Stone Setting Jewellery Making courses in London
Taught by a team of expert tutors, we offer a wide range of jewellery making and stone setting courses. Take your pick from beginner’s jewellery courses including bezel setting through to intermediate and advanced courses that focus on more advanced techniques such as claw and grain setting. Our classes cover experimental, traditional and contemporary techniques.
Join us in our purpose-built studio where you’ll access to industry standard equipment. We’ll also provide you with basic materials for your course but please read the full course outline before you book as your tutor will list anything you need to bring along.
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8 courses available
Introduction to bezel settingThis course will introduce you to the the basics of jewellery making by making a silver ring or pendant with a bezel set semi-precious stone. Suitable for complete beginners and those with some previous experience..
Keeley Street
Sun 18 Oct 2026Linda Connelly, Rae DuncanFull fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00- Introduction to stone setting: flush and gypsy setting
Learn flush setting for round stones on flat and curved surfaces. You will then have the opportunity to apply your own design and create your own bespoke setting tool.
Keeley Street
Sat 21 Nov 2026Rae DuncanFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Jewellery: stone setting IIAlready mastered the basics of mount-making and stone-setting but want to improve further? Develop your skills exploring the intricacies of claw and collet settings with the guidance of an experienced tutor.
Keeley Street
Thu 7 Jan 2027Rae DuncanFull fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Introduction to stone setting: casting with stonesEver wondered how stones are cast into metal or found your wax carved settings have changed in the lost-wax casting process? This course will introduce you to the principles of wax-carved settings for lost-wax casting and how stones can be cast directly into metal using cuttlefish and delft-clay sand casting.
Keeley Street
Sat 27 Feb 2027Kinga OlahFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Precious metal clay: setting stonesEver fancied experimenting with metal clay and exploring how to set stones in your jewellery? Whether you are a complete novice or an experienced jeweller, this fascinating course will guide you through setting stones using handmade settings. You will develop your own ideas and designs, and practise a range of techniques to create your own striking metal clay work.
Keeley Street
Wed 7 Apr 2027Elizabeth PearsonFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00 - Jewellery: stone setting IIIAlready explored some of the skills of mount-making and stone-setting but want to take your expertise to another level? Experience the more complicated techniques of mounting a variety of stone shapes, as well as practising your grasp of claw and collet settings. Integrate new stone-setting techniques with your existing knowledge to give the ultimate professional finish to your jewellery.
Keeley Street
Thu 29 Apr 2027Rae DuncanFull fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Introduction to stone setting: raised grain setting
Grain setting, sometimes referred to as bead setting, is a technique where small faceted stones are held in place by
small prongs called beads. These are raised from the metal in the band using an engraving tool. This specialist
technique builds on the basic stone setting methods, introducing the use of a new set of tools and skills and is perfect
for those wishing to take their stone-setting to a higher level.
Keeley Street
Sat 5 Jun 2027Rae DuncanFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Flush setting for jewellery makersFor intermediate jewellers. Learn how to set round brilliant cut/faceted stones in sheet metal and rings using the traditional flush setting technique. You will practice in copper, before moving on to work in silver. There will also be a chance to make your own flush setting tool.
Keeley Street
Sat 24 Jul 2027Louise Seijen Ten HoornFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00
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