Combination Course for Bench Jewelers

Course Description
This course focuses on the specific needs and goals of bench jewelers who use gravers and related tools for both stone setting and engraving. It provides jewelers with refined and effective skills that increase the business rewards and creative satisfaction of custom jewelry work. This fast-paced class is for jewelers who love bench work and seek personal growth by studying with a top instructor.

Course Objectives

• Correct setup of workstation
• Operating common classroom tools
• Theory & practice of basic tool sharpening
• Metal preparation for setting & engraving
• Layout & design of scrolls and borders
• Methods for transferring designs to metal
• Engraving straight & curved lines
• Shading techniques, background treatments
• Effective use of the rotary handpiece
• Engraving block and script letters
• Basic prong, flush, bead, & channel setting techniques using round stones
• Introduction to gold inlay
• Workholding fixtures & materials
• Pricing & business practices

Prerequisites
This course requires
prior experience as a bench jeweler.
Contact GRS for details.