News from Revere Academy

RevereNews

January, 2012

Greetings!

I hope 2012 is off to a great start for you!

As we begin the new year we reflect with joy on all that our students have accomplished in 2011. We also look forward with hope and excitement, knowing that the best things from our students are yet to come.

In this issue of RevereNews you will find award-winning designs from the recent class of JTI graduates, success stories from our students, an update about our Masters Symposium, opportunities, bench tips, and more.

Registration continues for our Winter/Spring 2012 Open Session as well as our Masters Symposium. Check our web site for the schedule and descriptions. We encourage you to register on-line. Classes are filling quickly, so don't delay; register today!

We are grateful that you are part of the Revere community.

See you in class,

- Christine Dhein

Assistant Director

In This Issue

JTI Grads Earn Diplomas & Awards

Spotlight on the Symposium: Michael Boyd

Student Success Stories

Bench Tip from Alan Revere: Front and Center- Finding a Circle's Midpoint

JTI Grads Learn Skills & Earn Awards
27 Graduates, 9 Award-Winning Box Rings!

Erin McCall: Best Stone Setting

The Revere Academy awarded its Jewelry Technician Diploma to 27 students who graduated from the recent JT Intensive program. The two-month Jewelry Technician Intensive Program, led by Alan Revere, is the most effective way to build the skills and confidence to succeed with a career in jewelry. The program includes instruction in fabrication, stone setting, casting, polishing, repair, trade practices,

Michael Haynes: Facebook Favorite

platinum and hand engraving. Students in the program also meet designers, bench jewelers and manufacturers who offer

advice based on their own experiences.

Each semester the JT Intensive concludes with a juried competition. Students work on an independent design project for Revere's classic Box Ring, from his book, Professional Jewelry Making. The assignment combines students' creative talents along with the technical skills they learned in the JTI. Students and faculty voted to select winners in a number of categories. All the work was carefully made and displayed excellent technical mastery.

The following award-winning students received gift certificates donated by jewelry tool supplier Otto Frei: Technical Excellence: Caroline Lepargneur, Most Fun: Elnaz Sharifpour, Best Stone Setting: Erin McCall, Instructor's Choice for Best Flush Setting: Gina Cirelli, Most Marketable:

Tsolmon Ganbaatar: Best Design

Aimee Dussault, Most Out of the Box: Lillian Grubach-Hambrook, Most Dramatic: Maria Ismert, Facebook Favorite: Michael Haynes, Best Engraving: Riki Lockwood, and Best Design: Tsolmon Ganbaatar. Images of all box rings made by the Fall, 2011 graduating class can be seen on our Facebook page.

The next JT Intensive program

will be offered May 7 through June 29,

Elnaz Sharifpour: Most Fun

2012, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm. This class fills quickly, but some spaces are still available. Reserve your space today!


Caroline Lepargneur: Technical Excellence

Maria Ismert: Most Dramatic

Spotlight on the Symposium

Stone & Metal with Michael Boyd - April 16-20, 2012
Gem Carving with Michael Boyd - April 21-22, 2012

Stone & Metal with Michael Boyd
April 16-20, 2012, $1249 + kit

Are you passionate about gemstones but frustrated that all the stones you see are cut in shapes that don't fit your work? Are you tired of the same old oval cabs and round brilliants? Are you ready to take control of your own designs? Take this inspirational workshop and learn how to design using stone as a medium and not an accessory! Watch step-by-step demos on how to cut and polish basic forms and shapes (other than ovals) in stone, as well as how to pierce, drill, and rivet stones with metal. Learn how to carve grooves, laminate stones, layer stone and metal, and much more. Open to all levels.

Michael Boyd is a unique metal and stone artist who has mastered both media and brought them together in new ways. Michael's work is highly respected and has been shown at top galleries and exhibitions, including SOFA and the Museum of Art and Design (formerly the American Craft Museum).

Michael talks about his work:
"My jewelry is a compilation of standard materials and processes aimed at a progressive and innovative use of unusual, rare, and traditional materials. In the collecting and choosing of stones, I am a colorist, and while cutting the stones, I define the form and structure. Using stone as a medium my goal is to blend and integrate these materials with the metal."

Gem Carving with Michael Boyd

April 20-21, 2012 $449 + kit

If you have you always wanted to learn how to carve gems, this class will show you how using tools jewelers already own! This is an opportunity to learn how to cut, carve, and manipulate gemstones using a flex shaft and other basic hand tools. Instruction covers drilling holes, cutting, carving, and how to use epoxies and cold connections that are simple and elegant yet effective. Increase the range of your skills and potential by learning how to use your flex shaft to open up the world of color and textures that gems offer. Walk away with a set of samples to take home. Prerequisite: Fabrication 1 or experience.

