The 2009 Bench Jewelers Conference is offering the following seminars on Custom Jewelry Manufacturing. For a complete list of seminars and registration details go to: www.BenchConference.com
This may be the Most Important Event you Attend in 2009.
Alternative Metals
Chris Ploof
Thursday session 4, Saturday session 2
Making Mokume Gane at the bench is just one of the processes you’ll discover as Master Jeweler Chris Ploof pushes the envelope of current and accepted techniques by exploring how to make jewelry utilizing processes and materials not commonly used in the jewelry industry. You’ll learn how to expertly combine High Karat Golds, Platinum and Palladium with Meteorite Iron and Damascus Stainless Steel to make unusually beautiful and durable jewelry.
Palladium - A Guide to Processes and Profitability
Linus Drogs & Chris Ploof
Friday session 2, Saturday session 4
Palladium presents some unique challenges to Bench Jewelers. Learn about Palladium's unique characteristics and discover how easy it is to begin fabricating, casting and repairing palladium jewelry at your bench. The processes, procedures and tips from this presentation will ensure that you’ll have the confidence and knowledge to begin profiting from Palladium immediately.
Step by Step Fabrication
Jurgen Maerz
Thursday session 3, Saturday session 1
In this seminar, German Trained Master Jeweler Jurgen Maerz will provide step-by-step instruction on a variety fabrication projects. Learn cutting-edge techniques and insights for fabricating and creating jewelry. From simply designs to truly unique jewelry, this seminar will go beyond the basics and demonstrate hand-fabricating techniques that will stretch your creativity.
Casting for the Small Shop
Linus Drogs
Thursday session 2, Saturday session 2
With the dramatic increase in demand for custom design jewelry and custom re-mounts, Bench Jewelers need to develop efficient and affordable techniques to enhance their casting skills. With casting at the foundation of custom design, learning to increase the quality of your cast pieces while reducing the time required completing a casting job offers tremendous benefits and savings.
Favorite Tips
Jurgen Maerz & Brad Simon
Thursday session 4
This seminar is full of innovative tips, tricks, shortcuts, and homemade tools to help jewelers work smarter, by being more efficient and economical. You will learn tips, tricks, and techniques from Master Jewelers Jurgen Maerz & Brad Simon on Jewelry Fabrication and Casting. Plus bring along your own tips to share.
Working with Platinum
Jurgen Maerz
Thursday session 1, Friday session 2
Revolutionize your platinum techniques and expand your design capabilities by learning platinum’s unique properties to create jewelry. In this presentation you’ll see how platinum is mined and learn a variety of advanced platinum bench techniques. You’ll learn from the industries foremost platinum jewelry expert all about the processes involved in taking platinum from the ground to your customer’s finger, along with many tips and tricks to working with platinum.
Platinum Casting
Jurgen Maerz
Friday session 1, Saturday session 3
Today, platinum casting for the small shop is easier than ever. Platinum casting is different from gold or silver casting, and insufficient preparation and understanding of the process can still lead to many hours of frustration. Acclaimed platinumsmith Jurgen Maerz will emphasize ways to improve your casting process and discuss how to recognize and eliminate common mistakes and improve efficiency in both time and materials.
Looks are Deceiving
Brad Simon
Thursday session 1, Saturday session 3
Hand Fabricated or Assembled Findings Only Your Bench Jeweler Knows for Sure! Custom Designed Jewelry and Remounts are big business. However, Hand-Fabricated jewelry is often beyond the budget of our customers, especially in today’s economy. In this session, you will learn how to create jewelry with a hand-fabricated look in a fraction of the time - assembled from stock findings.
For a complete list of seminars and registration details go to: www.BenchConference.com
