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Go On Cabochon: Make it into Jewelry!
In this 2-day workshop, students will learn how to cut a cabochon out of a rough stone and turn it into a silver ring. Focus on the first day will be placed on slicing rough stones, shaping them into round, ovular, or soft-edged shapes, and polishing the stones.
The second day focus will be jewelry fabrication, including how to shape and solder a ring band, how to form a bezel for your stone, and then how to both attach and "bezel set" your handmade gem!
Meet the instructor
Allie is a Santa Clarita, CA native. During her younger years, she and her family rooted in a quaint town outside of Boston, MA. Allie later went on to attend Massachusetts College of Art & Design, where she graduated with a BFA in Jewelry & Metalsmithing.
Started in January 2020, Allie Keast Jewelry emerged as a creative means to capture and transform the many beautiful elements that surround and influence us. Inspired by her love of collecting ephemera; jewelry making has facilitated her desire to give these findings a new life.
Each piece is thoughtfully designed and meticulously crafted to last, using hand sourced and recycled materials from all over, but predominantly from the Northern East Coast.
Allie's work has been featured in Milano Jewelry Drops, MassArt and the Fuller Craft Museum. You can catch her at various Artisan Markets selling her work throughout New England.
When Allie isn't in her studio, you can find her scurrying the New England sea shores for lost shells and stones, or lounging with her best bud and ANK mascot, Rusty the bearded dragon.
Visit www.alliekeastjewelry.com to view Allie's work.
Materials & Tools
There is a $35 materials fee for this course payable upon registration. The materials kit fee covers sterling silver sheet metal (22g), sterling silver round wire (10g), fine silver bezel wire (26g), snap-on mandrel, snap-on sanding discs (320 and 220 grits), sawblades, screw mandrel, radial discs (400 grit), silicone polishing wheel, and other various miscellaneous items needed for course objectives.
Allie will be bringing her own collections of rough stones for each students to pick from. Pricing will be determined by the type of stone, size of the stone, and how many stones students want to purchase.
- any of their own rough stones - 1"x1" scale recommended
- studio apron
- studio towel
- notebook or sketchpad
- pen or pencil
- closed-toe shoes - required in the Metalwerx studio
- lunch - Metalwerx has a fridge, toaster oven, and microwave