2012 Masters Symposium classes are filling quickly. Register soon to guarantee your space in the class of your choice. View our full lineup for the 2012 Masters Symposium.

Student Success Stories

Revere Students Win Awards in 2011 & 2012!

JCK Rising Star, 2012
and
Niche Award Finalist, 2012

Genevieve Yang

Revere Graduate

Lunar Cycle Necklace in 24k gold and sterling silver.

JCK Jeweler's Choice Awards 2011

Kerry Catherine Ficken
Revere Student
Kerry Catherine Fine Jewelry

Best Pearl Jewelry Under $2,500
Sedona Collection sterling silver and 22k gold ring with Tahitian mabe pearl

Best Earring Design Under $2,500
14k gold Pirouette earrings with cultured pearls and diamonds.

If you are a current or past Revere student, or Revere graduate, and have had a recent success, send me your story and an image of your work, and I will feature it in RevereNews. We look forward to hearing from all of our successful students.

Bench Tip from Alan Revere

Front and Center: Finding a Circle's Midpoint

Unless they were created with a compass or dividers, most round forms that jewelers encounter have no center point indicated. This can often present problems if, for instance, you are going to place a bezel and set a stone in the center, or if you want to pierce a pattern that must fall directly in the middle of a piece.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to locate the center of any circle: triangulation. This method can be used on paper, on a jar lid, or on the end of a round rod, as it was used by navigators on the open sea.

For jewelry, take a pair of dividers and set it at what you estimate to be the center. Now rest one leg on the exterior and swing an arc. Repeat this same step from three different points on the circumference.

If your estimate was correct, all three lines will converge on the center. If not, the small space between the arcs will indicate precisely where the center is.

This series of tips is from Alan Revere's continuing column in

MJSA Journal, and will be collected into a book. Find more tips like this one in Mr. Revere's book, 101 Bench Tips, published by MJSA. Illustration is by Sean Kane. Order now!

More Bench Tips

Visit Bench Tips page with clever, time-saving techniques taken from the book, 101 Bench Tips for Jewelers by Alan Revere. Also included are 102+ bench tips that have been recently published in his column in MJSA Journal and Green Jewelry Tips from Christine Dhein.

Thank You for Reading RevereNews!

The Revere Academy is a professional jewelry school where master craftsmen pass on their skills and knowledge to students at all levels. Beginners and hobbyists as well as experienced working bench jewelers come for dozens of short, intensive classes (just 3-days!) and diploma programs lasting 2-4 months. I hope you will be able to join us for a class soon!

Sincerely,

Christine Dhein

Assistant Director

Revere Academy

Learn a New Skill
in 2012!

"Gold has it's value, but learning is priceless."
-Ancient Chinese Proverb

At the start of a new year, each of us reflects on what we have learned in the past year, and plan what we want to achieve in the year to come.

What jewelry making skills do you want to learn in 2012? Check out our calendar, and register for a class that will help you achieve your dreams for 2012!

Professional
Jewelry Making
Now Available!

Professional Jewelry Making

by Alan Revere

Check out the interview with Alan Revere on Rio Grande's Blog, "The Studio" as Alan answers questions about his new release, Professional Jewelry Making.

"Professional Jewelry Making represents a historic moment. The book is a monument to the jeweler's art, one which makes a real and lasting

contribution to our field. The book is packed with information on all 350

pages. Just leaf through the pages until you see an object you would like to create and then follow Revere's clear and precise steps. Every jeweler should

have this book,

and every student needs it."

-Charles Lewton-Brain

Prof. of Art,

Master Goldsmith,

and Author

$70

Order online

or call 415-391-4179

Winter/Spring 2012
Open Session

Registration for our 2012 Open Session
and Masters Symposium classes
is now open. Classes are filling quickly, so register today!

Registering on our website is quick and easy, or register by calling 415-391-4179.

Above: Class projects by Revere Student, John Hjorth, from Fabrication 6: Individual Projects with Alan Revere,

Mar 30-April 1, 2012.

Revere on the Road

Green Shop Practices Lecture at
MJSA Expo 2012
Christine Dhein will give an information-packed lecture on how jewelry makers and designers can run more socially responsible and environmentally friendly shops.
March 12, 4:30 pm
Hilton New York, NY
More details

Revere Academy Presents at Bead & Button 2012

Revere instructors,

Michael David Sturlin and Christine Dhein will teach a variety of exciting classes at the Bead & Button Show in Milwaukee, WI

June 1-8, 2012

More details

Christine Dhein will teach Texture It! June 6, 2012.

Featured Class

Pierced
Spiral Pendants

March 7-8, 2012

Learn to control the jeweler's saw with confidence under the direction of an award-winning goldsmith, Michael David Sturlin. Embrace precision with enjoyment as you execute two triple-spiral pendants in silver.