Silky Florentine Hand-Engraved Star Bead Set Moissanite Ring
Instructor: Renee Ford
Date of Class: March 28, 2026
Number of hours of class: 3-3.5 hrs of instruction; 1 hr for questions at end of class.
Time: 1pm Central time
Location: Zoom Room to be sent before the workshop. It will be recorded for playback. Access to playback will be for 90 days. Parts of the instruction will be prerecorded.
Level: Intermediate. Must be comfortable with torch and have good hand skills
Type: Technique and finished project
Class Description:
Learning to hand-engrave doesn’t have to start with complex scrolls and elaborate patterns. A simple silky finish is just the elegance your work needs to bring it to the next level. A star bead setting can be a beautiful element that adds glimmer and shine around a simple stone.
In this class you will learn this basic florentine engraving technique andtostar bead set a 2mm sparkling faceted moissanite on a 6mm sterling silver flat band.
This is a technique heavy class on the florentine engraving technique and star bead setting. The class will demonstrate a finished ring.
Class Fee: $290
(Materials and Tool kit and Studio Sundries kit are sold separately)
Materials and Tool Kit Fee: $295
Materials and Tool Kit Fee Includes:
Metals and Stones:
Moissanite three precision cut -2mm rds (Order extra for practice or loss.)
Silver stock 6x2mm flat, 3” minimum. (Order extra for practice.)
Hard Silver Solder
Tools:
Liner graver
60º graver
Onglette graver
Quick Change Handle and 3 collets
Beading Tool
Personal Expendables:
Blade Butter sample
Sanding Sponge sample
Studio Sundries Kit: $75
Studio Sundries Kit Includes:
Bits, Burs and Expendables:
1mm Drill bit
1.5mm Ball Bur
1.8mm bud bur
2mm setting bur
Sand paper rolls in 320 & 400
Grey pumice abrasive wheel with mandrel
3M Radial Disc light green Bristle Wheel stack of 3 with mandrel
Rubber inside ring cylinder polisher in green
Equipment you need in your studio to complete project:
Bench pin
Ring Clamp or rotating ball vise
Flat hand file 0 cut or slightly finer.
Butane torch or tank torch set up (silversmith torch, orca torch, little torch, etc.)
Soldering surface (charcoal block, solderite, Space Tile, etc.)
Flux
Soldering pick
Fine tweezers
Pickle pot
Flex Shaft or rotary tool that takes 3/32 bits (if you are buying Studio Sundries Kit the burs and bits are all 3/32.)
Scribe to mark metal
Ruler (small) or good straight edge
Steel Ring Mandrel
Rawhide or Derlin mallet
Saw Frame and 1/0, 2/0 or 3/0 blades.
Bench block or anvil
Eye Protection
Inside Ring Stamps for metal fineness
Brass Maker Stamp holder
Ring Bender or Magic Pliers
Diamond Silicone Wheels for sharpening or diamond sharpening plates
Sanding Sticks
Additional Class Comments:
Gravers in the Tool Kit will be pre-shaped and polished for use. The Materials and Tool Kit is optional BUT it is important to have correct type of gravers as well as properly prepared gravers for this project. I won’t spend a ton of time on sharpening or shaping the gravers in the workshop.
OPTIONAL: If you want to set diamonds in the SAME EXACT SIZE, you can provide and use those instead of moissanite.
Instructor Email Address:renee@reneefordmetals.com
Silky Florentine Hand-Engraved Star Bead Set Moissanite Ring
Instructor: Renee Ford
Date of Class: March 28, 2026
Number of hours of class: 3-3.5 hrs of instruction; 1 hr for questions at end of class.
Time: 1pm Central time
Location: Zoom Room to be sent before the workshop. It will be recorded for playback. Access to playback will be for 90 days. Parts of the instruction will be prerecorded.
Level: Intermediate. Must be comfortable with torch and have good hand skills
Type: Technique and finished project
Class Description:
Learning to hand-engrave doesn’t have to start with complex scrolls and elaborate patterns. A simple silky finish is just the elegance your work needs to bring it to the next level. A star bead setting can be a beautiful element that adds glimmer and shine around a simple stone.
In this class you will learn this basic florentine engraving technique andtostar bead set a 2mm sparkling faceted moissanite on a 6mm sterling silver flat band.
This is a technique heavy class on the florentine engraving technique and star bead setting. The class will demonstrate a finished ring.
Class Fee: $290
(Materials and Tool kit and Studio Sundries kit are sold separately)
Materials and Tool Kit Fee: $295
Materials and Tool Kit Fee Includes:
Metals and Stones:
Moissanite three precision cut -2mm rds (Order extra for practice or loss.)
Silver stock 6x2mm flat, 3” minimum. (Order extra for practice.)
Hard Silver Solder
Tools:
Liner graver
60º graver
Onglette graver
Quick Change Handle and 3 collets
Beading Tool
Personal Expendables:
Blade Butter sample
Sanding Sponge sample
Studio Sundries Kit: $75
Studio Sundries Kit Includes:
Bits, Burs and Expendables:
1mm Drill bit
1.5mm Ball Bur
1.8mm bud bur
2mm setting bur
Sand paper rolls in 320 & 400
Grey pumice abrasive wheel with mandrel
3M Radial Disc light green Bristle Wheel stack of 3 with mandrel
Rubber inside ring cylinder polisher in green
Equipment you need in your studio to complete project:
Bench pin
Ring Clamp or rotating ball vise
Flat hand file 0 cut or slightly finer.
Butane torch or tank torch set up (silversmith torch, orca torch, little torch, etc.)
Soldering surface (charcoal block, solderite, Space Tile, etc.)
Flux
Soldering pick
Fine tweezers
Pickle pot
Flex Shaft or rotary tool that takes 3/32 bits (if you are buying Studio Sundries Kit the burs and bits are all 3/32.)
Scribe to mark metal
Ruler (small) or good straight edge
Steel Ring Mandrel
Rawhide or Derlin mallet
Saw Frame and 1/0, 2/0 or 3/0 blades.
Bench block or anvil
Eye Protection
Inside Ring Stamps for metal fineness
Brass Maker Stamp holder
Ring Bender or Magic Pliers
Diamond Silicone Wheels for sharpening or diamond sharpening plates
Sanding Sticks
Additional Class Comments:
Gravers in the Tool Kit will be pre-shaped and polished for use. The Materials and Tool Kit is optional BUT it is important to have correct type of gravers as well as properly prepared gravers for this project. I won’t spend a ton of time on sharpening or shaping the gravers in the workshop.
OPTIONAL: If you want to set diamonds in the SAME EXACT SIZE, you can provide and use those instead of moissanite.
Instructor Email Address:renee@reneefordmetals.com
