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26Apr

Carve It, Cast It, Wear It 042025

April 26, 2025 5 Amount Available
$355.00

Learn to to do Lost Wax Casting and create your own unique sterling silver ring in this two day class. See below for more details.

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29Mar

Basic Soldering 032025

March 29, 2025 6 Amount Available
$295.00

Play with fire at the Jewelers Guild!

What is Soldering?

Soldering is a process where a metal alloy, referred to as solder, is heated to its melting point and used to form a fuse between two pieces of metal. Learning to solder is an essential jewelry making skill that can elevate your work and greatly expand your skill set as a jeweler.

In the case of jewelry, we “unite” metals by joining them together with heat, flux and solder.

What you will learn in this workshop:

  • Solder types/styles
  • H M S Reasons
  • Composition
  • Temperatures
  • Chip / Wire
  • Flux
  • Picks
  • Pumice / Block
  • Third hands
  • Pickle

Steps we will take:

  1. Apply flux to sheet and examine the different solder types and their flow
  2. Solder several small rings together HMS
  3. Solder right angle sheet to sheet
  4. Solder post to sheet
  5. Solder flat band together HMS fill ins
  6. Discuss fusing
  7. Cut sterling sheet to size and solder
  8. Clean polish and wear your own ring handmade by you!

Topics this class will cover:

Solder types, connections with proper alignment, HMS reasons, composition, chip/wire, cleanliness and oxidation, heat flow, flux types, pumice/block, third hands, pick and pickle, ring sizing, polishing and finishing

What you’ll take home with you:

A very cool ring you just made!

 

Materials:

All tools and materials will be provided for this class.

 

What you need to bring:

Bring your A game! And a lunch for yourself if you’d like, we have lunch break at noon for approximately 45 minutes.

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09Feb

Super Fun Valentines Date Day Event

February 9, 2025 9 Amount Available
$110.00

Join us for our second annual Valentines Date event to make a custom Sterling Silver heart pendant, charm, or ring! We’ll be stamping custom messages and/or symbols into our final pieces! All participants will be leaving with a finished Sterling Silver necklace, charm bracelet, or ring. Join us as a couple, group of friends, or solo. All are welcome!

Class Deposit is $110. See below for more details on the jewelry style options and additional pricing.

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01Mar

Gemology Basics March 2025

March 1, 2025 7 Amount Available
$75.00

In this course you will learn:

  • How to identify AAA stones
  • Differences in high to low quality stones – the 4 C’s
  • How to categorize a stone
  • The scientific makeup of gemstones and where they come from

 What you will take home:

  • Knowledge of how to identify top quality stones and how to pick the best options for your work.

SKILL LEVEL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – All skill levels

 CLASS SIZE – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10

 MATERIALS – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Provided

 WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING – – – – – – – – – – – – – Anything for taking notes

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22Mar

Let’s Make a Spinner Ring 2025

March 22, 2025 5 Amount Available
$265.00

What are spinner rings? Spinner rings are a multi-layered ring that allows the outer ring band to spin freely on the inner ring band. Beyond their aesthetic appeal, spinning rings are prized for their therapeutic benefits. The rhythmic motion of spinning the inner band can help promote relaxation, reduce stress, and improve focus and concentration. Spinner rings are not just fun to wear, but they can help with fidgeting and anxiety!

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19Apr

Let’s Make Some Chains! 2025

April 19, 2025 6 Amount Available
$260.00

Since ancient times, the chain has enjoyed a coveted place in jewelry. It represents eternal love and all the other good stuff about human connection: the eternity of the circle linked, without beginning or end, to other circles. Of course, chains also represent all the bad parts of human connection like oppression, imprisonment and pain: chain gang, chain of fools, ball and chain. As we all know, one can quickly become the other. In short, the chain is a perfect symbol for the paradox that is love. No wonder it’s been around so long—and altered so little. The oldest examples were found in ancient Babylonia (Iraq) in the Biblical city of Ur, where royal tombs hid magnificent gold jewelry dating to about 2500 B.C. Ur was the most powerful city-state in Mesopotamia at that time. Courtesy THE JEWELRY LOUP

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21Jun

Bar Necklace 2025

June 21, 2025 5 Amount Available
$82.00

In this course you will learn:

  • How to saw, shape, and drill metal
  • Use of stamping tools to add words or designs
  • Texture and lettering techniques

 What you will take home:

  • Your very own bar necklace
  • Knowledge of basic and fundamental metal working: sawing, texturing, drilling, and filing metal. This is a great foundation for any other class you take, or any project you want to work on

SKILL LEVEL: Beginner

 MATERIALS: Provided

 WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING: Your ideas! And maybe a writing utensil to sketch them out

 CLASS DURATION: 4 hours

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15Jun

Let’s Make Some Chains!

June 15, 2024 This event has passed
$260.00

Since ancient times, the chain has enjoyed a coveted place in jewelry. It represents eternal love and all the other good stuff about human connection: the eternity of the circle linked, without beginning or end, to other circles. Of course, chains also represent all the bad parts of human connection like oppression, imprisonment and pain: chain gang, chain of fools, ball and chain. As we all know, one can quickly become the other. In short, the chain is a perfect symbol for the paradox that is love. No wonder it’s been around so long—and altered so little. The oldest examples were found in ancient Babylonia (Iraq) in the Biblical city of Ur, where royal tombs hid magnificent gold jewelry dating to about 2500 B.C. Ur was the most powerful city-state in Mesopotamia at that time. Courtesy THE JEWELRY LOUPE

Tool and Materials List

For each student:

Ruler

Wire cutter

Round nose plier

Chain nose plier

Flat nose plier

Jeweler saw

Lubrication (burr life)

File

Propane hand torch

 

 

Studio share:

Hammer (both metal and wood)

Steel block

Verity size of wooden dowel (or steel rod)

Masking tape

Vise

Flux

Solder

Saw blade

Pickle solution and pickle pot

Hydrogen peroxide

Liver of Sulphur

Brass brush, soap

Tumbler

Ring mandrel, mandrel , ring sizer, ring chart

 

Material:

16ga copper wire (a spool)

16ga brass wire (a spool)

18ga copper wire (a spool)

18ga brass wire (a spool)

14ga brass and copper wire (40 inch per one)

20ga and 18ga fine silver wire & sterling silver wire for sale (40 inch per one, sale by inch)

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