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Custom Step Bezel Settings
Bee Pendant by Suzanne Williams
Custom Step Bezel Set earrings by Suzanne Williams
Custom Pendant by Suzanne Williams

Custom Step Bezel Settings

Instructor:  Suzanne Williams

Prerequisite:  Metalsmithing 1

Duration:  15 Hours 

Learn how to create step bezels for faceted stones for a pair of hinged lever-back earrings (including making the hinge), a pendant setting (with bail or tube top), and for an irregular shaped stone. 

Students should bring their own stones – I will have a small selection available for those who don’t have them. For the earrings – stones should be 9mm or less, and for the pendant, 20mm or less. Beginning students should select basic, easier shapes to work with – oval or round stones would be best. Symmetrical stones and those without sharp corners are also easier to work with. If you are a more advanced student and have a complex-shaped faceted stone you want to build a setting for, please bring it. 

There is a $35 Kit Fee included in your tuition. The kit contains the silver needed to create all three projects. 

Bring your Metalsmithing tool box, including the following items: 

  • Pliers:  Round, chain nose (including a fine pair of chain nose/needle nose), flat, half round, and 1 pair with teflon/nylon jaws (if you have them)
  • Digital ruler/calipers
  • Ball pein hammer and small anvil or steel block (to hammer on) (Studio has these to lend)
  • Rawhide mallet
  • Saw frame, blades: 2/0 or 3/0, and beeswax
  • Bezel pusher
  • Grinding burr (diamond, coarse) if you have one
  • Bench pin with V-slot (optional – Studio has these at each bench)
  • Drill bits (bring a variety of smaller sizes)
  • File set, regular and mini sizes
  • Shears and nippers
  • Scribe
  • Centering punch (a sharpened nail will work)
  • Sharpie
  • Coarse sanding discs (Moore’s snap-on) and snap-on mandrel
  • A sheet of 220 or 240 sandpaper
  • Dust mask and safety glasses 

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Custom Pendant by Suzanne Williams
Custom Pendant by Suzanne Williams
Denver Jewelry Studio
8392 S Continental Divide Rd #104
Littleton, CO  80127
(303) 997-9846
Email:  mail@metalartschool.com