KTSS - Super Bling Ring - rescheduled!!
Sat, Jan 18
|BMB Designs
Make a custom stepped bezel for a faceted stone in this intermediate class
Time & Location
Jan 18, 2025, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
BMB Designs, 6266 Stage Rd, Bartlett, TN 38134, USA
Guests
About the Event
This advanced beginner/intermediate adults-only class is for students that have taken one (or more) of the Kitchen Table Silversmithing classes or has experience with making jewelry or working with metals and a torch.
Bigger is easier when you’re starting out, so we’ll create a stepped bezel setting for a statement sized piece of bling. A CZ is provided in your kit, but you’re welcome to bring a faceted stone of your own. Ovals, rounds, cushions, and soft trillions are recommended, in sizes at least 8mm. The height from the girdle of the stone to the culet should not exceed a half inch.
In this workshop, you'll learn how to create your own stepped setting for a large faceted stone. Once you've created the stepped setting, you'll add it to a ring band that you create from plain or pattern wire. Adding elements to the sides of the stone will also…