Introduction to Stone Setting for Jewelry

Overview

“Now you will see how the metal behaves when worked and folded. You will also learn what metal annealing is, what it is for and how to do it.”

In this video lesson Maike Siegel addresses the topic: Working with Metal, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Stone Setting for Jewelry. Learn how to use silversmithing tools and techniques to create your own collection of stone-set jewelry.

Partial transcription of the video

“Working with Metal In this lesson, we'll start working and familiarize ourselves with the use of pliers. Here I have my work area set up for metalworking and soldering. It is very useful before starting work to familiarize yourself with your pliers and see what kind of curves or folds they make. In this lesson, I am going to make the hooks for the earrings or hoops and the rings for the pendant. To start working with the pliers, we are going to shape the rings. To do so we are going to use wire 0.8 mm in diameter. To shape the rings, what I do is choose one of the diameters of pliers and I ...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Stone Setting for Jewelry

• Level: Beginner
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• 7915 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 47m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Fashion

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Fashion Design, Jewelry Design