your own jewelry before you head out to the galleries. Pick a brass charm and stamp your own design for $15. It only takes a few minutes, and no experience is needed.

Drop in anytime from 5 to 8 PM at 84 West Walnut Street. While you're there, browse the boutique gallery of handmade jewelry by local artists. The holidays are close, so it's a good time to find a gift.

Stop by Ignite tonight and stamp a charm of your own.

Ignite Jewelry Studios is a jewelry and metalsmithing studio and boutique gallery, now back after the floods at 84 West Walnut Street in downtown Asheville. Weekly workshops let beginners make a piece of jewelry with an instructor, with no experience needed, and skills sessions and guest instructor classes go deeper into metalsmithing. The gallery sells handcrafted jewelry by local artisan jewelers, and resident jewelers rent studio access to work on their own pieces.

Asheville locals book a weekly workshop for a birthday or date, and they leave with a ring or pendant they made themselves.

Ignite Jewelry Studios

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First Friday Charm Making at Ignite Jewelry Studios

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