Creative Metal Arts Guild

✏️ Great jewelry begins long before the torch is lit. In this design-focused workshop, veteran designer and goldsmith Mary Wong shares the techniques she has used throughout her forty-plus years of creating custom jewelry and building a successful studio business.

Learn how to translate inspiration into workable jewelry designs by exploring the relationship between stones, settings, proportion, and overall composition.
Students will develop skills in sketching, visualizing designs on paper, and solving common design challenges before fabrication begins.

📅 Wednesday, July 1
⏰ 6:00 PM–9:00 PM
🔗 Sign up now! Link in bio or cmaguild.org/makerspace

Plus: CMAG students receive a 6-month Wholesale benefits code to Rio Grande Jewelry Supply after enrolling.

Registration closes June 24.

💎Join instructor Debra Carus for this fast-paced workshop focused on setting faceted round stones in silver tube bezels.

You’ll learn how to work with both commercial tube bezels and heavy-walled tubing while building the skills needed to create clean, professional-looking settings.

Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, you’ll gain confidence soldering tube bezels to sheet metal, selecting appropriate stones, measuring accurately, and using the right setting tools for consistent success. Students will create sample settings using cubic zirconia stones and metal provided in class.

Plus, you’ll take home a small kit of setting burs and practice stones so you can continue refining your skills at the bench.

📅 Wednesday, June 24
⏰ 12:00 PM–4:00 PM
🔗 Sign up now! Link in bio or cmaguild.org/makerspace

Plus: CMAG students receive a 6-month Wholesale benefits code to Rio Grande Jewelry Supply after enrolling.

Registration closes June 17

Prong setting can enhance your creation by adding light and visibility to the gem and visual balance to a design. In this hands-on workshop with instructor Mary Wong, you’ll learn the essential techniques behind successful prong settings. From cutting seats and creating secure bearings to avoiding stone damage and achieving a clean, professional finish.

Whether you’re looking to refine your setting skills or gain confidence working with gemstones, this class is packed with practical tips, troubleshooting techniques, and industry knowledge you can apply to future projects.

Please note: This is a gem-setting class only. Students will focus on setting techniques and will not be fabricating jewelry.

📅 Wednesday, June 17
⏰ 5–9 PM
🔗 Sign up now! Link in bio or cmaguild.org/makerspace

Plus: CMAG students receive a 6-month Wholesale benefits code to Rio Grande Jewelry Supply after enrolling.

Registration closes June 10.