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Jim Dailing teaching a custom jewelry workshop in Anchorage.Lapidary Journal cover. Jim Dailing custom jewelry designed jewelry articleMSJA Journal Cover, Jim Dailing custom designed jewelry article

Upcoming Bend workshops

April 20&21: Fabricating in gold
May 4th: Photography for jewelers
June: no classes
July 22-26: Fabricating in palladium
August 12-16: Stone setting without prongs

Class space is small, so get in touch soon if you are interested.

Workshops I offer

  • The Alchemist’s Workshop: alloying and fabricating with gold
  • Stone Setting without Prongs: bead setting, pave, flush setting, channel setting and fabricating a tapered tube
  • Toolmaking for the Jeweler: create punches and chasing tools with tool steel
  • Fabricating with Palladium: getting to know this quirky new metal
  • Jewelry making for Teachers: setting up and managing a classroom studio

Schools where I have taught

Recent Articles

Lapidary Journal, June 2010 “Reinventing the Wedding Ring” by Cathleen McCarthy

MJSA Journal, May 2010 “Selling Unique – Case Studies in Custom Jewelry Design” by Deborah A. Yonick

Jim you are an excellent teacher with a mastery of your craft and artistic sensitivity. Your teaching style is patient, engaging, and hands-on. You kept our workshop moving and focused without being rigid.  I can’t recommend you and your workshops highly enough.