Savoir-faire

Introduction to Setting (2h)

From the Wax Project to the Setting Techniques

Try your hand at stone setting.

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About the Course

Setting is one of the most important steps in jewelry making. It secures and fixes the gems on the metallic pieces of the jewel. 

After an introduction to the different types of settings, learn how to create a setting on brass step by step. While seated at the jeweler’s workbench, tools in hand, experiment with the technical skills of a stone-setter: adapt the shape of the piece, position the stones, and adjust their placement and symmetry. Finally, polish your piece and discover one of the most essential gestures to the setter, consisting of "lifting the grain" in a piece of metal. 

This course is devoted to setting. Discover the setting techniques but also the wax sculpting by joining the four-hour course: "From the Wax Project to the Setting Techniques".  

Useful to Know

  • You are welcomed by your lecturers, and a refreshment is offered to you before the class starts. 
  • This course is given by two lecturers, one of whom is a stone-setter. 
  • All necessary equipment is provided on site.   
  • A certificate is given at the end of the class along with a list of recommendations of books, podcasts, websites, museums related to the course attended. 

To Go Further

Join the course "Discover the Technique of the Mock-Up in Jewelry" to explore one of the first steps in making a piece of jewelry and create your first tin jewelry model. 

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Introduction to Setting

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QUALITY

L'ÉCOLE set up, 5 years after its foundation, a Scientific Council to oversee the consistency of its educational policy and the relevance of its teaching materials.

EXCLUSIVITY

Courses are delivered in small groups to allow students to discuss one-on-one with experts of the jewerly's world. 

PASSION

All our teachers are passionate experts chosen for their enthusiasm and skills in transmitting their knowledge. 

GENEROSITY

Skills are presented with ease in an enjoyable way, hands-on experience and dialogue. Classes are for everyone with no pre-requisites.

NEED HELP?

For any need, contact us by phone +33 (0)1 70 70 38 40.