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Tube Bezels and Flush Setting
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].
Explore tube and flush setting - popular contemporary setting styles that can add sparkle to jewelry without a great deal of expense! Each student will make a half-round sterling silver band ring that has a raised tube setting in the middle embellished with flush-set stones on each side. Both of these techniques are appropriate for small faceted stones.
- Tube settings are a type of bezel that can be made using either thick-wall tubing or two pieces of thin-wall tubing soldered together. This will be demonstrated, but to save time, students will use a commercially available tube setting. Modifications on various tube bezels will be discussed.
- Flush-set stones are almost level with the metal they are set into. Students will cut seats on their rings and burnish the stones into place. We are not covering the gyspy setting, only a simple flush setting with faceted stones.
Meet the instructor
Joy Raskin has been a silversmith since 1984 and has exhibits throughout the United States, Ireland and New Zealand, showcasing both her jewelry and flatware designs. Joy is a native of New Hampshire, having attended public schools in Manchester and Concord and was accepted as a member of the League of NH Craftsmen while still in high school. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Joy is an instructor at Metalwerx in Waltham, MA, The Craft Center in NH, Sharon Art Center, and many other schools.
Joy has received many awards for her work. She was commissioned by the NH State Council on the Arts to create the Cultural Access Award for the Governor’s Awards in the Arts in 2001. Her work is included in many collections, including the White House and Smithsonian Institution. Joy's work is found in multiple galleries throughout New England, including the League of NH Craftsmen Galleries, Boston Society of Arts & Crafts, Guilford Art Center, Millbrook Gallery, and others.
Materials & Tools
There is a materials fee of $20 for this course. It includes all the materials needed for the class project: sterling silver, cz faceted stones, and use of setting supplies at class.
- safety glasses
- optivisor and/or loupe