Stone Setting In Silver Jewellery Short Course

About this course

Participants make several jewellery pieces through set projects focused on stone setting. The work includes two stacking rings, one with a tube setting and another with a cone setting for faceted stones, followed by silver nuggets with flush-set gemstones. Teaching covers three distinct setting methods and their application to both cabochon and faceted stones.

What you'll learn

• Create tube settings for faceted gemstones
• Make cone settings for faceted gemstones
• Produce flush settings using silver nuggets
• Apply stone-setting techniques to jewellery projects

Is this course right for you?

The course is listed at Beginner level, but the course information specifies that participants should have completed a beginners’ jewellery course or have prior jewellery-making experience. Learners should be able to saw-pierce metal confidently and have covered soldering techniques.

• Prior jewellery-making study or experience is specified
• Confident metal saw-piercing is expected
• Previous coverage of soldering techniques is specified

Before you go

• Projects use silver and semi-precious gemstones, including cabochon and faceted stones.