John Cogswell has been teaching jewelry making for thirty plus years and had recently retired from teaching at SUNY New Paltz. When I found out that he was going to be teaching stone setting at Revere Academy 3 months ago, I jump at the opportunity to learn from this man LIVE. Besides, I learn better by watching, and I heard he is a wonderful teacher. The class was a real joy, and he has endless funny stories to share.
If you don’t get a chance to attend John’s workshops, I highly recommend getting his book, Creative Stonesetting. Here are a few of the results of his class demo:
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| John demo-ing how to raise stitches |
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| Shoulder Bezel |
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| Tension Setting |
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| Basket Setting, fabrication |
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| Basket Setting, finished |
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| Slotted Assembly |
Kate Jones - http://www.katejonesdesign.blogspot.com
Fluxplay Jewellery (Maria Whetman) - http://www.fluxplay.blogspot.com
2Roses - http://www.jewelrytutorial.blogspot.com
Elizabeth Scott - http://esdesignsjewelry.com/blog
Andrea Ring - http://www.amuckdesign.blogspot.com
Nodeform - http://nodeform.blogspot.com/
Beth Cyr - http://bcyrjewelry.blogspot.com
Inbar Bareket - http://www.inbarbareket.net/
Cynthia Del Giudice - http://cynthiadelgiudice.blogspot.com
Evelyn Markasky - http://markasky.blogspot.com/
AdobeSol - http://www.AdobeSol.com/blog
Quercus Silver - http://quercussilver.blogspot.com/
9 comments:
I have the book! I love to read it at bedtime and have "bezel dreams". lol.
How exciting to have taken a class with him, though.
what a fantastic book. I got it last xmas and have learned alot from j. cogswell. thanks for sharing.
How fantastic to be able to take one of his classes! I love the pieces you created as a resuly. thanks for sharring!
Wow, that sounds like you had a really productive class with lot's of new setting ideas and techniques. Looking forward to seeing more of those new settings in your jewelry.
Nice choice, it's a great book! Must have been nice to do that workshop!!
The book pretty much covered all the class demos, plus more. I highly recommend the book, even though his jokes and stories aren't in there. :)
A friend has lent me the book and it's wonderful. I love your heavier, thicker bezels that frame the stones so well. How do you secure the stone since the bezel doesn't "wrap over" the shoulder of the stone?
It's a great book, haven't seen it for ages, you've inspired me to dig it out again.
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comment. John is a great teacher and he is a pro in sharing his knowledge.
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