Jewelry Techniques for Beginners

East 71st Street near Between 3rd and 2nd Avenue, New York City NY

08 August, 2022

Description

This is a hands-on course that teaches basic jewelry techniques under the supervision of an experienced professional jewelry designer and instructor, who has 39 years of experience teaching in a college. You will design and make your own piece of jewelry during this process. You will learn how to work with metals using the following key jewelry techniques: sawing, filing, sanding, texturing, hard and soft soldering, riveting, polishing, assembling, and basic cabochon and prong stone setting. At the same time, you will learn how to correctly and safely handle jewelry tools and equipment. Before the course begins, we invite students to schedule one hour with the instructor for a free introductory orientation meeting. You will be shown photos of student’s work and receive recommendations where to purchase materials and some tools which you will need for your work.