Collection: Core Skills
We developed a set of classes you can take and access anytime you need them to build your core skills. With these foundations, you will be well prepared to create your own work. They are also the essential skills you need for many of our classes. By having them accessible at any time, you don't have to wait for a class to be offered again, they are always here ready to be viewed.
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Build your skills!
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Jewelry Making
- Soldering Techniques
- Rivets & Cold Connections
- Working with Gold-filled
- Working with Alternative Materials
- Lockets & Boxes
- Granulation
- Reticulation
- Keum-bu & Gold Overlay
- Engraving
- Recycling Metals
- Pearl Knotting
- Enameling
- Electro Etching
- Chemical Etching
- Marriage of Metals
- Working with Patinas
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Chain & Maille
- Byzantine Chain
- Silver Peacock Chain
- Helm Chain
- Square Maille
- Freehand Chain
- Turkish Chain
- Ribbon Chain
- Paperclip Chain
- Cuban Chain
- Viking Knit
- Cord Knit
- Soldering Chain
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Stone Setting
- Alternative Stone Setting
- Bezel Setting
- Flush Setting
- Tube in Stone Setting
- Wire Basket Seeting
- Card Cut Setting
- Sheet & Wire (Turtle & Tab) Setting
- Flush Setting
- Wire Basket Setting
- Pedestal Setting
- Prong Setting
- Tube Setting
- Tapered Tube Setting
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Wax & Casting
- Wax Work & Carving
- Mitsuro Hikime Wax
- Using a Lathe & Wax
- Stone Setting in Wax
- Lost Wax Casting
- Cuttlefish Bone Casting
- Gravity Casting
- Sand Casting
- Making Molds
- Injection Molds & Wax
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Forming & Forging
- Chime Ball
- Hydraulic Press Forming
- Pancake Dies
- Hollow Forming
- Patterning Metal
- Rolling Mill Essentials
- Forming with Pliers & Hammers
- Making & Using Stamps
- Chasing & Repoussé
- Twisting Heavy Wire
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Tools
- Know Your Torch
- Flexshaft Tips & Tricks
- Filing, Drilling, & Sawing
- Gravers
- Tap & Die