Registration for this schedule starts on 12/01/2025 and ends on 07/02/2026
Participants must be 18 years to 120 years old when the program starts.
SILVER III: STONE ON STONE LOLLAPALOOZA
INSTRUCTOR: JEFF FULKERSON
Did you ever wonder how they got one stone mounted on top of another stone? Do you want to add embellishments to your cabochons? Want to learn how to set tiny ‘cabettes”? I’ll show you how to take it ‘up’ a notch. In this class students will create their own one-of-a-kind earrings and a stacked ring that’ll pop! Each piece will be a work of art in its own right.
You will draw on your creativity and think out of the box to design asymmetrical earrings that complement each other and a 3-tiered ring that will take you to new heights. You will learn how to set a calibrated cab in a prefab bezel cup as well as creating a small, thin bezel setting for a custom cabette to install on top of another, larger cabochon. You will learn the proper technique for drilling stones and how to make a connection to secure your top stone to the bottom stone.
I’ll show you proper technique for using a jeweler’s saw and I’ll also give you a couple of tips to make your sawing easier. We’ll go over a couple of different finishing techniques to enhance your jewelry as well as discuss and apply design principles to your work. And everything you learn from making these projects is transferable to any other piece of jewelry you are making!
Class Fee: $295
Kit Fee: $185 (based on silver at $47/ounce)
Prerequisites: Silver 2
* Kit Contents:
1 ea. 2” x 6” – 26-gauge sterling silver sheet (back plates)
1½’ – Fine silver bezel wire (bezels)
4” – 24 gauge fine silver (bezels)
6” – 16 gauge round fine silver wire (silver balls)
1pr – Stainless steel ear wires
2 ea. – 6mm fine silver bezel cups
2 ea. –6mm cabochon
2 ea. Jump rings
3” – 3 gauge sterling silver low dome wire (Ring shank)
1½” x 1½” - 22 gauge sterling silver sheet (Ring back plate)
approx ¼” – 6mm sterling tubing (Spacer)Jeff Fulkerson
Artist Jeff Fulkerson, M.A., has been creating stunning, imaginative jewelry for over 40 years. A contributing artist to Lapidary Journal/Jewelry Artist Magazine, his work has also been featured in Art Jewelry Magazine, Rock & Gem Magazine, the Tucson Show Guide and Step by Step Wire.
Jeff has produced several instructional videos including “Beginning Inlay.” His Silversmithing Video Library offers jewelry artists of all levels the opportunity to learn and improve their skills. Jeff is the inventor of the Steady Stamp™ and the Fast Flare Forming Disks (pat. pend.) for making spinner bangles. He has taught at Bead Fest, Bead & Button Show, Art Retreat in the Desert, Art Unraveled, the San Diego Museum of Man, and several private studios and bead shops across the country.
A self-taught silversmith with a background in construction and design, he counts himself fortunate to have studied with many great Native American artists in the last few years, most notably, Richard Tsosie, Navajo, Jesse Monogya, Hopi/Navajo and Michael Cheatham, Cherokee. “It’s very satisfying to me to help others grow in their gifts and talents.”
Please contact William Holland School of Lapidary Arts if you have any questions.