JewelryMonk Studio Workshop Classes

JewelryMonk Studio and Training Center  –  717 Main St. in Rapid City, SD

Doug@JewelryMonk.com  –  605.718.5070

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Class Descriptions

In Studio

Bezel Creation:(3-4 Hours) $150 Course  (3-4 Hours) RESERVE SPOT ABOVE

We start with a stone of your choice, or I have some pre-selected stones. Learn to create a Bezel for the stone, soldering it together, and set the stone in the bezel. This class covers Layout, Cutting, Measuring, Soldering, Cleaning up scratches and file marks, and Stone Setting.

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Ring Band Making: (2 Hours) $100 Course    (2 hours) RESERVE SPOT ABOVE

Start with a piece of rectangle shank material and Learn Metal Forming, Sizing, Texturing, Soldering, Filing, Sanding, and Polishing. When we are done, you will have a Sterling Silver Band that you created, that you can wear home.

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Sawing and Layout Techniques: (2 Hours) $100 Course  (2 hours) RESERVE SPOT ABOVE

Many people have their favorite shapes, animals, designs, etc. Together we will learn to Transfer Design to Metal, Texture, Pierce, Saw, File, Sand, and Polish copper, silver, and/or brass. When you are finished, you will have a pendant or pin you can wear home.

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Ring Sizing Techniques (Up and Down): (2 Hours) $100 Course

The thing with peoples ring jewelry, is they either hand them to others, decide to wear them on other fingers, or their fingers change size over time, so they sit it their jewelry box. We will Learn how to measure your finger, then Size a Ring Up and Down, then File, Sand, and Polish. I will teach you the skills needed to accomplish these tasks, Then, bring as many rings as you wish, and we will work on as many as we can in a 2 hour period.

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Open Class, Individual (One-on-One) 1/2 Day Training (Contact for Pricing)    –     working on projects the student wants to learn.

JewelryMonk Studio and Training Center    717 Main St. RC,SD   (605) 718-5070  Doug@JewelryMonk.com

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Detailed information for each class can be found by clicking on the Course Description. Classes include all materials and the use of studio tools and equipment. Prerequisites for some classes and for the use of some equipment may apply.

Register by phone, or in person, for one of our scheduled classes and/or workshops, or schedule a customized or private class for you and/or a group.

For questions about which classes might be most useful, or confused about a certain technique? Feel free to call us – we’re happy to assist.

JewelryMonk Studio – 605 718-5070
717 Main St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Hours: M-F 9am-5pm (and Saturdays and some evenings)

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Please Note:

• Participants are responsible for damage due to misuse of tools, equipment, machinery, chemicals, and related materials.
• Participants must sign in and sign a waiver upon arriving; after signing in, participants may come and go throughout the day.

For additional information, please call 605.718.5070

Individual tool kit which includes:

Bench pin, Assorted Burs, Flush cutters, Parallel Pliers, Half-round hand file (#2 and #4), Flat hand file (#2 and #4), Needle files, Hammers and Mallets, Ring mandrel, Pliers (flat nose, round nose, chain nose), Ring clamp, Safety glasses, Micrometer and gauges, Flex Shaft, LED Bench lamp, Steel block, Saw blades, Saw frame, Soldering pad, Soldering pick, Soldering tweezers, Spring tweezers, 3^rd hand, and More.

Equipment and machinery which includes but is not limited to:
(Demonstration of proficiency will be required for certain tools.)

• Punches
• Casting kiln *
• Cutters (discs)
• Dapping blocks
• Mandrels
• Metal shears
• Rolling mill
• Stamps (letter, number, misc. designs)
• Texture plates
• Torches (acetylene, butane, propane-oxygen)
• Vacuum caster
• Vibratory tumblers

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Learn from HOME…..

VIDEO LESSONS

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NEW Polishing Video Series JUST RELEASED (ONLINE)

ALSO, I am very excited to finally release a NEW Polishing Video Series, that just went live! It covers just about everything about Polishing Jewelry, from Defect Identification and Repair, Sanding, Rubber Wheels, Brushes, and different Wheels and Compounds, etc. In this course, I hope to get you to think of polishing differently, instead of just making your jewelry shiny, it is a process of identifying defects, fixing them, but also realizing where they come from, and avoiding them in the future if possible. Over 40 videos so far, and still adding content.

As always, thanks for all your support and for stopping by the website, and the Training Center. If you haven’t already, Make sure to Subscribe to THIS Website (link above) so you don’t miss and jewelry making goodness.

NOW, Let’s make something SHINY, TOGETHER!

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Jewelry Creation Method Video Course

The Jewelry Creation Method is a video series that takes you through creation a piece of jewelry, from concept and drawing, all the way to the completed piece of reproducible jewelry. The videos cover, in real time, all the processes from transferring your design onto a wax blank, preparing and carving the wax. Casting that wax into silver, and cleaning up the silver into a model that will be molded. Injecting wax into the mold and casting those waxes into silver. Preparing those castings with tumbling media and polishing the castings. Finally, the piece will be set with a pear shaped stone in a prong/bezel setting, and the piece of jewelry will be final polished and cleaned, ready to ship.

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Jewelry Fabrication Video Course

This is a 15 Lesson, Step by Step Video Series (+ bonuses) that covers every aspect of creating this award winning pendant from drawing to polishing. This piece is all fabricated and soldered in sterling silver with sheet and wire.