Doug Napier, Author at Jewelry Monk

4 Prong Setting Tutorial

Oct 25, 2017

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in Community, Metal Working, Stone Setting, Tools

How to Set a Round Stone in a 4 Prong Setting I wanted to demonstrate how to set the 2mm stone in a 4 prong setting. In past blog entries I have set stones in shared prong settings, flush settings or gypsy settings, channel settings, bezel settings, and “V” prong settings, but I have never…

How to Bezel Set a Square Stone

Sep 21, 2017

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Doug Napier

in Design, Metal Working, Polishing, Stone Setting, Tools, Tumbling

Quick Story….. then a tip. I have always had goals….. In my head. I work towards them, I get new goals, I change my goals, I accomplish some goals, but to be honest, I forget most of them, because I am off running after other shiny goals. I tried something new in the past couple…

Tool Prep and Maintenance Today

Sep 13, 2017

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Doug Napier

in Community

How to Modify Your Tweezers I have heard it said, and attributed to Abe Lincoln, “If I had 4 hours to cut down a tree, I would use the first 2 hours sharpening the axe”. That must be one big tree…. But I get the idea. Tool Preparation is very important! HERE is a Quick…

JewelryMonk Design Contest #2 is in the Books

Aug 15, 2017

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Doug Napier

in Community, Design, Metal Working, Molding, Polishing, Soldering, Stone Setting, Texturing

Have you ever had a great idea and thought “This will be cool, I can have this knocked out in a few weeks?” Yeah, that was my idea BACK IN MARCH! Well, with 2 month long trips out of the country and a LOT of video coverage, the 2nd JewelryMonk Design Contest piece is in…

JewelryMonk’s Design Contest Winning Piece Finished

Aug 9, 2017

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Doug Napier

in Community, Design, Metal Working

I know it has been a while, with traveling, and summer, and more traveling….. but the 2nd JewelryMonk Design Contest winning piece is finally finished. Jen Popolis from Illinois is the winner of the contest with a fantastic design that lends itself very well to project which was all fabricated from silver, using sheet and…

Author: Doug Napier

4 Prong Setting Tutorial

How to Bezel Set a Square Stone

Tool Prep and Maintenance Today

JewelryMonk Design Contest #2 is in the Books

JewelryMonk’s Design Contest Winning Piece Finished