Tube Setting Faceted Stones - Jan. 8, 10:00-2:00

Expand your skill-set in the world of gemstone jewelry by learning how to set faceted stones into tube settings, which gives a clean and modern look to your jewelry designs. At the end of class, you will have completed a pair of bar or disc faceted stone earrings or two pendants.

We will cover:

• Tube setting: overview, sizing, and fitting
  
• Stone selection
• Measuring stones
• Forming metal
  
• Texturing metal
• Soldering tube settings
  
• Faceted stone setting in tube setting

Details:

• Wednesday, January 8 from 10:00-2:00
• 4 contact hours, ages 14+ located at the Silver Peak Studio Classroom, 100.5 E. Cleveland St. Lafayette 80026
  
• # students 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee is $45 which is the sterling silver, tube settings, and two 5 mm faceted gemstones. Payable to instructor at time of class. Cash, Check or Venmo accepted.
• Prerequisite: Metals 1, Intro to Metalsmithing, or equivalent. Stone setting experience preferred.

The last day to cancel your class registration for a refund or transfer ($25 transfer fee applies) is December 25, 2024.

By registering for this workshop, you agree to our cancellation policy, dress code, and studio rules.

About the instructor, Jen Lesea-Ames:

A former personal fitness trainer and certified USA-Triathlon coach with over 18 years of teaching experience, Jen retired from her fitness and coaching career after receiving a diagnosis of hip dysplasia and underwent two major hip surgeries. Wanting more of a challenge after stringing beads for three years, she studied metalsmithing at the Denver School of Metal Arts (now Denver Jewelry Studio) from 2012-2016. 

After her hip surgeries and recovery, she decided to go full-time with her jewelry business in 2014 and opened Silver Peak Studio in July 2020.

Jen is the owner, designer, and metalsmith of Jen Lesea Designs, (2009-present). Her jewelry is sold in over 50 stores nationwide, including Fallingwater Museum Store, the The Vladem Museum of Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe, and the national catalogs Uncommon Goods and Artful Home. Her experience and work has landed her local and national press. Jen is an Accredited Jewelry Professional from the Gemological Institute of America GIA.

Her fun and friendly nature is apparent in everything she does, whether its teaching metalsmithing, talking to art show patrons, or motivating people to try something new, like stand up paddle-boarding!  

As the owner of Silver Peak Studio, it is her intention to provide a safe, clean, professional and fun environment where students can grow in metalsmithing and enjoy the journey.

A few of Jen's favorite things is recreating outdoors, traveling, and hanging with her fur babies (kitties), Addie and Stevie.