In this class we will build a three stone cluster ring! We will start by making tapered bezels for round, faceted stones using tubing and bezel forming blocks, practice cutting seats for faceted stones, and then prep & assemble the cluster so that students are able to easily set the three tightly spaced bezels into a modern ring.
 
Intermediate: experience with fabricating and setting in silver recommended
 
Materials Kit: $130-190 depending on stones chosen
Flat silver stock
3 gemstones: 6,5, 4mm
Hard & medium silver solder
3 sizes of silver tubing
3 setting burs
knife edge pumice wheel
sand paper barrel
 
Project Tool List:
*items that instructor will have for student use
 
Bring your Metalsmithing toolbox, including the following items:
Saw frame & 2/0 blades
ring clamp
your favorite rotary abrasives
bezel roller
needle files
Half round hand file, 0 or 2 cut
sanding sticks
Round nose pliers
ring mandrel*
mallet*
Round bezel block and punch*
 
Baleigh Acebo has tinkered with craft and jewelry since she was a wee adolescent. After pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing she realized she had made a terrible mistake on a very expensive education because what she wanted to do was work with her hands.  She then enrolled in the North Bennet Street School’s Jewelry Making & Repair program in Bahston, MA and everything was good again. Baleigh was technically trained to craft her own tools, fabricate intricate pieces from scratch, handset diamonds & precious gems and repair fine jewelry. Baleigh is a process jeweler and gets turned on from the problem solving involved in designing intricate pieces and setting weird stones.  Her work employs bold colors and graceful geometry that she finds inspiring from everyday design. Baleigh works out of her home studio that she shares with her hubs Alex, along with their 3 adorable floofs.
 
8 Contact Hours