Bezel Blocks: Create a Perfect Setting for Stones with Corners with Chapin Dimond for May
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$165.00
$165.00
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Saturday, May 25 from 9am to 4pm. Become a member to take advantage of discounted pricing for all our classes.
Additional materials fee payable to instructor in class.
For more information about the class and our cancellation policy, see below.
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Learn to create rings with juicy faceted stones with corners. In this class students will learn how to make tapered bezel settings for stones with corners (pear, square, trillion). The students will make a setting for a premade band and have the opportunity to make a bezel for a ring that they bring. Students will learn how to make a tapered bezel using a bezel block and set a faceted stone into it. Students will have the opportunity to make 2 tapered bezel rings.
Prerequisites for students: Be able to control and use a flex shaft; know how to use a torch confidently is a must! Know how to solder silver and use basic jewelry hand tools (file, saw, sandpaper, hammer).
About the instructor
Chapin Dimond is a 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 fun, 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. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Tools and equipment students should bring:
● Optiviser
● 10x loupe
● Safety glasses
● Metal Calipers
● File -coarse (I like #00)
● File-fine (I like #2)
● Needle files
○ flat-1/2 round #3 or #5
○ square
● Sanding sticks (320 grit, 400 grit)
● Flat round pliers (I like Rio 111183)
● Parallel pliers (I to use Rio 111117 and Rio 111102)(school might have some)
● Burlife/beeswax
● drill bit 1mm-1.5mm
● Saw with blades (I like 2/0 blades)
● Burnisher (like rio 113037)
● Solder pick, snips, tweezers
● Stone tweezers (I like both rio115092 and rio119337 only need 1)
● Toothbrush
● Sharpy- thick and thin
● X-Acto knife with blade (I like #11 blade)
● Dividers (I use Rio 116224)
● Sanding drum (split mandrel with sandpaper)
● Bezel block that matches your stone shape (studio will have some to share)
[ www.contenti.com ]
● Finishing supplies (flex shaft tools for cleaning jewelry, what you normally like to use
for clean up/finishing)
● Flat engraver if you have one (optional)
● Hammer handpiece (optional)
Materials students should bring
● Silver solder (or equivalent)
○ hard (I like Rio 101704)
○ medium (I like Rio 101703)
● 5mm-8mm Pear or Square or Trillion stone
● 1 premade sterling silver straight band 1.75-2mm thick x 1.5-3mm wide (1 will be
provided in class kit)
● Cash or check made out to Chapin Dimond for materials kit*
Materials kit* $95 (payable to instructor)
● Setting punch
● Flex shaft tools
● CZ stone
● Metal
○ sterling silver for tapered bezel
○ 1 sterling silver ring blank
● Other materials, supplies, and tools need
● Some stones will be available for sale
*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: 8. Students will be required to sign a waiver. Participants must be 18 or older.
Cancellation Policy
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’.
Prerequisites for students: Be able to control and use a flex shaft; know how to use a torch confidently is a must! Know how to solder silver and use basic jewelry hand tools (file, saw, sandpaper, hammer).
About the instructor
Chapin Dimond is a 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 fun, 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. To see Chapin’s work, visit his website, www.cdimond.com.
Tools and equipment students should bring:
● Optiviser
● 10x loupe
● Safety glasses
● Metal Calipers
● File -coarse (I like #00)
● File-fine (I like #2)
● Needle files
○ flat-1/2 round #3 or #5
○ square
● Sanding sticks (320 grit, 400 grit)
● Flat round pliers (I like Rio 111183)
● Parallel pliers (I to use Rio 111117 and Rio 111102)(school might have some)
● Burlife/beeswax
● drill bit 1mm-1.5mm
● Saw with blades (I like 2/0 blades)
● Burnisher (like rio 113037)
● Solder pick, snips, tweezers
● Stone tweezers (I like both rio115092 and rio119337 only need 1)
● Toothbrush
● Sharpy- thick and thin
● X-Acto knife with blade (I like #11 blade)
● Dividers (I use Rio 116224)
● Sanding drum (split mandrel with sandpaper)
● Bezel block that matches your stone shape (studio will have some to share)
[ www.contenti.com ]
● Finishing supplies (flex shaft tools for cleaning jewelry, what you normally like to use
for clean up/finishing)
● Flat engraver if you have one (optional)
● Hammer handpiece (optional)
Materials students should bring
● Silver solder (or equivalent)
○ hard (I like Rio 101704)
○ medium (I like Rio 101703)
● 5mm-8mm Pear or Square or Trillion stone
● 1 premade sterling silver straight band 1.75-2mm thick x 1.5-3mm wide (1 will be
provided in class kit)
● Cash or check made out to Chapin Dimond for materials kit*
Materials kit* $95 (payable to instructor)
● Setting punch
● Flex shaft tools
● CZ stone
● Metal
○ sterling silver for tapered bezel
○ 1 sterling silver ring blank
● Other materials, supplies, and tools need
● Some stones will be available for sale
*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: 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. Registration cannot be applied to another class.
- 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.
- By clicking on the “Buy Now” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
- No Exceptions.
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’.
