Micro Pave Setting Course

Both styles are beautiful trendy and add dimension to the ring but the choice between the traditional pavé and the smaller micro pavé is all about personal style and budget.

Micro pave setting course. Provided that student has a good experience with micro pave setting. Usually this setting is combined with prong or bezel settings that hold the larger center stone. Using the microscope you will gain. Class project s practice plates and rings all tools and materials are provided in the class.

The jewellery quarter birmingham uk international whatsapp 0044 7473 920 793 uk whatsapp 07473 920 793. Micro pave is a term that describes pave setting with smaller stones 1 20 mm and smaller. Sharpen gravers specifically for micro pave setting. The use of multiple stones in pave setting sometimes forms an illusion of a larger stone.

The pave setting may also be referred to as a bead setting and if the paved stones are especially small smaller than about 01 carats a micro pavé setting. The tiny diamonds also known as diamond melees used in micro pave settings are commonly round as this is easier for jewelers to work with and tend to fit into the setting with ease. Our micro pave stone setting course is perfect if you are a goldsmiths or jewellery maker who wishes to expand their skills to include micro pave stone setting. A pave setting is called a micro pave setting when the diamonds used are ultra small typically with diamonds that are smaller in size than 01 carat.

Because of the added shimmer a pavé setting can make a diamond look larger than it actually is allowing you to save money by choosing a smaller center stone. Completion of micro pave i class or instructor approval. The todays new sophisticated setting techniques like micro pave etc. Style includes regular pave zigzag shared prongs individual prongs and lots more.

Where to start the layout and design. All settings are done under the microscope and the use of the pneumatic engraving machine. You will be taught how to use hss and carbide gravers this will include sharpening and polishing your gravers to a mirror finish using diamond discs. Micro pave setters must demonstrate their skill not only in their use of a microscope but also in the ability to hand carve each individual microscopic setting this course is designed to provide in depth hands on knowledge on professional stone setting techniques.

Style setting includes fish tail kasteel two side and star setting. Cuts and measurements for placement of stones. While traditional pavé settings offer a more dramatic cobblestone appearance micro pave settings can be used to create more diminutive details.