July 4th | Stone setting intensive

Description

Stone Setting Intensive

Class Dates:

Friday July 4 – 9:30 am to 4:30pm, Saturday July 5 – 9:30 am to 4:30pm, Sunday July 6th – 9:30 am to 4:30pm

Instructor:  Kyle Barrett

Kyle Barrett is a professionally trained Goldsmith and Optical stone setter.  He was classically trained in Belgium at Alexandre setting school in 2016.

Class Outline:

This demo-focused workshop will provide students with the opportunity of honing their stone setting skills as instructor Kyle Barrett leads them through stone setting techniques such as bezel setting and prong setting for faceted stones.

This workshop will focus on technical stone setting techniques and using the right tools for the job.

Participants should have some prior metalsmithing experience as knowing the basic techniques and tools of jewellery making will allow you to move faster through each setting.

This workshop is not intended to focus on jewellery making but to help you become proficient at stone setting through repetition.

This workshop will cover:

• Bezel setting: overview, sizing, and fitting
• Stone selection
• Measuring stones
• Faceted stone setting in bezel setting for Round, Oval, Square settings
• Prong setting: overview, sizing and fitting for Round setting
• Modifying tools to accommodate specific tasks

Stone setting kit includes the following items:

• CZ stones for practice wheels (8 each x 4)
• 4 stone setting practice wheels for round, oval, square bezel and round prong
• Stone Setting burs – ball burrs, cylinder burs, stone setting, cup burs
• burnisher
• setting punch, prong pusher
• graver
• Finishing wheels

Students should bring their own 10x power loupe.

With small class sizes you will have the opportunity to have in-depth lessons and more one-on-one assistance.

Please wear close-toed shoes, comfortable clothes, your hair tied back.

Payment Details

Workshop Fee: $895.00 +HST per person, includes a $275.00 fee for stone setting kit.

Registration & Cancellation Policy

How to Register:

Sign up and pay for the workshop via this page.

A signed waiver will be required to proceed in any workshop.

Minimum age of workshop participation is 16. 

Minimum 4 students must be registered for the course to run.  Maximum 6 students.

Confirmation of attendance is needed by May 30th in order to leave sufficient time to order workshop materials.

Class Cancellation Policy:

If you need to cancel or reschedule a class, our CANCELLATION POLICY depends on the time until the scheduled class:

• Up to a week, a refund will be issued minus the cost of the $275 kit fee as all items will be preordered.
• Within 48 hours, no refund or credit is given.

We may reschedule or cancel classes if we do not receive the minimum number of bookings, or in case of bad weather or instructor illness. In this case, you will be notified and the fees will be refunded.