The Jeweler's Saw
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Beginner Classes
Wax & Wine: Jewelry Carving
with Jason Spencer
Saturday, July 12th | 12:00 pm–4:00 pm
Tuition: $120 + $30 Materials Fee (tax included in materials price)
Join jeweler Jason Spencer for a relaxed afternoon of wax carving and creativity — with a little wine and charcuterie to fuel the fun! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the basics of carving wax models for jewelry, an essential step in the lost wax casting process.
You’ll explore:
- Tools and techniques for carving wax
- Creating textures, shapes, and designs in wax
- How wax models are transformed into metal jewelry
We’ll cast your piece for you after class, cut sprues, and tumble-finish it. You can pick it up the following week or have it shipped to you.
This is a great class for beginners or anyone curious about adding wax carving to their jewelry-making repertoire.
Beginner: No prior experience required!
Casting Objects
With Griselda Peña
Saturday and Sunday, July 26th-27th | 10:00am – 5:00pm
Tuition: $420 + $20 Materials Fee (tax included in materials price)
Learn to cast natural materials, lace, and found objects into metal!
This two-day course explores how to turn delicate and unexpected items — from lace, textiles, and plastics to bugs, seed pods, flowers, succulents, and other natural or found objects — into beautiful metal forms using the lost wax casting process.
You’ll learn how to sprue these unique items on day one, and on day two you’ll cast your flasks with the instructor’s guidance and finish cleaning up your pieces.
Beginner: No experience needed. The minimum age requirement is 16 and above.
Enameling Essentials: Color on Copper
With Alex Gelderman
Wednesday, July 30th | 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuition: $120 + $50 Materials Fee (tax included in materials price)
Throughout this evening workshop, instructor Alex Gelderman will walk you through the foundational skills needed to start enameling with confidence. First, you’ll prepare copper squares, which serve as your creative canvas. Then, you’ll apply enamel powder using dry sifting techniques — layering color and experimenting with patterns and textures as you go.
Along the way, you’ll explore:
How to apply enamel evenly and safely
When and how to layer colors for more visual impact
How kiln firing transforms powder into glass
Basic troubleshooting tips to help avoid common mistakes
Beginner: No experience needed
Textured Treasures: Earrings Workshop
with Alaine Hutson
Saturday, July 19th | 10:00 am–1:00 pm
Tuition: $93 + $18 Materials Fee (tax included in materials price)
Come into the studio for a fun and approachable earring-making workshop! In this two-hour class, you’ll learn to create lightweight, textured metal earrings using a variety of studio tools and techniques:
Cut metal with the hydraulic press and disc cutters
Impress textures onto metal using the rolling mill with texture plates and found objects
Use an acetylene torch to anneal metal
Finish your pieces by creating your own earring wires
Perfect for those looking to explore new tools in the studio. You’ll leave with a finished pair of earrings and new skills to inspire future projects.
Beginner: No experience needed
Benchwork Basics: Jewelry Foundations
With Shalena White
August 19th – September 4th
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6pm – 10pm (6 sessions)
Tuition: $720 + $70 Materials Fee (all sterling silver)
(tax included in materials price)
Payment plans available—email info@thejewelerssaw.org
Learn the basics of jewelry making in this three-week course, 6 sessions.
Techniques covered: sawing basic shapes, filing, sanding by hand and with the flex shaft, sizing a ring, forming, dapping a ring to flare, polishing, sizing a cabochon for a bezel, soldering it to a backplate, granulation, and bezel setting.
This course helps students gain confidence and independently execute basic jewelry designs.
A perfect follow-up to our Stacking Rings course and a good foundation for continuing learning in Benchwork Beyond: Building on Foundations.
Beginner: No experience needed
Using the Micro-Welder for Permanent Jewelry and Fabrication
With Alaine Hutson
Wednesdays, 2pm – 3:30pm
July 9th | July 19th | July 23rd
Tuition: $45 + $17.50 Materials Fee (tax included in materials price)
This course will teach students the basics of how micro welders work, go over how to use our PUK III micro-welder safely and 2 common ways the welder is used – closing jump rings and welding connections for permanent jewelry. Students will leave class certified to rent time to use our welder and with a permanent sterling silver or gold-filled bracelet.
All Levels: No experience needed, open to all skill levels
Stacked and Set: Silver Rings with a Bezel Set Stone
With Zach Wright
Mondays, 6pm – 9:30pm
July 21st – FULL
Tuition: $150 all materials included
If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email us at info@thejewelerssaw.org!
Create a stunning trio of sterling silver rings – complete with a gemstone accent! In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn how to fabricate and solder stacking rings from wire, then add a cabochon stone using a bezel setting cup. We’ll cover the essentials of shaping, soldering, and finishing techniques.
Each student will leave with three stackable rings – two classic bands and one featuring a bezel-set gemstone – all made by hand using professional jeweler’s tools.
This is a perfect class if you’re new to jewelry or looking to expand your skills with a fun, creative project. Come solo or bring a friend — either way, you’ll go home with handmade rings and a new favorite hobby.
Beginner: No experience needed. Ages 16 and up.
Lapidary
If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email us at info@thejewelerssaw.org!
Learn to cut rough stones into beautiful cabochons that you can set into jewelry. Each class is designed to teach how to cut rough and use a series of lapidary wheels to shape and buff the stone out.
Our lapidary classes cap at 3 students per session so the class is very personal with the instructor similar to a private lesson.
All Levels: No experience needed, open to all skill levels
Silver Stacking Rings
With Zach Wright
Mondays, 6 – 9pm
Coming Soon
Tuition: $105 all materials included (tax included in materials price)
If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email us at info@thejewelerssaw.org!
Make your own sterling silver stacking rings—no experience needed! You’ll solder, shape, and finish three rings (two round, one twisted) using real metalsmithing tools and a torch. Come get hands-on with metal and leave with rings you made yourself!
Beginner: No experience needed. The minimum age requirement is 16 and above.