Claw setting

This jewelry lesson on making a marquise crown collet for a marquise gemstone where 6 prongs are filed out of a basic bezel shape to form the crown collet.

HIDI #1: My Pickling Process (and some mishaps along the way!) Thought I would have my first tutorial be on my pickling process. I am currently having issues with my pickle and I thought I could write it all down and hopefully help someone else in the process. What is pickle? Pickle is an acid compound used during jewelry making to remove oxidized surfaces and flux from metal after soldering. After a piece is soldered, you quench it (in a bowl of water) and then place your dirty piece of…

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Some instances and designs require a quick and simple wire prong collet for setting round gemstones in, is helpful when you under time constraint.

Knowing how to make your own collets, also called six prong setting is important in daily workings of a metalsmith taught in this free jewelry lesson.

Four claw double-gallery setting - work in progress.

BioLatest Posts David CruickshankI went to Sydney Australia in 1982 from London, previously from Aberdeen Scotland. Grays School of Art, Silversmithing and Graphic Design 1963 Since 1982 I have run a business in Terrigal supplying shops and galleries in the […]

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These is much hesitation on doing claw setting but once that has been overcome it is way glorious to see the result of setting gems.

Ok, deep breath...it CAN be done. You CAN make your own claw setting. There are lots of tutorials for bezel settings, and those settings can certainly contain a faceted stone, but sometimes a little more light and colour will show off the stone better. Below is an "x-wire claw setting", containing an an Aventurine CZ. It's my favourite setting because it's barely-there. I was taught how to make this setting by my tutor at Central Saint Martins, way back in 1990. I have added my sketches just…