Description

 

Title of class: Pressed to Impress: Coined Metal Beads and Pendants

 Instructor: Chapin Dimond

Date of Class: Monday, February 1, 2027

Time: 8:00 am until 5:00 pm with a lunch break

Level: advanced beginner minimum – helpful if comfortable with using a torch, saw,

files, hammers, and flex shaft

Type: None (Helps if comfortable using files, flex shaft, jeweler’s saw, and torch but not required)

Maximum number of Students: 12

Class Fee: $290

Kit Fee: $130 (cash, check, Zelle)

*price subject to change due to metal price fluctuations

Kit includes use of instructor’s tools and equipment in class and the following

Bonny Doon Hydraulic presses

Coin dies

Bonny Doon coining punch for die shot plates

Bonny Doon 2” steel container and 95-durometer urethane

Bonny Doon dapping balls for hydraulic press

Bonny Doon master tool holder

Aluminum spacers

Extension punch for disc cutter for press (optional depending on disc cutter)

Disc cutter

Brass hammer

Flex shaft

Torches (air atmosphere)

Floor fire blanket for soldering area

Lighter/striker

Flux

Pickle pot with standard pickle

Lazy Susan with pumice

Paper towels

White board and markers

Chasing hammers

French punch set

Steel blocks

3m bristle wheel or scotch brit wheel (class set)

Polishing tools with compounds for flex shaft (class set)

locking tweezers old (to modify) (class set)

Mix of Ball burs (class set)

Water tube for washing, quenching, patina

Hot plate and pot – patina

Student Supply List

Sheet 18ga or 16ga, sterling silver or copper, mini 20mmx100mm (0.75in x4in for

project) extra sheet recommend for making samples

Soldering tools- pick, tweezers, snips

Bench pin and C-clamp

Bench light

Safety glasses

Ruler

Black Sharpie

Calipers -metal

Toothbrush

Dividers/compass

Jewelry saw and blades

X-acto knife handle (teacher will have blades for you to use, so you don’t have to

travel with a knife blade)

Sanding sticks- sandpaper (320/400 grit)

Locking tweezers old (to modify)

Flat/round pliers (like rio 111183 )

Files for metal (I like #00 and #2)

Battery-operated or rechargeable work light

Noise protection (sometimes it gets loud in class!)

Optivisor or other magnification

Clothing requirements: closed toed shoes and avoid wearing polyester, it can be flammable.

 Tools and supplies for class can be found at Rio Grande (#’s provided) or any other jewelry

supply company

Discount instructor codes:

RioGrande: RFSCDIMO

pepetools.com/cdimond gets 10% off

Optional

Sterling silver solder – hard, medium, easy [paste solder in kit]

Round faceted stone 3mm

Ball burs if you have any

Miter-cutting vise and jig

Other tools for cleaning jewelry you normally like to use that you already have in your toolbox

 Instructor Instagram: @cdimonddesigns

Instructor Website: www.cdimond.com

Class Description

In this workshop students will learn how to create beads and do coining using the hydraulic press (Bonny Doon).

Coining is a form of precision stamping in which a workpiece is subjected to high stress to induce plastic flow in the metal, producing fine levels of detail. Bonny Doon coining dies will be used to make pendants with a stone and beads. The hydraulic press does the hard moving and forming of the metal for patterns that have high relief.

Students will learn how to solder beads together without major solder clean up. Students will also learn how to tube set stones. Students will make samples, a pendant and bead.

About the instructor: Chapin Dimond is a full-time professional metalsmith and

jeweler. In 2003 he discovered the magic of metalsmithing. From Metropolitan State

College of Denver, he earned a BFA in Art: Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing.

Chapin is a Colorado native inspired by nature and the magic of metals.

Metalsmithing is the process of telling stories through metal, releasing the inner “feeling” of what metal wants to be.

“Swing that hammer, light that torch, and see that magic happens.”