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Description

This weekend class would be given over two days, four and a half hours each day, for a total of nine hours. The goal of creating a weekend class with limited hours and one completed project at the end is to allow for the possibility of craft tourism.

The project offered here is to make a simple bezel set ring in silver. The skills utilized will be the basics of hand fabrication, soldering, and bezel stone setting. By allowing students to choose their own cabochon, as well as create unique textures on their rings each student will end the class with a one of a kind finished project and an understanding of some of the basics of hand fabricating with metal.

Skills Taught:

Safety

Ring forming & sizing

Sawing

Texturing bands

Bezel forming

Pick soldering

Connecting components 

Bezel setting

Finishing & polishing

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