Make an Engagement Ring (4 Claw Setting)

Learn to make a four claw setting engagement ring in this intermediate stone setting course

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Learn how to create an engagement ring to commission with a 4 claw setting

Working on engagement rings or commissions is a great way to grow your business and increase your profits. In this comprehensive online course learn how to create your own 4-claw setting

Taught by expert jeweller, Hayley Kruger, in this courses you will learn to:

  • Measure the stone and create a bespoke setting
  • Construct the claw from wire, sheet metal or tube
  • Solder all the elements in place
  • Create the ring shank and measure to fit
  • Refine the setting and set the stone
  • Polish and finish the work to a professional standard
  • As well as how to work with clients and manage the commission relationship

All of these techniques take time and practice and in this in-depth video course we have 7 lessons to guide you through the process which you can re-watch as many times as you like to perfect the skills and master the techniques.

If you love working in metal and would like to add a new skill to your stone setting then this is the perfect next step to take.

What Will You Get?

  • Lifetime access to comprehensive video lessons, guiding you through all the techniques, tips and tricks to perfecting your stone setting
  • Advice and guidance from an experienced jeweller on how to manage commissions and working with clients
  • Downloadable course notes to work alongside the videos
  • Access to our supportive community of jewellers and tutors to help you at every stage of the process
  • Access to the videos 24/7 - you can stop, pause, rewind and replay as much as you like
  • Excellent close-up shots to see what is happening in each step so you don't miss a thing

Your Instructor


Hayley Kruger
Hayley Kruger
Hayley Kruger is a jewellery designer and jewellery industry professional who has worked in many aspects of the trade since 2002. With a BA Honours in Jewellery and Silversmithing, Hayley went onto work as a designer for many of the UK's most recognisable retailers such as Top Shop, Marks & Spencer, River Island, Next, Lola Rose, Orelia, Morgan and many more.
She taught for many years at the London Jewellery School and has been a mentor for the Jewellers Academy Diploma courses since the beginning, currently mentoring on the Advanced Jewellery Diploma.


Hayley was invited to show her work at the Victoria and Albert Museum, has been published in Vogue, Stylist and Marie Claire to name a few. And she was invited to be an ambassador for Triumph Lingerie's Women in Making campaigns 2013 and 2014.


Using the experience she gained, Hayley now works from her studio in Cirencester on private commissions including engagement rings and shares her knowledge on various aspects of the jewellery industry.


Who better to learn from than an experienced goldsmith?

Course Curriculum


  Make an Engagement Ring (4 Claw Setting) with Hayley Kruger
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  Make an Engagement Ring (4 Claw Setting) with Hayley Kruger
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  Diploma in Silver Jewellery - Online, One Year Course
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This course is suitable for jewellers who have experience of working with sheet silver metal and are competent at soldering and basic stone setting.

If you are new to working with silver but would like to give it a try take a look at our beginners course The Silver Jewellery Workshop, the Soldering Masterclass and Stone Setting in Silver first.

Tools and Materials

Tools

  • Bench peg
  • Piercing saw and blade/s
  • Wax to lubricate saw blade
  • Calipers/vernier gauge
  • Tube cutter/chenier cutter (optional)
  • Ruler
  • Fine permanent marker e.g. sharpie
  • Flat file
  • Needle file set
  • Reverse action tweezers
  • Steel block
  • Rawhide mallet
  • Pliers set - flat nosed, round nosed and D shaped
  • Flush cutters
  • Parallel pliers
  • Ring mandrel
  • Hand clamp
  • Bees wax
  • Claw pusher
  • Square pusher
  • Jewellers soldering kit
  • Pendant motor/Dremel/Foredom with flex shaft attachment or a pin vice Important: ensure you read the instructions and safety guidelines before using and always wear safely glasses when using a motor
  • Stone setting burr (Hayley used a 5mm burr in this project for a 5mm stone)
  • Bearing burr
  • Cup burr (optional)
  • Flame tipped rubber burr (medium grade) For a high polish get coarse, medium, fine, extra fine flame tipped rubber burrs
  • Cotton mop
  • Polishing compound (Hayley used the white high polished compound)
  • 3 in 1 oil or olive oil
  • Optivisor

Materials used in this project

  • D shaped wire (2.5mm diameter)
  • 5mm round faceted gemstone
  • 5mm diameter sterling silver tube
  • Sterling silver 1mm diameter wire
  • Solder (easy and hard)

Suppliers

For a list of worldwide jewellery suppliers, click here

We recommend you watch through the whole course before purchasing any additional tools and materials to ensure you get what you need for the project you have in mind, for example you will need to make sure the size of the stone matches the stone setting burr and the tube

We look forward to welcoming you on the course and seeing your new creations soon

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