Innovative Stone Setting with Harold O'Connor for October
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$345.00
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Saturday & Sunday, October 30 & 31. 9am to 5pm both days. $345 BoMA members, $395 for non-members. (To become a member and save $50 on every class, click here.) Materials kit payable to instructor
More information and our cancellation policy below.
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This workshop will cover the possibilities of various methods of setting 'odd' shaped stones. (No brilliant cut stones covered.) We will cover how to securely hold odd shaped stones into jewelry designs. Unusual techniques, not usually employed in setting, will be taught.
We will cover the making and using handmade cables to secure stones; the making and use of a special stone setting punch; setting of stones in thick silver bezels; setting stones in hollow tube settings; the use of diamond burrs for drilling holes in stone and adjusting stone settings; the use of stone setting helpers; the use of a tap and die set for making threaded wire and tubes; the use of dental materials to make bezels for holding odd shaped stones, such as small geodes
HAROLD O’CONNOR is a master metalsmith with over 50 years experience. He was trained in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, The United States and Mexico. He is author of several books including The Jewelers Bench Reference. He has lectured and conducted workshops in 19 countries. His works are in private and public collections worldwide including Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC; The Metropolitan Museum in New York City; Victoria & Albert Museum in London; and Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada
PREREQUISITES
Intermediate to advanced metalsmithing skills are required for this class.
STUDENTS SHOULD BRING
Tools
MATERIALS KIT* $TBD (payable to instructor)
Special materials and wheels, cutting material, etc. will be available from the instructor.
*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials required to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12. 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 info@bouldermetalsmiths.com with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.
We will cover the making and using handmade cables to secure stones; the making and use of a special stone setting punch; setting of stones in thick silver bezels; setting stones in hollow tube settings; the use of diamond burrs for drilling holes in stone and adjusting stone settings; the use of stone setting helpers; the use of a tap and die set for making threaded wire and tubes; the use of dental materials to make bezels for holding odd shaped stones, such as small geodes
HAROLD O’CONNOR is a master metalsmith with over 50 years experience. He was trained in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, The United States and Mexico. He is author of several books including The Jewelers Bench Reference. He has lectured and conducted workshops in 19 countries. His works are in private and public collections worldwide including Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian in Washington, DC; The Metropolitan Museum in New York City; Victoria & Albert Museum in London; and Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Canada
PREREQUISITES
Intermediate to advanced metalsmithing skills are required for this class.
STUDENTS SHOULD BRING
Tools
- Favorite hand tools
- Saw frame with 4/0 saw blades
- 4” digital sliding calipers
- Pliers: chain nose, flat, round
- Cross lock tweezers
- Pointed tweezers
- Plastic mallet
- 6” #2 flat file with handle
- Small cross peen hammer
- Flexshaft burs – set of cheap diamond burs
- Flexshaft emery wheels
- Solder shears
- 220 emery paper
- Soldering pad
- Various odd shaped stones for setting
- 2 feet 28-gauge sterling silver round wire
- 2”x6” 22-gauge sterling silver sheet
- 3”x6” 24-gauge sterling silver sheet
- 1-foot 2mm outside diameter sterling silver tubing
- Silver solder: H, M, E
- Paste flux and brush
- Binding wire
- You may also bring jewelry works in progress.
MATERIALS KIT* $TBD (payable to instructor)
Special materials and wheels, cutting material, etc. will be available from the instructor.
*Materials kit purchase is required for all our workshops. The kit insures all students have the same tools and materials required to learn the technique and allows the instructor and the students to focus on the technique rather than the materials.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12. 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 info@bouldermetalsmiths.com.
- 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.
- Snow. Colorado has frequent snowstorms in the winter and does a good job maintaining their roads in the snow. Snowy weather is a regular occurrence in our area and most people are accustomed to traveling under such conditions. Classes will be cancelled only in the case of inclement weather conditions that would make class attendance unsafe. If the National Weather Services issues a Winter Storm Warning for the time period of the class, we will cancel the class. https://www.weather.gov/bou/winterguide
- 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 info@bouldermetalsmiths.com with the name of the class, your name and ‘please add me to the waitlist’.
