Introduction to stone setting: flush and gypsy setting

City Lit

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In London

£ 199 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

You will be introduced to flush setting techniques for round stones, in which stones are set level with the surface of a metal form. There will be an opportunity to practise this technique on a flat and curved surface, to apply your own design and create your own bespoke setting tool.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Flush set round facetted gemstones into the surface of metal
- Make and adapt your own setting tools
- Measure using the Vernier gauge (callipers)
- Identify the tools needed to flush set stones
- Identify the suitability of your design for flush setting.

City Lit provides most of the basic tools and equipment you will need for jewellery-making.
We also provide basic materials in reasonable quantities, such as base metals (copper and brass), chemicals and sundries.

We will provide saw blades, sandpaper, burrs and various cubic zirconia gemstones for you to practice with.

You will be taught through demonstrations and photographic examples of jewellery that show how the above skills
are developed. Support and advice by the tutor will be given throughout the whole course.

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Subjects

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Course programme

- Making your own setting tool, tool care and repair.
- Producing a flat and curved sample to practise flush setting.
- The relationship between the size of stones and the thickness of metal.
- Stone hardnesses and how this is related to this technique.
- Measuring stones accurately using the Vernier gauge
- The specialist tools needed to set stones level into the metal.
- Your own design ideas and their suitability for flush setting.
- There will be extension exercises in tube setting.

Additional information

If you would like to further develop the technique you will be guided on where to buy gemstones and silver if required. You are advised that sensible footwear must be worn in studio 308. For heath and safety reasons, no sandals, open shoes & small pumps can be worn – even in hot weather. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Introduction to stone setting: flush and gypsy setting

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