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Custom Jewelry: Silversmithing Stacking Rings with Stone Settings

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  • Ring Stack with Stones - Fabricate, Solder and Set Stones in your Custom Stacking Rings

About the Course

Learn jewelry-making by crafting your own custom stacking rings, complete with stone-settings.

After exploring material choices, you will learn the foundational skills of jewelry making with a focus on refining your jewelry bench skills and torchwork understanding. Fabricate using the flex shaft rotary tool and hand tools, such as the jeweler’s saw, stamps, and files. Gain confidence using the torches to solder and anneal metal. You will then complete a basic stone-setting on a sterling silver ring to finish off the class series. Create a bangle, several sterling silver rings, and a stone-set ring along the way. By the end of this series, you will walk away with the experience and guidance to develop your next sparkling jewel to add to your stack or gift to friends! This series is ideal for beginners wanting to explore jewelry-making skills, as well as advanced jewelers looking to add torchwork and stone-setting to their jewelry toolbox.

This series includes:

  • April 26th 11:00 – 2:00: Jewelry Orientation: Make a pet name tag, pair of earrings, or keychain
  • May 3rd 12:00 – 2:00: Jewelry Torchwork I (part one):  Make a bangle bracelet and a sterling silver ring
  •  May 10th 12:00 – 2:00: Jewelry Torchwork I (part two): Make a bangle bracelet and a sterling silver ring
  • May 17th 11:00 – 2:00: Stone-Setting I: Basic with Bezels: Make a sterling silver bezel set ring
  • May 24th 11:00 – 2:00: Group Session: Learn to make a tubeset faceted stone-setting to add to your stack and talk through creating your next designs!

NextFab’s Maker Series is a two-month program that gives you up to 5 classes, unlimited shop access, and a cohort to learn alongside. All materials are included in the price. This Maker Series opens for registration on March 5th. Enroll here.

Q. What is included in the Maker Series package?

A. Registration in a Maker Series grants you:

  • The scheduled classes and training to complete the selected project (over $600 of class instruction)
  • 2 months of active NextFab Membership, starting on the first class date (over $400 value)
  • Adobe at Home Access ($120 value over 2 months!)
  • Special member pricing to continue membership beyond the 2 months: $149/month (over 30% discount from standard membership)
  • A cohort of peers, new skills and confidence gained, and a sense of community within the Philadelphia creative ecosystem (priceless value!)

Q: Is the Maker Series right for me? I have ZERO experience!

A: Yes! The Maker Series programming was developed with the true beginner in mind. In six weeks, you could go from zero experience to confidently navigating an active studio and future projects.

Not only is NextFab’s Maker Series designed to teach you how to use the most common equipment within the area of your program, but also how to think about design when creating something from scratch. Knowing how to follow a blueprint or plan is incredibly valuable, but designing your own project plans is what will differentiate you from the hobbyist who is “just winging it.”

Q: If I am a previous member of NextFab, can I join the Maker Series?

A: Absolutely! If you are a previous member and looking to complete the class project or get a major refresh of skills you haven’t used for a while, the Maker Series is a perfect way to get your feet wet again.

Q: I have a schedule conflict with one of the class dates. Can I make it up?

A: Yes. The Maker Series package accounts for one (1) makeup class date per student at no additional cost. Advance notice/active communication with your instructor is required to coordinate when you can make up the lesson before the next scheduled class date. Subsequent absences from the pre-scheduled classes will incur an educational fee of $60/hr to make up the material.

Q: Should I join the Maker Series or join as a regular member and take classes?

A: This depends on your goals. If you are feeling inspired and want to learn new skills but don’t have a particular project in mind, the Maker Series is perfectly suited to get your feet wet and help you find your way in the craft.

If you have a particular project in mind and want to learn all the skills needed and complete your specific project, Monthly Ultimate membership ($319/mo) is your golden ticket. Ultimate membership comes with $200 of class credits monthly, so you can get started taking the classes you need, on your schedule. You can even book Private Training sessions with those credits if you need hands-on help completing your project.

Continue your work by joining in on Support Hours offered weekly on Wednesdays in the Jewelry Studio with Caroline Gore.

Request a Class

Let us know your prefered dates and times, and we’ll work with you to put something on the calendar. Please note we need at least 48 hours notice to schedule classes.