An overlap in subject matter as I teach two classes today. Technically it is the third session in a five week course, and the second day of the Discover 2 workshop. Both address the very important skill of bezel creation.
All students did remarkably well, but again each took their design in a unique direction. Aidan took his landscape jasper and echoed the curved line in the stone with an oval wire while grounding the design with a circle at the bottom. For the texture he used the rolling mill to create lines and a classic hammered texture to create depth. (shown right)
Maura chose to place her first bezel into a simple band ring using double half-round wire that shows off the color of the stone). (shown below)
Shannon took a more architectural approach that really features the tiger’s eye with a simple tube bail connected by a small slab of silver. (shown right)
Great job everybody!