Jewelry Classes in San Francisco, CA

Learn how to cut a design or pattern into metal by using a chemical etchant. This ancient technique has been used in a wide range of applications through many cultures, from printing plates and champlevé to medieval armor.  Class will cover two methods for preparing metal for etching, PNP (Press & Peel) and using a scribe. Beginning students...

Need a present for the holidays? Make something cool-no soldering required. This One Day Workshop is perfect for beginners and others who want to experiment with sawn settings and saw-pierced designs. Be on time--first 90 minutes is your chance to learn and/or practice sawing, by making a sample pendant. Next, select a stone and metal, a template or...

Continue to develop your basic skills and increase accuracy in sawing and filing and use them to create patterns and forms in your pieces. Learn techniques for clean wire work, clasps and decorative elements. Explore design ideas with riveting and riveting for movement. Explore design layout and planning methods to streamline your projects. Final project...

Time to add more accuracy and precision to your jewelry making practice! Complex settings, galleries, hinges and other mechanisms await you in this ongoing advanced jewelry course. Professional guidance, specific exercises, and class projects combined with work on your own designs will raise your skills ever higher.  This course will vary over...

Destination Jewelry! This is the first term of a series, designed to teach the ins and outs the hows and whys of jewelry fabrication. Jump on board to learn sawing, filing, soldering, texturing and finishing, cold connections, ring making, tool use and maintenance, metal forming, layout, and more.  Perfect for beginners, as well as students who...

Learn to design, carve, have professionally cast, and inlay your own custom ring. Develop a relationship with local casting professionals and, gain the necessary knowledge needed for producing a jewelry collection here in the Bay Area. This class offers foundational stone inlay knowledge for cutting and carving your stone of choice and, inlaying your...

Lapidary 101 for all skill levels: Included insight into gem and mineral attributes for working with stone; learn and practice basic, advanced, and carving techniques. Create semi-precious stone cabochons: orientate, trim, shape, and polish stones. We start with standard template design, then graduate to free form technique and carving. Use finished...

Add vibrant color to your metalwork and jewelry using transparent and opaque enamels to spark light on your work. Learn basic enameling and explore stencils, threads, sgraffito and silver foils. Use enamel watercolors, graphite and decals to add images to your work.  Already have the basics? Come and add to your skills as we explore this ancient...

We begin our work in wax, exploring different carving techniques in both cold and hot wax. Students turn completed wax models into molds, and learn about the investment and kiln burn-out processes. We will cast in the centrifugal casting machine, and students will learn to use a large hand torch. After casting, students will learn the finishing process....

In this class, create colorful and intricate inlay jewelry by hand. Learn to cut, shape, and fuse stones together to build complex and impressive motifs by using traditional techniques of lapidary and inlay.  Students will explore various inlay styles including mosaic, flush, and intarsia. After getting comfortable with foundational basics,...