Intermediate Jewelry Fabrication with an Emphasis on Settings for Unusual Stones with: Steven Parker

Students are encouraged to design and fabricate their own original designs, or are welcome to learn and work on projects that have been previously offered in the studio. Creative designs often require creative fabrication solutions, and such solutions for individual projects will be demonstrated for the entire class to benefit.

In addition to individual projects, each class will devote some time at the beginning of class to demonstrations of techniques that may be unfamiliar. Demonstrations of techniques in this session will be: Setting stones of interesting shapes.

Students are encouraged to bring that special stone that they could not resist purchasing. We will look at alternative solutions to best to set it in a mounting that will enhance it.

Steven Parker is an Adjunct Professor in the Jewelry Design Department at FIT in New York.
He is also a certified Rhino trainer, teaching Rhino3D, a CAD modeling program widely used in jewelry and other industries. Steven went through his apprenticeship at Oscar Heyman, a manufacturer of the very finest precious stone jewelry, and later returned there to manage production. He spent time working in the toy industry, developing and manufacturing products that took adantage of his expertise and love of all things mechanical. Currently, in addition to teaching he consults with clients on all phases of jewelry manufacture from design and prototyping to production.
To learn more about Steven and to see some of his work please click here