Throughout the course of a year we will work through three different stone setting masterclasses, all taught by experienced goldsmiths and master stone setters.
These are advanced level classes aimed at advanced jewellers and it is the perfect follow on programme from our level 3 Advanced Jewellery Diploma.
COHORT DATES: OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2025
Learn to create stunning decorative collets for large gemstones.
Anelia will guide you through the process of setting round and shaped stones into silver or gold with a range of different styles of pierced out collet. This creates a beautiful fine look and will challenge you as a jeweller to push your skills to the next level.
PROJECTS IN THIS CLASS:
Hexagon geometric pierced collet ring
Decorative marquise earrings with a range of templates for designs
Dome pierced pendant
COHORT DATES: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2026
Learn one of the most popular stone setting styles around today, the art of fishtail setting with master stone setter Scott McIntyre.
Scott will guide you thought how to create consistent and highly detailed settings with the simple tools and materials any jeweller will likely have access to in a home workshop. His teaching style makes even the most complex projects accessible.
PROJECTS IN THIS COURSE:
Fishtail 5 stone bar necklace
Combined collet and fishtail circle pendant
COHORT DATES: APRIL- JUNE 2026
Learn to make a stunning tiara wedding band, using claw settings and collet settings with Goldsmith and expert jeweller April Dace.
April will guide you in detail through every step of this advanced project, including milling out the band, creating seats for the settings, soldering and setting claws and alternative designs to fit the band around an engagement ring.
PROJECTS IN THIS COURSE:
A 5-stone claw set tiara wedding band
A 3 stone collet set tiara wedding band
If you’re interested and would like to know more details about the Masterclasses, who they are for, what you will learn, how they work, the tools and materials you need etc, I went into detail about it during the recent live masterclass.
Having run online programmes for jewellers for over 10 years, we are world-class leaders in this type of training. This is a cohort-based style learning in which you will work at your own pace through the course over the two months at a time for each masterclass. As these are advanced projects that can take months not weeks to master, we have allowed plenty of time for making multiple sets of all of the projects to hone your craft.
Alongside the professionally filmed videos there will be three live sessions with the masterclass tutors Anelia, Scott and April to help you get any questions answered and learn more about the techniques you are working with as you work through the programme.
These masterclasses are a perfect follow on from the Advanced Jewellery Diploma and are aimed at advanced jewellers who are experienced in soldering, piercing, stone setting and polishing and finishing jewellery.
Professionally filmed videos guiding you through every stage of the process which you can watch anytime (time zone is not an issue)
9 x Live Zoom Q&A sessions with a the tutor to get you the support you need
Exclusive access to the Masterclass Facebook Group to share your weekly progress and gain feedback 24/7
Ongoing access to the masterclass video lessons. Go back to them anytime you want.
I don’t think anyone likes to call themselves a master but these guys really are!
Meet the world-class jewellery tutors you will be learning from
Scott McIntyre is a Master Goldsmith and Founding Director of Vanilla Ink Jewellery School & Studios. With over 25 years of experience in the jewellery industry, there isn’t much Scott doesn’t know! After years of working as a jeweller in high-end workshops across Scotland’s Central Belt, he found his calling as a naturally gifted tutor.
Scott is a thorough, deliberate and professional tutor.
Scott is the author of the very popular book ‘Stone Setting’ - so who better to teach you!
Anelia is an award-winning independent London jewellery designer, who combines traditional hand-making techniques with modern technologies to create exquisite jewels.
In the ten years that she has spent in the industry, she has worked for leading UK jewellery companies, West End ateliers and the time-honoured workshops of Hatton Garden. This practical training has endowed her with the skills necessary to be able to expertly manipulate precious metals and infuse meticulous precision into her work. Her signature is bold, innovative and exciting. Anelia jewellery utilises her innate understanding of form and texture with a potent blend of hypnotic colour to create luxurious sculptural masterpieces in miniature form.
April is a jewellery designer, maker and repairer based in Norfolk. After 4 years studying jewellery at university and 5 years working in jewellery workshops around East Anglia, April took the leap to become her own boss working on her bespoke jewellery business, April Dace Jewellery back in 2020, and she’s never looked back! April is a working Mum with twins. She currently works on jewellery commissions from her home workshop, as well as being a bench jeweller carrying out repairs at a local jewellers a few days a week.
Perfect if you want to join just one masterclass
The other Masterclasses will be available to purchase individually closer to their start date.
Get the year of Masterclasses which includes
Decorative Collets with Anelia Kuprina
Fishtail Setting with Scott McIntyre
Tiara Wedding Ring with April Dace
Listed price £1197 - save £400 with the bundle.
If you have any questions about the masterclasses or need any support making a decision, feel free to email us at contact@jewellersacademy.com
The Masterclasses are designed as the perfect follow-on from the Advanced Jewellery Diploma, our year 3 Diploma course.
It is not a requirement that you have completed the Advanced Diploma but your skills must be at an equivalent or higher level in order to make these masterclass projects.
Tiara Wedding Ring
This is the most complex of the masterclass projects. You must be confident with claw setting, complex soldering (multiple solder joins in one piece) and working with magnification. You should already be able to confidently make a three claw ring from scratch.
Decorative Collets
To enrol in Decorative Collets you must be a confident collet setter of shaped stones including round, oval and pear shaped. This course focusses on creating the decorative collets and while it does cover how to collet set a hexagon stone, it does not cover skills learn in previous Diploma courses.
Fishtail Setting
To enrol in Fishtail Setting you must have experience and some confidence with pave setting.
You have two options for enrolment.
Enrol on an individual Masterclass.
Enrol on the Masterclass Bundle which gives you three Jewellers Masterclasses. You will start with Decorative Collets starting in October 2025, Fishtail Stone Setting starting in February 2026 and finally Tiara Wedding Ring in April 2026. When you purchase the bundle of Masterclasses you save money. With this option you can choose to pay in full or spread the cost over 8 months.
The good news is that if you are an advanced level jeweller, you should not need any new tools (or very few additional tools).
When you are learning these techniques, we suggest you work in silver or copper and move onto working with gold when you have built your confidence.
You can download the tools and materials list for the Decorative Collets Masterclass now on the button below:
You can download the tools and materials list for the Fishtail Setting Masterclass now on the button below:
You can download the tools and materials list for the Tiara Wedding Ring Masterclass now on the button below:
