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Two-Sided Prong Setting with Alex Boyd

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Saturday, September 19 from 9 am to 5 pm. $145 for members, $195 for nonmembers. Difference payable in class. Additional materials fee payable to instructor.


For more information and our cancellation policy, see below.

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Class Description
Students will learn how to fabricate a frame for a stone, solder multiple prongs to that frame to form a reversible setting, shape and refine that setting and set the stone.  ​
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​Prerequisites
Intermediate or advanced metalsmithing skills are required for this class.

About the Instructor
When Alex Boyd was a young boy he stole an enchanted ring from a powerful bruja. That night his slumber was disturbed by a tapping at his window. When he slid the window open a huge raven rushed in, flew around the room and perched on his bookshelf. "I know what you have taken from me," the raven cawed. "I don't know what your talking about," Alex lied, hiding his bejeweled finger behind his back. "No matter. It is your problem now. The wearer of that ring is indentured to create more talismans of power, either for 1000 years or until he makes something so sublime, so perfect, so beautiful that the spell is broken and he is freed." "1000 years it is," Alex said as he thrust the raven out the window and slammed it shut behind her. He has been making jewelry ever since.

Students need to bring    
  • Chain nose pliers
  • Parallel jaw pliers
  • Half round pliers
  • Flush cutters
  • Hand files
  • Needle files
  • Sanding sticks coarse, medium and fine 
  • Sawframe with 2/0 blade
  • pin vise with wide (4mm jaws) not essential but handy
  • Drill bit approx 1mm 
  • Permanent marker
  • Tweezers
  • Prip’s flux
  • Titanium soldering pick
  • Scribe
  • Dividers
  • Bezel roller
All your favorite tools you can carry comfortably to class

Materials Kit  - $50 (Payable to Instructor)
  • Hard and Medium Solder
  • Needle tip flux Dispenser
  • Bezel pusher 
  • Sticky wax
  • Sterling Silver 16ga round wire, length depending of the size of the stone
  • Sterling Silver sheet 10ga, measurements depending of the size of the stone
  • Stones will be available to purchase separately starting at $10
*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 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.
  • 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’.

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