Bill Derrevere

Bill Derreverre taught jewelry design and sculpture and 3-Dimensional art at Tulsa Community College for 45 years and retired 6 years ago. He also taught blacksmithing, pewter-smithing and Silversmithing at Ghost Ranch for 35 years. He is currently teaching and working at AHHA in Tulsa teaching jewelry design and has been working in their metals and jewelry studio for over 4 years.

Upcoming Programs by Bill Derrevere

Contemporary Southwest Silver

August 23 - 29, 2026

This course is designed to develop skills related to making contemporary southwest silver jewelry. Become familiar with tools and techniques needed to make your own beautiful silver creations.

Contemporary Southwest Jewelry

October 4 - 10, 2026

This course is designed to develop skills related to making silver jewelry. We will introduce jewelry tools and how to use them. We will explain silver soldering and discuss the torch. Surface embellishment (stamping, hammer techniques and hand engraving) will be demonstrated. Looking forward to your designing and problem solving. I am excited to share […]