Learning Comes to You.
​Virtual Jewelry Making Workshops with Tool & Material Boxes

Virtual instruction will be delivered through detailed jewelry making tutorials presented in palatable length videos for better comprehension while working at your own pace. Each box will have the featured jewelry making tool/tools and materials to make the piece of jewelry in the tutorial. You will have the opportunity  to work with your jewelry instructor one-on-one for a virtual 1-hour session and group 1-hour sessions during the 30 days the box virtual instruction is open. We will meet 4 total times  including your one-on-one. We will vary the scheduled meet time to accommodate scheduling. Each meeting will include a video play back that will be available to view, assuming no technical difficulties. 

The Box

Your featured jewelry making tool (or tools) arrives on your doorstep! Quality materials to make a piece of jewelry are provided! 

The Instruction

The tutorial becomes live on the site and we meet for virtual jewelry sharing and learning over the course of the next 30 days.

The Project

You make a beautiful piece of jewelry! The project based learning expands your skill set to create more refined and well executed art.

What's in a Box?

The Hammer and Anvil May Box
​The May 2019 tutorial will guide you through the process of making a bezel set turquoise ring using featured jewelry tools (see the subscription for details!) We will be focusing on the proper use of tools included in the May box as well as general good studio practice. You will have all of the silver materials and gemstone to make the jewelry project (plus plenty of extra!) Your studio will need to be equipped with some basic metalsmithing and jewelry making tools, supplies and consumables to make the project. There will be a limited number of boxes available to keep the jewelry workshop experience intimate and allow for individual attention. We want to build community and fellowship through your experience. You will need basic soldering, sawing, measuring, filing, forming and flex shaft/rotary tool use. Previous basic push over bezel setting experience is not necessary. If you do have some jewelry making experience, you will still learn something new! We will expand your skills with tons of information in these tutorials. We bring you 30+ years of experience through virtual learning!

What Tools Should I Have?

Basic metalsmithing and jewelry skills are needed but don't need to be refined. Previous soldering, sawing, filling, forming, and finishing is helpful but not required. If you have set stones before using a burnisher and/or pusher, you will still learn new skills. If you haven't, you will learn a ton!

There are some basic metalsmithing and jewelry making tools that need to be in your studio to be able to accomplish the project and future projects. Studio tools are needed but not limited to just these but an example of a basic set up. If you don't have all of these, contact me and we can decide what is absolutely essential or alternatives for success. There are great cost effective solutions when the tool is not in the cards at the moment.

  • Torch: Butane Big Shot at minimum should work but propane/oxygen, acetylene ambient air (Silversmith torch), acetylene/oxygen are preferred (Little Torch.)
  • Fire safe area to solder. Can use a fire brick, magnesia block, charcoal block or pizza stone
  • Soldering pick, tweezers and third arm or could just be soldering cross locking tweezers
  • Pickle pot, copper or bamboo tongs and rinse bowls
  • Hand files: one larger hand file and some smaller needle files.
  • Flex shaft or rotary hand grinder that takes 3/32" bits. (Foredom, Dremel, etc)
  • Sandpaper or finishing paper in several progressive grits
  • Basic chasing hammer
  • Rawhide or nylon/derlin mallet
  • Steel bench block or small anvil
  • Drill bits in variety of sizes
  • Jewelers saw frame and blades 1/0-5/0
  • Bench pin
  • Magnification/optivisor
  • Rotary tumbler with stainless steel media
  • Steel ring mandrel
  • Wood ring clamp
  • Shop vise
  • Internet connection for live streaming and video meetings
  • Bezel roller, curved burnisher and bezel pusher
  • Measuring brass gauge or digital calipers