Technique Intensive: Flush Setting Round Stones with Chapin Dimond for May
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$165.00
$165.00
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Saturday, May 4 from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Additional materials fee payable to instructor in class.
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Add a little sparkle to your work with faceted flush set stones. In this technique-based 1 day course, we will learn and practice flush setting (with a ball burs) and gypsy setting (with hart burs) round faceted stones in both a brass ring and a copper plate (Students may bring sterling silver to practice on, optional). We will discuss common problems and techniques. In this class you will learn how to flush set and gypsy set round faceted stones. Also how to make flush setting tools/burnishers, maintain them, along with other tricks.This will be a fun class with opportunity for questions, practice and learning.
About the Instructor
Chapin Dimond is a full-time professional metalsmith and jeweler. In 2003 he discovered the magic of metalsmithing. From Metropolitan State College of Denver, he earned a BFA in Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing. Chapin is a Colorado native inspired by nature and the magic of metals. Metalsmithing is the process of telling stories through metal, releasing the inner “feeling” of what metal wants to be. Swing that hammer, light that torch, and see that magic happen. He teaches several classes here at BoMA. He continuously expands his knowledge through taking class, practicing, and teaching. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Prerequisites
Students must be able to confidently use and control the flex shaft. Completion of Level II Metalsmithing for Jewelry or two years experience.
Students Should Bring
Materials fee* $80 (payable to instructor)
Maximum Number of Students: 8
Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
Cancellation Policy
Waitlist
If the class is full, send an email to [email protected] with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.
About the Instructor
Chapin Dimond is a full-time professional metalsmith and jeweler. In 2003 he discovered the magic of metalsmithing. From Metropolitan State College of Denver, he earned a BFA in Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing. Chapin is a Colorado native inspired by nature and the magic of metals. Metalsmithing is the process of telling stories through metal, releasing the inner “feeling” of what metal wants to be. Swing that hammer, light that torch, and see that magic happen. He teaches several classes here at BoMA. He continuously expands his knowledge through taking class, practicing, and teaching. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Prerequisites
Students must be able to confidently use and control the flex shaft. Completion of Level II Metalsmithing for Jewelry or two years experience.
Students Should Bring
- Drill bits - 0.7mm, 1.0mm -1 pack of each (Rio # 341570, 341573)
- Bead Conner Setting Pliers Curved Style #1 (Otto Frei # 146.020)
- Dividers
- Calipers (digital or dial is recommended)
- Optivisor
- Loop 10x
- 400 grit sanding stick
- Cash or check made out to Chapin Dimond for materials kit $80*
- Optional
- chain nose parallel pliers (like rio111102) (optional)
- Any jewelry tools you currently have in your toolbox (optional)
- Sterling Silver practice sheet 14ga or 12ga (optional)
Materials fee* $80 (payable to instructor)
- Lick stick
- Copper practice sheet
- Brass practice ring
- CZs (1.5mm and 2.5mm)
- Ball burs
- Hart burs
- Diamond Leather pad
- Pin vice with 2 pre-made burnishers
- Custom Setting plier cap
- Cut off wheel and mandrel
- Stone tray
- Other necessary tools
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 30 days prior to the start of the class and receive a full refund, less $25 processing. To cancel, send an email to [email protected].
- Cancellations less than 30 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 “Buy Now” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
- No Exceptions.
Waitlist
If the class is full, send an email to [email protected] with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.
