location
We've moved! We now have over 800 square feet (twice our previous size), which will enable us to have room for more specialized equipment and new classes! This space features ample parking, full bath, and central heating and A/C.
Our new studio is located just 1/4 mile from the Dekalb Farmer's Market at:
3172 E. Ponce de Leon Ave.
Suite B
Scottdale, GA 30079
See our interactive map or view the directions below
directions
from Decatur square:
Take Ponce de Leon Ave. heading west
travel about 2 miles (pass Your Dekalb Farmer's Market)
Take a left after Anthony's Pizza
From 75 or 85 north of Atlanta:
exit onto 285 east
take Ponce de Leon exit, turn right
Travel approximately 2 miles
after large white "Steel LLC" building, studio will be on your right
From points south of Atlanta:
Take 75/85 N to I20
exit I 20 EAST
follow directions below
From I 20:
exit 285 and head NORTH
Take the Clarkston/Church St exit
Turn LEFT onto Church
Travel about 3/4 mile, take RIGHT onto N Decatur Rd and go under overpass
Immediately turn LEFT onto PONCE
Amalgam is on the RIGHT about 1/2 mile down the road
facilities and equipment
soldering and casting-1 oxy-acetylene torch
-3 acetylene/air torches
-solderite blocks
-anealing dish
-charcoal blocks
-third hands
-silver solder
-pickle and flux
-cuttlebone
-casting sand and frame
-crucibles
large/power tools
-rolling mill
-drill press
-flex shaft
-belt sander
-scroll saw
-bench shears
polishing
-3 designated polishing stations
-wheels:steel bristle, brass bristle, bristle brushes, and cloth muslins
-compounds: tripoli, white diamond, rouge
-grinders
forming
-planishing hammers
-rawhide mallets
-steel and wood dapping tools
-some forming stakes
-wood stumps for forming
hand tools
-hand shears
-jeweler's saws and blades
-round and square nose pliers
-dividers, scribes
-other hand tools
patinas
-jack's black
-liver of sulfur
-brown/black
-blue/green for copper
-and more....
etching
-ferric chloride
-muriatic acid