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Stone Setting Sampler
This course is currently full. Spaces do occasionally open up so if you would like to be put on the wait list please call our office at 781-891-3854 or email [email protected]. (Please include your name, phone number, and email address).
"I can't promise you that by the end of the weekend you’ll be a master at all the techniques that you'll be exposed to. What I can promise you is that you'll have a good understanding of a large variety of stone-setting concepts. From there, you'll be able to chart a path to discerning what's relevant to your work and mastering what you need to know. In our time together, participants will learn and practice: innovative bezel setting tips, prong-setting, flush-setting, graver-setting, gypsy-setting and more." – Jeff Georgantes, head of the Jewelry dept. at Dartmouth College
Jeff joins us for this fast paced workshop to present students with an opportunity to advance stone setting knowledge while gaining hands-on exposure to a range of different approaches and techniques. Over three days, participants will focus on making samples to create a handmade library of skills that can be looked back upon and utilized in future designs. Some of the samples could be made into finished pieces, like earrings or pendants; others will be just technical models.
Participants may bring their some of their own metal, stones, & settings to practice with or to make side projects if time allows. The class will benefit students from beginners to advanced, who want to learn more about stone-setting. Open to all skill levels, but basic skills are required.
Meet the instructor
Jeff Georgantes has a MFA in Jewelry/Metals from CSU, Fullerton and a BA in Art and a MA in Sculpture, both from CSU, Humboldt. He taught Art at College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA, for fifteen years and has taught numerous visiting artist workshops across the USA. He helped develop and coordinate the Jewelry/Metals program at the Mendocino Art Center from the early 1990s until 2005 when he started his position as head of the Jewelry/Metals program at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. His work can be seen in Alan Revere's book, The Art of Jewelry.
Materials & Tools
There is a $75 materials fee payable to the instructor at class. In includes stones, settings, burs and accessories necessary to do projects. Students will create a series of samples demonstrating setting techniques shown.
Students Should Bring:
Please note: Metalwerx has pliers, saw frames, and many hand tools available for use during class. However, students may have to share. If you already own these tools, we suggest bring them with you to class. If you want to purchase them, suggested resources include Otto Frei and Rio Grande. Please call or email us at Metalwerx if you have questions or if we can help.
- Pliers: needle nose, round nose, flat nose
- Flush cut or semi-flush cut wire cutters
- 1 each: 2 and 4 cut half round, 6" files with handles
- Needle files
- Jeweler's saw frame
- 1 or 2 dozen jeweler’s saw blades (2/0 is a good size for all around work)
- Bur lubricant, (bur lube, bur life, ect.)
- Exacto knife or scapel knife
- Small dividers, 3" good size
- Safety glasses
- Dust mask
- Layout supplies, (paper, pencil, extra fine point permanent marker, ruler, calipers, etc.)
- Tooth brush
- optivisor or strong reading glasses
Optional:
- 10x jeweler's loupe
- Metal, stones, findings and chain: if you want to make some side projects outside of the class assignments
- Books or other sources of creative inspiration, examples of your work to share with the class, anything else you think you should bring