Alternative Settings
with Chapin Dimond
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Date: Saturday and Sunday, March 14 & 15, 2020 Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 Cost: $245 BoMA members $295 for non-members Non-member difference will be collected in class Materials fee: $TBD Location: Boulder Metalsmithing Association 4919 Broadway St, Unit 15 Boulder, CO 80304 |
Have an odd shape stone and don't know how to set it? In this class we'll practice how to set these odd shaped stones with non traditional methods. In class students will learn and practice a variety of alternative non traditional settings. Some of the settings will be in pendants and others will be ready to add to other projects.
Kinds of setting covered in class:
Students will make some of these settings in class
About the instructor
Chapin Dimond is a full-time metalsmith and jeweler. He has a BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Chapin is a Colorado native. In 2003 he began metalsmithing. Nature and the beauty of metals inspire his work. Chapin teaches several classes at BoMA: Alternative Casting, Sink a Bowl, Introduction to Green Sand Casting, Intro to Lost Wax Casting, Flush Setting a Cuff, Alternative Setting, Scrap to Ring, Spiculum pendent, and level 1. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Prerequisites for students: Basic metalsmithing skills (filing, sawing, soldering) are required for this class.
Students should know how to use a torch to solder and use a jeweler’s saw
Tools students need to bring
Clothing: closed toed shoes and avoid wearing polyester, it can be flammable.
Materials kit (Tools/equipment and materials/consumables instructor will supply for a fee): $TBD
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 8. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Registration Open Soon
Kinds of setting covered in class:
- nontraditional wire prong
- organic bezel 1 face/ organic bezel 2 face
- bezel with tabs
- rivet/ tube rivet
- bead ends/solder in place with torch
Students will make some of these settings in class
About the instructor
Chapin Dimond is a full-time metalsmith and jeweler. He has a BFA from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Chapin is a Colorado native. In 2003 he began metalsmithing. Nature and the beauty of metals inspire his work. Chapin teaches several classes at BoMA: Alternative Casting, Sink a Bowl, Introduction to Green Sand Casting, Intro to Lost Wax Casting, Flush Setting a Cuff, Alternative Setting, Scrap to Ring, Spiculum pendent, and level 1. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Prerequisites for students: Basic metalsmithing skills (filing, sawing, soldering) are required for this class.
Students should know how to use a torch to solder and use a jeweler’s saw
Tools students need to bring
- all the tools you can comfortably carry (saw and saw blades, solder pick, separating discs, sanding discs, fine point sharpie, files, ect...)
- safety glasses
- ½ round file
- loop or 10x optivisor
- parallel pliers
- needle nose pliers
- flat nose pliers
- cash or a check for the materials kit
Clothing: closed toed shoes and avoid wearing polyester, it can be flammable.
Materials kit (Tools/equipment and materials/consumables instructor will supply for a fee): $TBD
- bezel pusher
- chisel for hand hammer
- bunisher
- bezel rocker
- prong pliers
- jet set
- kool jool
- practice stones
- silver- sheet, wire, tube
- solder
- diamond drill bits
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 8. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
CANCELLATION POLICY
- You may cancel up to 14 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.
- Cancellations less than 14 days prior to the start date will not be refunded.
- In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
- Registration is not transferrable. You may not sell your seat to another student.
- If a class has multiple sessions, and you miss one, there is no make up opportunity and the instructor will not catch you up at the next class session. You may not join the next scheduled class, as there’s a maximum number of students for every class and it’s not fair to the other students.
- Please plan extra time to find us if you’re coming to BoMA for the first time. If you are late to a class, the instructor will not catch you up. There’s a structured curriculum for every class and its not fair to other students to skip part of the curriculum to catch up a student who’s late.
- By clicking on the “I’m going” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
- No Exceptions.
Registration Open Soon
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