This course is designed to take the skills learned in Introduction to Jewelry Manufacturing and fine-tune them for use in custom jewelry and bead setting. This is not a licensed course and does not offer anything toward employment as a bench jeweler on its own. However, this course can help give student a deeper understanding of the jewelry trade, their personal style in bench jewelry and jewelry design, as well as further mentorship from Jason Chandler in honing their skills. In order to take this course, completion of our Introduction to Jewelry Manufacturing Course is required.
Bead Setting and Custom Jewelry has faced some reorganization and changes to the curriculum. We are working on the new webpage for it, but here are the key features of the course:
- Design to finish custom jewelry manufacturing:
- mold making and cutting
- lost wax casting
- wax carving
- Rhino 3D design and 3D printing for casting
- Bead Setting
- Hand engraving techniques
We are excited to share more details about this course soon! Find us on Instagram (@portlandjewelryacademy) for sneak peaks of what our advanced students have been up to. Please reach out if you want to know more before this course page is updated.
“I started the first term here thinking about how jewelry is something I was interested in and how this course would help me get a job. Now that I’m going through the second term, the content and mentorship Jason provides has given me enough confidence in the skills I’ve been building to start my own business. This education has not just made me employable, it has allowed me to start my career.”
-Brenda Zak
Founder of Wild Carrot Hairwork