Beginning Jewelry Making

This introductory jewelry course will introduce you to a variety of hand-skills and design concepts necessary to begin making your own jewelry. Some essential techniques that will be covered include sawing, filing, riveting, simple forming, hammer texture, soldering, and finishing. You will learn how to make a ring for your desired size and will hand-build a cabochon stone-setting for a ring or pendant. Students will make at least 2 finished pieces in this class.