Take This 3-day Workshop To Learn the Fundamentals of Stone Settings in Rings

Being able to create a functional and aesthetically pleasing ring takes some skill, in addition to knowledge of ring anatomy, balance and proper construction techniques. During this 3-Day course, students learn to construct a stone-set ring with several different shanks, as well as physics of a ring to balance the ring properly on the person's finger and minimize spinning.

By the end of this course, students will understand or have skills to:

● Anatomy of a Ring (Industry terminology)

● Effectively construct setting to shank

● Create different ring shanks to accommodate different stone shapes

● Stretch and smooth metal with hammers and files

● Understand quality control (solder seams and fulcrum point of rings)

● Troubleshoot design and construction issues

● Understand the importance of finishing and polishing piece

 

Dates and Times:

This Bootcamp will be held over three consecutive Sundays, from 12:00-6:00 pm.  Please be sure to bring a bag lunch or snacks, as the classes will be fairly long and you will want to take breaks.

Sunday, Feb 4th, 12-6pm

Sunday, Feb 11th, 12-6pm

Sunday, Feb 18th, 12-6pm

About the Instructor

About Susan Sipes-Rabinowitz: My bench jeweler journey involves the time-honored goldsmith tradition of sharing knowledge. Many of my students have become successful jewelry makers and creating small businesses, and others have decided at retirement from the state to start a cottage industry of jewelry making while traveling the States. Another success story is that one of my apprentices successfully made the transition to entrepreneur and created a nice on-line business. And lastly, one of my students, who was extremely afraid of fire and the torch, went on to become a jewelry arts student-assistant at ARC. She credits my instruction and patience to quenching her fire fear and going for it. As a side note, when approaching a class or workgroup, I like to have a short, casual discussion of level of expertise and expectations. This allows me to address each instructional step starting with the least experienced step / review and then addressing the next levels.

I have found working addressing the novice and then the next levels, helps with review as well as eliminates overwhelming the novice. In addition, to bringing finished samples of the class projects, I like to bring my epic fails to show after exercise has begun. Therefore, those that think they are failing may actually see they are not…and those that have happy accidents…we all have to start somewhere. Also, I like to give visual, verbal. as well as written step by step instruction. Due to my corporate experience as a systems trainer, I gleaned that people learn with four stimulated ways and or a combination of the four, audio, visual, reading, doing / manipulation. In addition, I am great at social media and already have 10 people that are willing to join Hacker Lab to enroll in the Jewelry Program. My shop is great “window’ for people to see and then get information to start working their jewelry passion and advocating the Hacker Lab.

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SAC-Bootcamp: Jewelry -- Ring Basics & Fabrication
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Cancellation Policy

Please be aware: Most of our one-on-one classes require students to register at least 48 hours ahead of class time, after which they will be marked 'Not available'. Our regular cancellation policy of 48 hours of advance notice also applies.