Prong Set Ring with Alex Boyd for May

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$275.00
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Saturday and Sunday May 18 & 19 from 9 am to 5 pm. Become a member to save $50 off every class.


Additional materials fee payable to instructor.


For more information and our cancellation policy, see below.

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This class is all about fabricating prong settings for cabochons in gold and silver. We’ll cover how build seemingly complex settings with ease and consistency. Students will build a ring in sterling silver with 18k gold prongs. Along the way I’ll cover tips for keeping solder seems crisp and clean between metals, how to avoid meltdowns when soldering multiple elements all at once, shaping prongs into vicious looking talons and many other tips and tricks.

Prerequisite
Students need to have basic competence with soldering, sawing, filing and finishing.

About the Instructor
Alex Boyd is a sack of chemicals and electrical impulses that somehow managed to attain self-awareness. When not consuming replacement chemicals, staring at its phone or ruminating in existential dread it compulsively creates, trying to satisfy some mysterious aesthetic sensibility that ultimately can’t be satisfied. The results are objects that no one needs, some people want and a few people buy. It lives with its wife, two dogs and a cat in Denver, Colorado

​Dress Code
Closed-toed shoes and a tie for long hair are required in the studio.

Students Should Bring
  • 0 or 2 cut flat file
  • #2 and #4 cut needle file set (exact shapes required vary)
  • Scribe
  • ​Dividers
  • Jeweler’s saw & 2/0 sawblades
  • Half-round pliers
  • Flat nose pliers
  • Ring Mandrel
  • Nylon mallet
  • Sanding sticks (coarse, medium and fine)
  • Xacto knife
  • Ring clamp
  • 600 grit sanding roll
  • Permanent Marker


Materials Kit* Kits will start at $150 (payable to instructor)
  • 14 gauge 3mm wide 7.5cm long sterling silver strip
  • ​Cabochon
  • 14 gauge sterling silver sheet (large enough that cabochon fits within edges
  • 18 gauge 18k round wire (Approximately 8mm per prong)
  • Hard silver solder
  • 1mm drill bit
  • 1mm krauss bur
  • Soft charcoal block
  • Medium grit pumice wheel
  • Banana sandpaper rolls
  • Sticky wax
*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: 10. 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.


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’.