In this class students will learn how to build a saddle setting for a drilled stone, riveting fragile materials without risking breaking the stone, building small hinges, making a safety catch for French hook style ear wires as well as many other tips and tricks. Intermediate to advanced metalsmithing skills are required for this class.  

In this workshop students will learn how to mix sterling silver and 22k gold for the making of jewelry. The techniques covered in class will include making bi-metal sheet, sheathing sterling silver rings with a thin but durable layer of gold, building gold-rimmed bezel settings for cabochons and faceted stones, fabrication techniques to keep the contrast between metals sharp and defined. Participants will have the opportunity to employ these techniques in a manner that reflects their own aesthetic, leaving the workshop with a unique piece of jewelry as well as many new techniques and skills to explore and implement in their own work. This is not a beginner-level class, but open to advanced-intermediate to advanced-skill levels.

In this class, students will learn how to make a two-stone ring in sterling silver and 22k gold. Techniques covered include fusing 22k, mixing gold and silver elements cleanly and easily, creating bezels for unusual shapes of stones and how to set the stones, fabricating a tapered ring shank, soldering complex shapes together with ease, texturing with a hammer hand piece and many other tips and tricks.

In this class, students will learn how to make a two-stone ring in sterling silver and 22k gold. Techniques covered include fusing 22k, mixing gold and silver elements cleanly and easily, creating bezels for unusual shapes of stones and how to set the stones, fabricating a tapered ring shank, soldering complex shapes together with ease, texturing with a hammer hand piece and many other tips and tricks. The class consists of 3 2 hour sessions over Zoom. Students will receive one month access to the recordings of the class at the end of the last session. Times are eastern standard.

In this class students will learn techniques for building bezel mountings for pear and trillion faceted stones and setting those stones in a pendant with file-worked accents. The techniques covered will enable the student to make settings for any angular faceted stone.