(JTC) The Jewelry Training Center Inc.
" The Fine Art of Technique "
Weekend Workshops
Saturday & Sunday 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM
Weekend workshops
will resume in 2012
Jewelry For Fun Workshops
Making Jewelry With Rivets (no soldering)
Make earrings, pendants an other items with ornamental rivets and by riveting different colors of metal together. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have torch or full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$25 metal fee (additional metals and components available for purchase)
Bead Making With Rivets (no soldering)
Make your own customized metal beads with out any soldering. Beads will be made of different colored metals and students will learn how to texture and pattern the surfaces. Perfect for the bead enthusiast who wants to create their own one of a kind beads. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$25 metal fee (additional metals and components available for purchase)
Bead Making With Soldering (Using the Torch)
Make your own customized metal beads by soldering metals together with a butane torch. Beads will be made of different colored metals and students will learn how to texture and pattern the surfaces. Perfect for the bead enthusiast that is ready to take their art to a new personalized level and who doesn't have a full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with a butane torch and minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$35 metal fee (silver will be used in addition to other metals)
(additional metals and components available for purchase)
Forging Jewelry (no soldering)
Make your own customized jewelry by hammering and bending Sterling Silver. Students will learn to hand polish and texture their items. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have torch or full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$45 metal fee (primarily Sterling Silver)
(additional metals and components available for purchase)
Saw Pierced Jewelry Making (no soldering)
Learn to make your own earrings and pendants. Use the age old technique of piercing with a jeweler's saw to create lacy shapes and patterns. Students with riveting experience can layer with multicolored metals. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have torch or full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$25 metal fee (additional metals and components available for purchase)
Basic Jewelry Making with Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
Learn to make your own pins and pendants. Use sculpting skills to form Precious Metal Clay into jewelry items. We will use furnaces and hand torches to fire the clay into solid metal items. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have a full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$25 metal fee incudes bronze & copper clay
(Silver clay available for purchase)
Tool Making for Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
Learn to make your own unique tools for shaping and stamping Precious Metal Clay. Try your personalized tools out on PMC and fire your creations. We will use furnaces and hand torches to fire the clay into solid metal items. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have a full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Schedule by request
Tuition $75.00
$45 materials fee incudes bronze & copper clay
(Silver clay available for purchase)
Ring Making with Stones in Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
Learn to make your own gem set rings using Precious Metal Clay. We will use furnaces and hand torches to fire the clay into solid wearable rings. Stones will be fired in place and conventionally set.
Hands on Studio time
Schedule by request
Tuition $75.00
$25 materials fee incudes bronze & copper clay and lab created gems
(Silver clay and additional gemstones available for purchase)
Enameling on Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
Learn how to kiln and torch fire enamel (glass fritt) onto Precious Metal Clay. Accent your PMC creations with true enamel in stunning colors. We will use furnaces and hand torches to fire the clay into solid metal items. Perfect for the beginning to intermediate hobbyist that doesn't have a full jewelry tool collection. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$45 materials fee incudes copper clay & glass enamel
(Silver clay available for purchase)
Making Colorful Jewelry with Resin Enamel & Precious Metal Clay (PMC)
Learn to make your own earrings, pendants and pin using sheet metal or Precious Metal Clay and embellishing your creations with colorful resin enamel. Perfect for the beginning hobbyist that doesn't have a full jewelry tool collection or kiln. Projects can later be done at home with minimal tools.
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $75.00
$45 materials fee incudes bronze & copper clay & resin enamels
(Silver clay available for purchase)
Jewelry Manufacturing
and Repair Workshops
Stone Setting Workshop
Prong and thick walled bezel setting of faceted stones
Basic repair and troubleshooting
Detailing and finishing
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
$50 metal fee
Soldering & Metal Preparation Workshop
Metal, tools and torch preparation
Soldering techniques for different metals and alloys
Detailing and finishing
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
$25 metal fee
Finishing, Polishing & Detailing
High polish, metal preparation and textures
Tool selection, maintenance and modification
Finishing techniques for different metal
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
$25 metal fee
Gemology and Appraisal Workshops
Gem Identification Primer
Basic use of the refractometer, polariscope and microscope
Gem identification thought process and application
Hands on lab time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
Diamond Identification
Using microscopes, loupes and several gemological instruments learn how to separate diamonds from synthetic cubic zirconia, synthetic moissanite, zircon and various other diamond imitators. Identifying inclusions and blemishes are also covered both as identifying characteristics and as clarity grade setting characteristics.
Hands on lab time with diamonds
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
Ruby Seminar:
Identification as Natural, Synthetic, Imitation, or Treated
Using microscopes, loupes and several gemological instruments learn how to separate rubies from synthetic rubies, ruby imitators and treated rubies. Identifying inclusions are emphasized as they allow you to identify rubies as well as their treatments.
The main emphasis in this workshop is identifying glass filling and synthetics.
Hands on lab time with natural, synthetic, treated and imitation rubies
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
Understanding Jewelry Construction:
Identify jewelry construction methods
and the quality of workmanship
Using microscopes, loupes and visual observation skills you will learn to identify various jewelry construction methods as well as how well they were built. Lab time along with photos and bench demonstrations allows a better understanding of how jewelry is created. A checklist of characteristics is developed to assist with identifying construction methods.
Hands on lab time with jewelry construction samples
Scheduled by request
Tuition $295
Jewelry Design Workshops
Jewelry Sketching Workshop
Pencil and pen sketching of jewelry components
Gemstone illustration and 3 dimensional perspective
Tools and techniques for successful sketching
Hands on Studio time
Scheduled by request
Tuition $225
$25 materials fee