Description
Cast Settings Masterclass – Claw Settings
Level: Advanced / Professional
Join us for a Claw Setting Masterclass to expand your setting skills and build confidence in setting gemstones.
There can be many advantages to incorporating cast settings in your jewellery the biggest ones being the ability to realise your designs more efficiently and affordably! This course will help you understand the full variety of setting options available to you as a jeweller – and how to identify where cast settings can provide you with an advantage. In this course we aim to teach claw setting in a simple and accessible way with minimal tools, enabling you to go away to continue setting in your own workshop. You will learn to set in brass pre-cast settings, by setting different-sized, calibrated cubic zirconia stones. With guidance from your tutor, you will learn how to set different shapes of stone with different styles of claws using hand tools and the pendant motor.
Techniques covered:
- how to select the correct size of setting for your stone
- how to seat the stone correctly using both hand tool and pendant motors
- how to securely set your stone
- different claw styles
- setting up to 4 different shapes of gemstone
- how to professionally finish and polish your setting
Although we will briefly cover how to refine a casting it is assumed that students taking this course already have a good depth of experience in jewellery fabrication as we will be working with ready-made blanks during the course. If you are unsure about this aspect, then please look at our Introduction to Cast Settings class.
Your tutor:
Your course will be led by jeweller Sophia Hargreaves who has a wealth of experience in both handmaking and manufacturing. She is the force behind industry disruptor, Greens Stone Settings and is passionate about sharing her industry knowledge and making stone setting accessible for all.
What to expect/bring:
- We’ll provide all the supplies you will need for your Claw Setting Masterclass. We will be working in brass but there will be the opportunity to purchase Sterling setting blanks if you prefer to work in silver
- A sketch/notebook plus a pen/pencil for notes could come in handy for this workshop
- Please bring along glasses and/or an optivisor if needed
- Wear appropriate clothing for a studio environment including closed-toe shoes. Why not order a CSSJ apron to make you feel right at home in your workshop?
- Tea, coffee, and biscuits are provided
Course Info
Sat 5th October 2024: 10 am – 4 pm
Please factor in some buffer time after 4 pm in case your project takes a little longer.
Central Scotland School of Jewellery, Craft Central, High Street, Dunblane
**Please note: classes may be cancelled due to a lack of attendees. In this unlikely event, you will be fully refunded and notified the day before the class is scheduled
