Casting
Fabrication 1: Beginning
Fab 2: Carving & Chains
Fab 3: Construction
Fab 4: Hinges & Forging
Fab 5: Cylinder & Basket
Fab 6: Individual Projects
Gemology 1: Diamonds
Gemology 2: Gem ID
Jewelry Design
Metalsmithing
Mold Making
Polishing & Finishing
Rendering
Repair 1: Basic
Repair 2: Intermediate
Setting 1: Basic
Setting 2: Prongs
Setting 3: Beads & Pave
Setting 5: Channel
Trade Practices
Wax Modeling
Required for the Jewelry Technician and Graduate Jeweler Diplomas
| 9 am - 6 pm | $499 + $60 kit |
Instructor: Roberta Tanaka
This class introduces the most common settings used in jewelry: bezels, prongs, and bead settings. In it you will learn to use burs, pushers, punches, hammers, gravers, and a flexible shaft machine. After watching a master, you will set stones in a thin round bezel, thick oval bezel, square bezel, tube, and prong settings plus you will learn flush (gypsy) and the basics of bead setting. Prerequisite: Fabrication 1 or experience. 24 hours
