Jewellery: Further Adventures in Making Settings for Stones with Russell Lownsbrough

We will look at and discuss examples of stones and settings. You will learn how to plan and make three settings- an oval double gallery mount with peg claws, a pear shaped mount with combination peg and corner claw and an end-set baguette mount. Demonstrations will be given to the group and backed up by help on a one to one basis, There will be an emphasis on sharing knowledge and experience, through discussion, show and tell and group crit.

The jewellery studio is on the 3rd floor of the main building, there is lift access. You need a moderate level of fitness and arm strength to be able to form metal. Some chemicals used may be harmful in pregnancy. Please let the tutor know if you are pregnant and they will advise you as to necessary precautions

All tools needed to take part in the course are available in the workshop. We also provide basic materials in reasonable quantities, such as base metals, paper, acrylics, enamel etc. There are some items you will need to purchase yourself such as precious metals (silver and gold), stones, saw blades and specific sized drill bits. Your tutor will help you assess your metal requirements for each project and provide a list of suppliers. Some silver will be available to buy from your tutor should you wish to use it. Please bring: an apron, a small hard back notebook & a fine permanent pen Please wear suitable footwear.

We run three mount making courses to cover confidence at making jewellery settings for stones- An Introduction to Mount Making, Further Adventures in Mount Making and More Adventures in Mount making. On each course you cover different types of settings. You may also want to look at our stone setting classes where you learn to set the stones- An Introduction to Stone Setting and Further Adventures in Stone Setting. These courses are all taught by Russell Lownsbrough.