Best stonesetting school?

Beladran · Jul 2, 2014

Like the title says what is the best stone setting school? One that offers like a one week class. I can't leave for months at a time. I keep here about a couple in Germany an Belgium but the ticket there cost twice as much as the school.

phil · Jul 2, 2014

http://www.newapproachschool.com/
These are highly recommended and I think pretty local to you. However you will only be learning the very basics in one week. Setting is like engraving. It takes years to become proficient at all disciplines like channel, rub over/flush, grain/bead etc. I wish you well in your pursuits.
PS. I believe Chris DeCamillis offers one on one internet training if travelling is a problem.

Sandy · Jul 2, 2014

GRS has 1week stone setting class by several instructors. I took the course from Todd Daniels a couple years ago. It was a great course and Todd is a fabulous instructor. There is a combination for jewelers taught by Todd. It starts July 28. The course description indicates that it will cover stone setting.
Sandy

Sam · Jul 2, 2014

Blaine Lewis and his New Approach School is pretty fantastic. He's a GREAT instructor and his facility is world class. Highly recommended.

Gemsetterchris · Jul 3, 2014

Claw, rubover & bead are the 3 types of setting, each has several variants & anything else is a combo of the main 3.
Once you understand the theory, It's a case of experiencing every alternative many times..not to forget all the material combinations change the game abit!
Only then will you build up enough know how & a sixth sense of avoiding problems to tackle whatever your given.
Good luck, It's a long but fun trip

DakotaDocMartin · Jul 3, 2014

Gemsetterchris said:
Claw, rubover & bead are the 3 types of setting

We usually call them prong, bezel (or gypsy), and bead here in the USA. Same thing, just different terms.

Gemsetterchris · Jul 3, 2014

DakotaDocMartin said:
We usually call them prong, bezel (or gypsy), and bead here in the USA. Same thing, just different terms.

Quite right, good to be aware of these things..don't ask the Finnish names for them

Darren · Jul 3, 2014

I would Highly recommend the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco, CA.
They are world class, There is no better, IMO
http://www.revereacademy.com

Prong, Bezel, Pave, reverse Pave, Flush, Channel, and Invisable settings.

billrice@charter.net · Jul 3, 2014

Chris M and I both took the Blaine Lewis Comprehensive Stone Setting Class this last February and I would Highly recommend his classes. Blaine is a excellent teacher and his class is setup to really show you what is happening from his bench as he instructs you. I got this recommendation from Sam Alfano and it was given from someone who has had years of experience

mwalt1988 · Jul 6, 2014

I highly recommend Blaine Lewis at New Approach. I took a class there a year ago. Best money I've ever spent.

JakeW · Jul 6, 2014

I am a jeweler who engraves and have set more stones than I can count over my 20 years in the jewelry business. So I would say it depends on what kind of tools you have. Blaine is great teacher but does not have Gravermax to work with. So if you have Gravermax then GRS might be better if you don't then Blaine would be better. Also what kind of setting will you be focusing on? More prong then it does not matter. But if you are going to do bezel, channel, bead setting with Gravermax then GRS might be better or a school that has GRS tools.

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