Does your bezel setting stand out from the crowd?
The bezel setting is one of the most common styles of setting used in the jewellery trade, and a staple of the stone setter. Its crisp, clean lines are simple yet revealing, and a premium bezel setting done right can be the jewel in the crown of custom-made jewellery.
Unfortunately, many jewellers find that their bezel and flush setting skills are inflexible, inefficient and don't give the superior finish that their jewellery deserves.
Attempting to upskill using online videos can be useful, but we've seen time and time again that even the most skilled jewellers struggle to get meaningful improvements this way, as some of the essential ingredients of learning are missing.
With many years of teaching experience, Standout Stonesetting Academy brings the classroom experience to you. Whether you're hand-pushing or using a pneumatic graver, we provide live step-by-step video instructions, all the mounts and stones for repeatable practice, and individual feedback to keep you on track!
Complete start-to-finish coaching
Take out the guesswork, with structured classes and answers to all your questions
Practice materials supplied
All the mounts and stones you need to master the skills without the hassle
Amazing support
Detailed feedback and support keeps you on-track and moving fast
Course Outline
Through a combination of Live online classes, video recordings and detailed guides, students are guided through all the principles, processes and techniques that allow the best stone setters to do impeccable (and profitable) work every day.
Fundamentals
Fundamentals are the foundation that advanced techniques are built on.
They are often invisible and easily overlooked. But once you know them, everything else is easier to learn.
In this course:
- How bezel setting works
- How flush setting works
- How to apply the principles of both in almost any situation
- Bright cutting vs burnishing
- Curves, straights and corners
- The tools - Seeing, Holding, Doing
- Hand-push vs power-assisted
Our students often say that the principles they learned in this course have helped them in other areas of setting.
Exercises
Practice mounts are provided for students to set between classes, with the help of detailed worksheets and videos.
Stone shapes included:
- Round (bezel, semi-bezel, joined bezels and flush set)
- Oval
- Pear
- Marquise
- Square (bezel and flush set)
- Emerald cut
- Cabochon
Follow-up sessions provide evaluation, troubleshooting, Q&A and encouragement.
Tackling real work
It's the real-world variations that trip you up, and we take these seriously.
Learn how to deal with:
- Thicker and thinner bezels
- Soft stones
- Fragile stones
- Obstructions
- Setting into polished flat surfaces
- Workholding challenges
- "Unsetting" methods
- Fixing mistakes
- The Big Mistake
- Evaluating method (for teaching yourself anything)
And as always, ask the teacher anything!
Some of the exercises:
What's included
Live online classes
Join a group of up to 10 professional jewellers for two 120-minute classes presented online by Stephen Webb. Take notesĀ and ask questions as Stephen takes you through the important principles, processes and techniques that he and other experienced setters use to get top results every day. Complete the exercises in your own workshop over the following days using the worksheets and mounts provided.
Weekly feedback sessions
Submit questions and photos of your work via the feedback portal, then join the 90-minute weekly feedback sessions as Stephen answers all questions and suggests solutions to student problems. By 'showing up' together and supporting others in their cohort, students feel motivated to stay on track and learn from each other. Everyone's progress is celebrated in this confidential professional group.
Community
By joining our online group, you can post questions and get tips from dozens of other students and industry peers who've faced the same problems, 24/7.Ā
Mounts and stones
Every student receives a kit of practice mounts and stones, for 26x bezel and 12x flush settings of progressive difficulty. By following the steps taught in-class using the exact same mounts shown, students can get to work straight away without the hassle of sourcing (or making) their own materials. Worksheets, troubleshooting guides and videos help to make your practice time even more effective, making it easy to side-step into your real setting work, often before the course is finished!
Student portal
Log in to your student portal to access recordings of your classes, worksheets, and troubleshooting guides to keep you moving forward.
Content library
You'll also have access to bonus instructional content as it's added to the library, so if there's a particular variation of a setting that isn't taught in the regular classes but is important for you, it may be available on-demand. Students can also make suggestions for tutorials they would like to see!
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Amanda
"I can’t thank Stephen Webb enough for being such a brilliant teacher and giving me the opportunity to make my dreams a reality."
Benjamin
"Absolutely fantastic course.
This course is great for beginners who wish to start out properly side stepping the possibility of picking up bad habits because of a lack of proper education.
Also any professional jewellers or stone setters that wish to take there craft to the next level and stand out from the crowd would greatly benefit from the course.
This is my first course with Stephen and I’ll definitely be back to learn other techniques as the Academy expands its courses.
5 Stars."
Helen
"I would highly recommend Standout Stonesetting Academy to anyone who wants to improve their stone setting and really bring it to the next level. The course is so clear and concise as well as good value for money. The online option was so good for me too. Thank you Stephen for such a well thought out course and all of your expert tuition. I will be back! Helen"
Upcoming Courses
Our Vision
We imagine a world where jewellers, setters and craftspeople can all earn a living doing meaningful work that they can show off and be proud of. Your customers deserve the best, and it's our mission to help you over-deliver that, profitably and regularly.
