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Pavé Setting
Have you ever been mesmerized by the dazzling sparkle of a dozen gleaming gems that contour the surface on a piece of jewelry? Here's your chance to learn how it's done! In this workshop students will explore a variety of stone setting techniques, specifically pave, bead setting, and French cut. Due to the short format of the course, metal housings, burs, beading tools, and stones will be available for purchase from the instructor. Students can expect to leave with at least one piece of completed jewelry as part of the course. In depth demonstration and numerous samples will be thoroughly covered and executed throughout the workshop. Due to the level of detail and hand strength required to execute these techniques, students should have excellent vision (with the aid of magnification) and ample hand strength to push over prongs and cut metal using burs in the flexshaft. Previous stone setting experience strongly encouraged.
Meet the instructor
Arthur Hash received his MFA in metalsmithing and jewelry design from Indiana University in 2005 and his BFA in Crafts/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. Currently, Arthur is a Jewelry designer/consultant/educator who shares a studio with his wife and fellow jeweler, Liz Clark, in Providence, Rhode Island.
For the last fifteen years Arthur has taught digital fabrication and Jewelry courses at multiple universities across the country including the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and SUNY New Paltz in New Patlz, New York. Arthur has managed/operated multiple digital fabrication/metals facilities including Makerbot Innovation Centers, Digital Design and Fabrication certificate programs and MIT Fab Labs. His personal studio practice combines traditional craft techniques with digital fabrication technologies such as water-jet cutting, 3D scanning, CNC routing, rapid prototyping and laser engraving to make one-off wearable, art jewelry pieces, production jewelry and wearable interactive electronics.
Materials & Tools
There is a $120-$140 materials fee for this workshop that is payable to the instructor at the start of class. Materials kits include two pre-cast sterling silver objects, square stock sterling silver wire, multiple beading tools, CZs, stone setting burs, flat ended cone bur, reamer bur, mini buffs, graver handle, and stone safe polishing compound.
The Metalwerx studio has some of these tools, but recommends you bring your own if you have them.
- Students are required to have their own magna visors and loops
- Small buffs for the flex shaft
- Any miscellaneous burs that you would use for stone setting
- Small needle files and burnishers