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Making Your Own Settings – Coronet Setting Part 2

March 3rd, 2011

		Part Two In this 3 part film Andrew shows you just how easy it is to produce your own settings. Whilst it is easy to pick up the phone and order in pre-cast settings, there is immense satisfaction when you can sit down for half an hour and produce your own ‘hand made’ setting. Sometimes time will not allow you to order in a setting, perhaps the client has an urgent request or it may take a week for a certain size or style to be cast. So sit down, get a collet set, and have a go at making your own. Only when you have made each piece by hand can you call the item completely ‘hand made’ instead of hand assembled. Next week we will start to file and shape the claws.

Part Two

In this 3 part film Andrew shows you just how easy it is to produce your own settings. Whilst it is easy to pick up the phone and order in pre-cast settings, there is immense satisfaction when you can sit down for half an hour and produce your own ‘hand made’ setting. Sometimes time will not allow you to order in a setting, perhaps the client has an urgent request or it may take a week for a certain size or style to be cast.

So sit down, get a collet set, and have a go at making your own. Only when you have made each piece by hand can you call the item completely ‘hand made’ instead of hand assembled.

Next week we will start to file and shape the claws.

Making Your Own Settings – Coronet Setting Part 1

February 23rd, 2011

		Part One In this 3 part film Andrew shows you just how easy it is to produce your own settings. Whilst it is easy to pick up the phone and order in pre-cast settings, there is immense satisfaction when you can sit down for half an hour and produce your own ‘hand made’ setting. Sometimes time will not allow you to order in a setting, perhaps the client has an urgent request or it may take a week for a certain size or style to be cast. So sit down, get a collet set, and have a go at making your own. Only when you have made each piece by hand can you call the item completely ‘hand made’ instead of hand assembled. Next week we will start to saw and file the claws.

Part One

In this 3 part film Andrew shows you just how easy it is to produce your own settings. Whilst it is easy to pick up the phone and order in pre-cast settings, there is immense satisfaction when you can sit down for half an hour and produce your own ‘hand made’ setting. Sometimes time will not allow you to order in a setting, perhaps the client has an urgent request or it may take a week for a certain size or style to be cast.

So sit down, get a collet set, and have a go at making your own. Only when you have made each piece by hand can you call the item completely ‘hand made’ instead of hand assembled.

Next week we will start to saw and file the claws.

Making Your Own Settings – Wire Setting Part 3

February 17th, 2011

		Part Three of Three Imagine that you have a wonderful stone you have just aquired. You reach for your favourite finding and castings catalogues to look for a setting for it. You spend hours sourcing a setting to fit this wonderful stone but no one has made a setting of the stones’ particular size nor shape. So what are you going to do? Let Andrew show you how straight forward it is to make your own settings. The ability to construct your own settings is a technique well worth learning. Andrew starts the series on Making Your Own Settings by showing you a straight forward way to construct a wire claw setting. Take your time, have patience and you will be rewarded with that setting to fit that wonderful stone.

Video Project – 3 Stone Diamond Pendant Part 5

February 17th, 2011

		Final Part Nothing is nicer than to have a husband commission a pendant for his wife for a memorable moment in each others life. Andrew and his client worked together to create a simple but stunning three stone diamond pendant. It’s always a good idea to involve the client in the design stage as well as guiding them with the choice in stones to fit within their budget. This five part series shows you how Andrew approaches the design and make good use of ready cast bezel settings.

Making Your Own Settings – Wire Setting Part 2

February 10th, 2011

		Part Two of Three Imagine that you have a wonderful stone you have just aquired. You reach for your favourite finding and castings catalogues to look for a setting for it. You spend hours sourcing a setting to fit this wonderful stone but no one has made a setting of the stones’ particular size nor shape. So what are you going to do? Let Andrew show you how straight forward it is to make your own settings. The ability to construct your own settings is a technique well worth learning. Andrew starts the series on Making Your Own Settings by showing you a straight forward way to construct a wire claw setting. Take your time, have patience and you will be rewarded with that setting to fit that wonderful stone.

Making Your Own Settings – Wire Setting Part 1

February 4th, 2011

		Part One of Three Imagine that you have a wonderful stone you have just aquired. You reach for your favourite finding and castings catalogues to look for a setting for it. You spend hours sourcing a setting to fit this wonderful stone but no one has made a setting of the stones’ particular size nor shape. So what are you going to do? Let Andrew show you how straight forward it is to make your own settings. The ability to construct your own settings is a technique well worth learning. Andrew starts the series on Making Your Own Settings by showing you a straight forward way to construct a wire claw setting. Take your time, have patience and you will be rewarded with that setting to fit that wonderful stone.

Jewellery Alterations – Replacing a Setting Part 2

January 27th, 2011

		Part Two Platinum is such a fantastic metal to work with. Some people say the opposite but once you know how to work with it, it is a pleasure to work with. Andrew is replacing the head in a 2 carat brilliant cut diamond ring. The original setting was alright but it did nothing for the diamond and did not show it of to its best. And when you have a fantastic 2 carat diamond stone on your finger, you want the world to notice it.

Jewellery Alterations – Replacing a Setting Part 1

January 20th, 2011

		Part One Platinum is such a fantastic metal to work with. Some people say the opposite but once you know how to work with it, it is a pleasure to work with. Andrew is replacing the head in a 2 carat brilliant cut diamond ring. The original setting was alright but it did nothing for the diamond and did not show it of to its best. And when you have a fantastic 2 carat diamond stone on your finger, you want the world to notice it.

Video Project – Round Locket Final Part

January 13th, 2011

		This locket was commissioned by one of Andrew’s clients for their daughters 18th birthday. Lockets are always a favourable present to give as a keepsake because they can hold pictures of loved ones or lockets of hair. This locket has been made using Mokume Gane sheet for the front and constructed using a decent thickness of silver to give the locket a nice weighty feel about it and has the reassurance that it will not dent easily and will be passed on from generation to generation. This project is split up into a number of parts due to the complexity of the project.

Video Project – Round Locket Part 5

January 6th, 2011

		This locket was commissioned by one of Andrew’s clients for their daughters 18th birthday. Lockets are always a favourable present to give as a keepsake because they can hold pictures of loved ones or lockets of hair. This locket has been made using Mokume Gane sheet for the front and constructed using a decent thickness of silver to give the locket a nice weighty feel about it and has the reassurance that it will not dent easily and will be passed on from generation to generation. This project is split up into a number of parts due to the complexity of the project.

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