Tube Setting Faceted Stones for Jewelry

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:

• 4 contact hours, ages 14+ located at the Silver Peak Studio Classroom, 100.5 E. Cleveland St. Lafayette 80026
• Wednesday, May 22 from 9:30-2:30
• # students 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Price includes materials kit fee of $45 which is the sterling silver, tube settings, and two 5 mm faceted gemstones
• Prerequisite: Metals 1, Intro to Metalsmithing, or equivalent. Stone setting experience preferred.

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

About the instructor, Jen Lesea-Ames:

A former exercise physiologist and triathlete, Jen retired from her fitness career after receiving a diagnosis of hip dysplasia and decided to go full-time with her jewelry business in 2014. 

Wanting more of a challenge after stringing beads for three years, she studied metalsmithing at the Denver School of Metal Arts (now called Denver Jewelry Studio) from 2012-2016. She decided to go full-time with her jewelry business in 2014 and opened Silver Peak Studio in July 2020.

She is the owner, designer, and metalsmith of Jen Lesea Designs, (2009-present); her jewelry is sold in over 50 stores, including Fallingwater Museum Store, the Denver Art Museum Gift Shop, and the national catalog Uncommon Goods. Her experience and work has landed her local and national press. Jen is an Applied 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 paddleboarding!  

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.