Stone Setting: Basic Bezels and a Ring

Add stone setting to your jewelry-making repertoire by learning how to make a bezel setting and set a cabochon stone.

Member

$262.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$327.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Meeting Times

Sat, 8/17/2024 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sun, 8/18/2024 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Sat, 8/17/2024 - Sun, 8/18/2024

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About

Wrap bezels, solder, fabricate a ring, and set at least one round or oval cabochon stone. This is a great class if you want to learn how to add colorful stones to your work and improve your fabricating skills. You'll spend most of the time learning about designing and making a settings that will fit your stones. Once you've made the settings, you'll learn how to secure the stone.

This is the first in a stone-setting series. It's great skill-building class and a prerequisite for some of the stone-setting classes that follow, because it introduces you to basic stone-setting concepts, tools, and soldering techniques that will be used and built upon throughout the series.

Materials

A $45 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 (bring check or cash as the studio doesn't make change).

You should bring:

A mask
Apron
Any of your own tools you want to use during class

Prerequisites

Introduction to Jewelry: Skills Class
Introduction to the Jeweler's Torch: Skills Class
Jewelry Soldering Skills Class
(Or equivalent)

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

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BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy and cluttered, smell strongly, and have bright or flickering lights. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Please email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org to find out more or request an accommodation.
For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about BARN's Companion Program.

Instructors or Guides

Jody Lyle

Jody Lyle is a goldsmith with more than 25 years' experience designing and making jewelry. She graduated from the University of North Texas where she studied with Harlan Butt and has continued her education through classes with masters, apprenticeships, trade school training, skill-building classes, and lots of bench time. She believes in learning by doing, listening to others’ experiences, and looking at how things are made around you. Her main focus right now is wax carving, fabrication, chasing, and repoussé. She works mostly with silver, gold, steel, rock, and semi-precious and precious stones to create pieces to be worn and enjoyed. See her work https://movingmetals.com/ and on Instagram @movingmetals and Flickr.