About

Are you ready to advance your stone-setting skills? This skill-building class will introduce you to the techniques and tools used to make this dramatic type of setting so that you can incorporate them into your own designs. You'll form and fabricate tapered bezel settings for trillion- and cushion-cut stones using silver sheet and tubing. You'll be able to apply the skills you learn with these shapes to other shapes in the future.

We'll spend a little time on cutting the seat and setting the stone, but most of the focus will be on building the settings.  You'll have the materials to make a ring and/or a pendant during the class, if time allows.

Details

Bring food if you want for our 30-minute lunch break. There is a refrigerator and microwave on the lower level.

Details

• A $37 materials fee, included in the cost of the class, covers all the stones, silver, copper, etc., needed for the class. Some extra materials may be available for purchase.
• You can bring:
  • An apron.
  • Magnification eyewear.
  • Faceted stones (6mm and lager).
  • Thick wall sterling tubing (5mm and larger).
  • Any of your own tools you want to use (bezel blocks or Metalartz layout jigs).

Prerequisites

• You must be able to cut, file, anneal, and solder metal independently. You can have taken one of these classes at BARN or equivalent instruction elsewhere:
  • Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class
  • Introduction to Jewelry Soldering
  •  Stone Setting: Introduction To Tube Setting
  • Stone Setting: Basic Bezels and a Ring
• Some experience setting faceted stones is strongly recommended.

Class Policies

• Ages 14 and up are welcome.
• Wear closed-toe shoes and natural-fiber clothing.
• Do not wear loose or synthetic-fiber clothing, dangling jewelry, scarves, or ties.
• Tie back long hair in ponytail or bun.