The Perfect Stack™: Stone Stacking Ring: May 23 from 6-9pm

Learn how to make a dainty stacking ring with a colorful gemstone! Stacking rings never go out of style, and in this class, you will learn how to incorporate a small cabochon (5-6 mm) into your stacking ring design. At the end of class, you will have made a sterling silver stacking ring with a stone.  

We will cover:

• Ring sizing
• Working with square and rectangle wire
• Soldering
• Forming
• Sweat soldering
• Texturing metal
• Stone setting on a ring
• Polishing

Details:

• Friday, May 23 from 6-9 pm
• 2.5 contact hours, ages 14+ 
  
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials fee is $35 and includes sterling silver and gemstone for 1 stone stacking ring. (Note: 14K gold filled is not available for this class).
• Prerequisite: Intro to Stacking Rings, Metals 1, or silver soldering experience.

The last day to cancel your class registration for a refund or transfer ($25 transfer fee applies) is May 16, 2025.

By registering for this workshop, you agree to our cancellation policy, dress code, and studio rules.

About the instructor, Samantha Chang

Samantha Chang is from Buffalo, NY and recently moved to Louisville, CO after spending ten years in Brooklyn. She holds a BA in Art History and Management from SUNY Purchase and is a multidisciplinary artist & jeweler who has studied various jewelry processes including beading, wire wrapping, pearl knotting, fabrication, wax carving, and most recently, welding! She taught her first jewelry making class when she was 16 and fell in love with sharing knowledge & techniques. 

Samantha learned jewelry making through classes at local bead stores, lots of trial and error, and has taken metal fabrication classes at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. She then was an apprentice for an independent jeweler in Brooklyn. Most recently, she was a bench jeweler at Catbird NYC before moving out to Colorado with her husband. Samantha now has a jewelry line, Saintly, that she sells on Etsy and at art festivals.