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14) Silver Jewelry Making Advanced B

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Cc Silver Ring With Stone 585 439 80

About this class

This course requires that you are familiar with the basic silver smithing techniques as taught in the Silver Jewelry Making Basics class.

We will cover hollow Jewelry construction (i.e. rings, bracelets, earrings), channel settings, double step bezel prong settings.

Class Outline
  1. Detailed lecture on workroom safety, sustainability and recycling of materials. Hollow Jewelry Construction, i.e. ring, pendant, bracelet, earrings
  2. Channel settings
  3. Double Step Basil / Prong Setting
  4. Double Step Pendant with Prong Setting and Channel Setting
  5. Double Step Ring with Prong Setting and Channel Setting and theoretical introduction to gold property basics
  6. Creative Jewelry making, finishing and final critique

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

You can buy the following materials from the instructor during the first class:

  • 100 grams of silver (ready made for use as wire or plate) at QAR 5.8 per gram = QAR 580
  • 10 grams of soldering cadium = QAR 50
  • 5 small semi precious stones for QAR 3/- each = QAR 175
  • 1 packet of saw blades QAR 120/-

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Tue, 19 Mar, 2019
End: Wed, 10 Apr, 2019
Lessons: 8
Days: Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Room 168, Jewelry Studio
Cost: QAR 1350

Instructors

Jo Mohamad 150 186 80 1

Jo Mohammed

Jo Mohammed is specializing in custom made fine Jewelry for both, men and women, and has been working in the Jewelry Industry for 20 years. He has created many cast gold replicas of important Middle Eastern and Asian icons like Fort Zubara as a sought after specialty. 

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To register for this course, access the form.

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