Stone Setting
Stone Setting Classes
I offer one-to-one, in person stone setting tuition covering all commonly used styles of setting including:
Rub over setting, Claw setting, Flush setting, Simple grain setting, Star Setting, French or Castle setting, Thread and grain, Chanel and Pavé.
I can either offer the following set days or you can pick and mix to make your own class for the different styles on offer. If you wish to build your own class we can generally cover 3 single stone settings in a day or 1 or 2 multiple stone setting styles. Should you wish to mix settings styles to build your own class, I can talk though the options with you and work out what works best for your needs.
Each stone setting class is designed to teach you using traditional hand cutting and pushing tools, enabling you to develop a high level of skill without having to pay out for prohibitively expensive tools. After all- you wouldn’t learn to drive in a Ferrari, so why pay out for thousands of pounds worth of tools to learn to set stones, when most stone setting has been done with hand tools for hundreds of years very successfully!
Grain setting day- Simple grain setting, Star setting and Thread and Grain ( one row of Pave ) 1 day course
Full Eternity ring- One day making the ring to the correct specifications for setting and the second day setting the stones and Cutting in decretive features. 2 day course (Day 2 can be done as a stand-alone day)
Flush setting day- Covering round, square and marquise flush settings using Stephens own unique method. 1 day course
Round stones day- Learning to set round brilliant cut stones in Rub-over, Claw, and Flush settings. 1 day course
Princess cut day- Setting square stones in rub-over and claw settings. 1 day course
Marquise cut day- Setting Marquise stones in rub-over and claw settings. 1 day course
Channel setting day- Setting stone in the channel set style using both round and Princess cut stones. 1 day course
Pavé day- Learning to layout and set full pave into a ring. 1 day course
Pick and Mix Classes - Design your own package
Booking and Enquiries
If you would like to book a class or make an enquiry, just click on the image representing the class you wish to ask about and this will link you to my email.
I will endeavor to help you as soon as I can.
“Stephen is the best teacher by far that I have encountered”… “You make the difficult so accessible, thank you”… “If you want stone setting tuition in the UK, Stephen Barnett is your man”
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