Bishopsland Educational Trust Summer School: Stone Setting
27-29 August: a 3-day, intermediate-to-advanced course to learn square setting.
- Booking essential
You will be square setting: learning how to use rectangular wire to fabricate a square the correct size for a square faceted stone; and how to use files and burrs to create a seat for the stone, resulting in a finished mount for a square stone.
Then you will go onto square setting using square tube: learning how to use square tube to create a bezel mount for a square stone and how to finesse it so the stone sits correctly for setting.
Pulling all these mount settings together, you will learn how to set the stone in both settings using a hammer and punch. This includes learning about how to hold the stone for setting with either thermolock, setters cement or polymorph.
Our 3-day intermediate-to-advanced courses are primarily for the Bishopsland Fellows community and other more advanced makers.
Your tutor for this course is Machi de Waard, a designer/jeweller who has been making modernist jewellery in silver and gold in her studio in Reading, Berkshire for over 17 years. In 2021, her book Silver Jewellery Making, written with fellow jeweller Janet Richardson, was published by award-winning craft publisher Search Press. In 2023, she was awarded a Master’s in Jewellery and Metal from the prestigious Royal College of Art, and in 2024, Machi received two awards from the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council.
The course takes place over three days, from 27-29 August. The course fee includes accommodation.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All | £650.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 07557 994732
- Suitability
This course is only suitable for those over the age of 18
- Meeting point
Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon SN7 8BY.
- What to bring and wear
Wear practical clothes and footwear (closed shoes, no open toes) and ensure arms/legs are covered. Long hair must be tied back. You will need to bring an apron.
- Accessibility
There is plenty of parking on site and accessible parking spaces are marked. There are some uneven surfaces such as cobbles due to the historic nature of the Estate. Seating is provided but the nature of the course may necessitate some standing. Please contact Bishopsland Educational Trust if you wish to have an informal chat about accessibility.
Upcoming events
Open Days
13 April, 11 May, 8 June, 13 July, 10 August, 12 October: visit our exhibition and take a look behind the scenes on one of our Coleshill Village Open Days.
Guided Tours: Secrets of Coleshill
17 April to 11 October, 1pm and 2.30pm Thursdays and Saturdays: find out more about some of the lesser-known chapters of the estate’s history and look behind the scenes of the Heritage and Rural Skills Centre.
Make a Set of Silver Stacker Rings in a Day with the Bishopsland Educational Trust
3 May: design and make your own set of silver stacking rings.
Oxfordshire Artweeks at the Heritage and Rural Skills Centre
14-18 May, 11am-5pm: a range of craftspeople will be exhibiting traditional crafts with a modern twist.