April Bower | It’s a Wrap: roller forged wide wrap ring | Wednesday, February 4, 2026 | 9:00 am until 4:30 pm
$220.00
Learn to use the rolling mill to do the work for you when tapering a rod or heavy wire that looks completely hand forged.
* bring your own gold accents if you’d like to embellish your ring *
You can create large tapers to delicate tendrils with this technique, which can be very useful when creating your own designs.
In this session you will roller taper a heavy Sterling wire into a long taper, fabricate a wide partial band of Textured Sterling sheet then encircle it with your forged taper, to create a unique band ring.
Your choices of textures, width, as well as a small amount of yellow gold embellishments, (if you bring some scrap or broken piece of jewelry; you don’t need much !!), will make your ring uniquely one of a kind.
Sterling silver will be our main metal and gold makes wonderful contrasting accents if you wish.
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Description
Instructor: April Bower
Title of Class: It’s a Wrap: roller forged wide wrap ring
Date of Class: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Time: 9:00 am until 4:30 pm
Level: intermediate: Must be able to solder unassisted, saw, & basic finishing skills
Type: project-oriented
Class Fee: $220
Kit Fee: $75* price may need adjustment due to precious metals fluctuations.
Kit Includes
Sterling Heavy wire to roller taper 10 g square wire
18 g Sterling silver sheet
Instructor will have the following for use in class
rolling mills
texturing materials
anvils/ bench blocks
torches & fuel
solder stations & solder
vise / clamps
pliers
hammers / mallets
ring mandrels
binding wire
patina
scratch brush, steel wool
pickle, copper tongs
and more
Student Supply List
(bring if you can, but I will have a small supply of these to share if you can’t)
small bench block
bench pin & clamps
jewelers saw and blades
planishing hammer or smooth metal hammer
ring mandrel
Favorite texturing hammer
Half round or inside ring file
Flat nose pliers
ring bending pliers
metal side cutters
safety glasses,
Sharpie pen
your own hand tools,
pliers ruler
optivisor
battery-operated or rechargeable bench light
Optional
* bring your own gold accents if you’d like to embellish your ring *
Instructor Email Address: AprilBowerjewelry@gmail.com
Instructor Website: AprilBower.com
PRE-ORDER YOUR CLASS SUPPLIES TODAY!
Many of our students have asked us to help streamline the process of gathering their supplies and tools for classes, and we have come up with a way we think will work for you.
SJ Jewelry Supply in Phoenix is owned and operated by a wonderful family, headed by Mario Morales. His wife, Erika, and son, Steven, round out the staff, and they are excited to help make gathering your supplies easy and stress free. We guarantee they will make life easier for you! No kidding!
Here’s how it will work….
- Once you have determined what you will need for each class, send an email with your request for products and/or tools to SJ Jewelry Supply
- Go to our website, open the class description for each of the classes in which you are enrolled, scroll down to the section “Student Supplies,” cut and paste the items you want to purchase into an email to Mario.
- Here’s their email address mailto:info@sjjewelrysupply.com
- When they receive your email, they will send you a return email acknowledging receipt of your request
- In this email, they will instruct you about payment methods
- Once your order is filled, they will send you a second email with confirmation stating your order is complete
- Included in this email, they will give you instructions on how to pick up your orders upon arrival in Tucson
Sound easy? We think it’s going to help take the stress out of preparing for classes!