Make a Silver Ring with Bezel-Set Stone
Adult | Registration opens 4/27/2026 8:00 PM EDT
Students will form a ring band from silver wire or sheet metal, fabricate and solder a custom bezel, learn to set a cabochon stone, and polish their finished ring. Students may bring a favorite cabochon stone and any silver they would like to use. The instructor will have silver wire and sheet available, as well as a selection of cabochon stones for purchase. Material fee of $40-$80 payable in class to the instructor. Material prices are subject to change with metals market.
Joy Raskin
JOY RASKIN is one of the youngest craftspeople to be accepted into the League of NH Craftsmen in 1986 after completing a BFA from RISD and a MFA from UMass Dartmouth, focusing on flatware (and earned the nickname "Spoon Lady"!). After a short stint as a bench jeweler for several fine jewelry stores, repairing jewelry, she went back to making flatware full-time after winning an Individual Artist Fellowship from the NH Council for the Arts in 1995. Winning the Individual Artist Fellowship gave her the boost to go sell her artwork throughout the US doing fine craft shows. In 1996, she started teaching jewelry making/metalsmithing at a local art college and branched out to teaching all over NH, MA and CT. She’s also a creative teacher, teaching a broad range of jewelry and silversmithing techniques at various schools in New England. She's currently working full time as a metalsmith in her studio, teaching metalsmithing and working as a goldsmith for a local gallery.