About

BARN member:  $180 (4 sessions)
Non-member:  $198 (4 sessions)

Materials fee: $24 (check to BARN or cash) for studio and materials. 

Tuesdays, February 2, 9, 16 & 23 from 9 am to 12 pm

In this advanced class we will cover the making of a channel setting and the basics of setting a stone in a channel. Following demos, the students will practice setting stones, they will forge and solder a silver ring and finally they will set the stone in the finished ring. This is an advanced stone setting class involving forging, soldering, finishing and stone setting.

Stones will be provided for students. The studio has the following tools but students may bring their own: sanding sticks, pliers, burnishers, rulers, calipers, burrs, ring mandrels, magnification, flex shaft hand pieces, vices and dividers.

Each student may buy in class or bring their own of:

• Enough 12g or 10g round or square sterling silver wire to make ring (at least 2 inches) and 18g or 20g round wire sterling silver for baskets (less that 1 inch).
  
• Extra stones to play with
  

Instructor: Jody Lyle is a goldsmith with over 23 years of experience designing and making jewelry. It all started in a high school jewelry class which lead to a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas , to be followed by many jewelry classes and workshops all over the west. Outside of the classroom, the world’s influences continued to inspire her with travels to places to view art in Egypt, Greece, Mexico, and the British Isles. Jody’s jewelry collections have been shown throughout New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, the San Francisco bay area, and now on Bainbridge Island. Jody continues to hone her skills, acquiring new techniques and is continually expanding the definition of her jewelry. As a child Jody learned that for a day to be satisfying, one had to make something. This is simple but it still holds true.