Stone Setting Level 1 with Brendan Cunningham
Join us at KIN Gallery for an intensive two-day stone setting workshop with local jeweller and artisan Brendan Cunningham. This hands-on course introduces three essential setting techniques for smaller gemstones: flush setting, star setting, and square bead setting.
Over the weekend, participants will explore graver sharpening, material preparation, correctly seating a stone, and setting on a curve. You’ll work with copper and sterling silver blanks and a curated set of cubic zirconia stones, building confidence and precision at the bench.
This workshop is best suited to those with basic to intermediate bench skills and some prior experience with jewellery fabrication and tools.
Brendan Cunningham is a multi-faceted bench jeweller with decades of industry experience spanning the bench, retail, and stone procurement. His depth of knowledge and practical approach make this an invaluable opportunity to refine and expand your stone setting skills.
All materials are included, along with a take-home toolkit of essential setting tools. Light refreshments will be provided across the weekend.
Conditions of Booking
Participants are not to attend workshops should they display any signs of illness.
We will gladly rebook your workshop to the next available date if you need to postpone due to illness.
Your space in a class is reserved only once full payment has been received.
Our workshop tickets are non refundable, however if you are unable to attend and know this in advance, you may pass your ticket to someone else you wish to come in your place.
We will endeavour to send email reminders in the lead up to the workshop however; in the event you forget to come or you are unable to attend a workshop and fail to send someone in your place, the ticket is non transferable after the event.
Whilst arriving, attending and leaving the workshops, it is your responsibility to ensure that you maintain and adhere to all safety precautions and requirements during the workshop.
By attending a workshop you agree to holding full responsibility and liability to any damage caused to person or property during the workshop.
Workshops have specific age restrictions of 15+ and clothing requirements; including but not limited to enclosed footwear, non flammable clothing and long hair tied back. It remains the responsibility of the participants to ensure they adhere to these requirements. A copy of the safety contract will be given to participants to sign on arrival of each workshop.
KIN Gallery reserves the right to cancel a workshop if we cannot meet the minimum attendance requirements for the class. Customers will be given at least 72 hours notice of a cancellation. In the event that we cancel a workshop, a full refund or credit will be given to the customer.
Participants are not to attend workshops should they display any signs of illness.
Refunds will only be given in the event that workshop is cancelled and not re-scheduled.
Please note that strictly no other people, other than the booked person are to be in the workshop at anytime.
