Combination Course
For Bench Jewelers: Embellish Your Skills with Engraving Techniques
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 both 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.
Learning Objectives
- Correct setup of each person’s workstation
- How to operate common classroom tools
- Theory and practice of basic tool sharpening
- Metal preparation
- Layout and design for engraved scrolls and borders
- Methods for transferring designs to metal
- Engraving straight and curved lines
- Background and shading techniques
- Effective use of the rotary handpiece
- Engraving block and script letters
- Round stone setting: bead, channel, bezel and prong
- Introduction to gold inlay
- Work-holding fixtures and materials
- Pricing and business practices
Prerequisites
This course requires prior experience as a bench jeweler. Contact GRS for details.
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