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Discover your inner creativity and learn the art of jewelry making with a variety of ring-making classes in NYC. From mastering metalworking techniques to designing unique and personalized pieces, these classes offer the opportunity to create your own stunning jewelry.

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One Day Jewelry Making (DIY Diamond Ring)

Ayaka Nishi Jewelry Design School @ 319 E 9th St, New York, NY

Unleash your creativity and craft a personalized jewelry piece in this captivating hands-on experience at Ayaka Nishi Jewelry Design School. Discover the art of ring making, as you learn to set a diamond and engrave your initials, making it truly one-of-a-kind. Perfect for creating a unique gift or a symbol of love.

(136) All levels 18 and older

The Art of Metalsmithing by Carolina Iwanow

NYC Jewelry Lab by Carolina Iwanow @ 1027 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the secrets of designing and creating beautiful handmade jewelry using an array of metals. Learn essential fabrication techniques and unleash your creativity in this comprehensive jewelry design course. Join us at NYC Jewelry Lab for an immersive and hands-on experience in the art of metalsmithing.

(96) All levels 21 and older
$375

5 sessions

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Jewelry II (Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Take your jewelry-making skills to the next level with Jewelry II at 92nd Street Y. Learn to create a stepped bezel for a faceted stone and expand your artistic horizons. Join us to elevate your craftsmanship and create stunning pieces of jewelry.

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
$650

14 sessions

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Jewelry for Absolute Beginners I & II

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the art of jewelry making in this beginner-friendly course, where you'll master essential techniques like soldering, sawing, and stone setting. Unleash your creativity and create stunning pieces to treasure.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
$650

14 sessions

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Jewelry I

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the art of jewelry fabrication and the techniques of metalsmithing in this immersive course offered at 92nd Street Y. Unleash your creativity as you learn sawing, forming, texturing, soldering, polishing, and basic stone setting. Dive into approachable projects and create stunning pieces that showcase your newfound skills.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
$650

12 sessions

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Absolute Beginner Jewelry Intensive

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Discover the art of jewelry making with this intensive course that covers all the fundamental techniques in just four days. From using a jeweler's saw to polishing and soldering, you'll learn everything you need to create stunning rings and bezels with cabochon gemstones. Get ready to impress yourself and your friends with your newfound skills!

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
$645

4 sessions

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Ring Making Intensive

Liloveve @ 457 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY

Discover the art of creating beautiful sterling silver rings in this hands-on jewelry fabrication course. Learn essential techniques such as sawing, filing, and soldering, while exploring different finishes and textures to make your rings truly unique. All tools and materials are provided, so come with your creativity and enthusiasm!

(203) Beginner 18 and older

DIY Workshop Textured Sterling Silver Rings (2.5 Hours Private class)

EatMetal, Inc. @ 720 Monroe St, Hoboken, NJ

Unleash your creativity and master the art of crafting exquisite sterling silver rings in this hands-on workshop. Transform raw materials into stunning jewelry pieces under expert guidance. Take home your own unique creation and let your style shine bright.

(39) All levels 18 and older
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Found Objects to Statement Rings

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Create unique rings captured from found objects, natural materials and ephemera through the three-part process of mold making, customizing the shape through wax and finalizing the piece in metal. Cover simple mold-making techniques to replicate objects and textures, injecting vs pouring waxes, wax carving approaches, plus basic metal fabrication skills of sawing, soldering and finishing once the projects are received from the caster.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$527

12 sessions

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Epoxy Resin Jewelry

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Transform epoxy resin into an intense jewelry medium with coloring agents and collage materials. Receive instruction on specific fabrication considerations when using epoxy resin. Mold making for sculptural forms is demonstrated and experienced. Come explore this low-tech “kitchen table” material. Please Note: There is a $65.00 material fee, payable to the instructor, which include epoxy resin. Supply List: Wet/Dry Sandpaper 3 sheets 220...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$228

2 sessions

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Resin Filled Rings

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Design and fabricate a ring with multiple channels to be filled with colored resin. For Supply list, click here

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$315

6 sessions

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The Bird Ring

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

In this fun two-day workshop students will learn to construct a sculptural object and attach it to a ring shank. By assembling and soldering a series of sterling silver balls, beads and a cone, students will create the bird’s structure. Construction techniques include sweat soldering, building an internal armature, dap forming metal and bezel setting. The expression of the bird’s face will be achieved with the addition of gems set eyes. The...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$315

2 sessions

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Stacking Rings with Stones (Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn make stacking rings with bezels, step bezels and tube settings.

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$384

9 sessions

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Frustum for a Collet Setting (Intermediate)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn to make a tapered bezel setting for a forged ring. Goldsmithing often involves using hammers to change the cross section of a piece of metal. This simple ring demonstrates forging from a piece of square wire. The design is simple and elegant.

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$384

9 sessions

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Stackable Rings with Tube and Flush Mount Settings

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn to use tube and Flush Mount setting techniques to create beautiful stackable ring bands with multiple faceted stones embellishing the ring’s surface. For the Supply List and Guidelines please CLICK HERE

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$294

6 sessions

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The Fidget Ring

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

The fidget ring perfect to help calm nerves, stress and anxiety. The fidget ring is constructed of several rings the center ring or rings are movable. The outer rings are soldered in place to hold the center ring. We will also incorporate learning to tube set round facet stones. The fidget ring will teach you techniques such as soldering, clean up, finishing and tube stone setting.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$215

4 sessions

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Ring with Twisted Decorative Wire and Granules

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

In this class students will start with learning how to make a band that incorporates twisted wires. You will learn how to draw wire and twist it to fit inside the outer wires. For those who wish to continue, we will cover making granules by hand and adding them to our pieces. Students will need intermediate level metalsmithing knowledge for this class. Please CLICK HERE for the Material List

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$215

4 sessions

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Introduction to the Arts: Intro to Beaded Jewelry

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

An Evening of Art for Beginners Special Promotion Classes Try the fundamentals of working with metal for jewelry and make a textured band ring. Learn to saw, form and texture. 6 pm: This special introductory class. 7:30-9:30 pm: Free Open House — meet our staff, tour our studios, participate in a demonstration and get help selecting the perfect class. Click here to R.S.V.P.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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Stack Rings

Jewelry Arts @ 22 E 49th St., New York, NY

David Yurman, Temple Sinclair, Alexis Bittar: they all have their signature stack ring, and now, so can you! In just one day, you’ll create gorgeous stack rings showcasing stunning stones. Bring your own or select from our stock of beautiful and project-friendly gems. Work in silver or (if you have just a little experience) gold! We’ll have kits for both available for purchase on the day of class. *tools and materials not included in price...

(66) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$225
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Snake Rings

Jewelry Arts @ 22 E 49th St., New York, NY

Snake rings have been popular since the pharaohs. Spend the day with me creating these symbols of ancient wisdom.Learn to make sexy snake rings in silver, copper, brass, or gold. Are materials provided and included in cost of the class? No, students can purchase all tools and supplies at the studio.  Materials you need to bring to class : For this course, students can bring their own supplies or purchase the following supplies: ...

(66) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$190
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Reviews for Ring Making Classes in NYC

Ring Making Classes in NYC are rated 4.6 stars based on 1,601 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

  • One Day Jewelry Making (DIY Diamond Ring)

    Reviewed by Jaryn C. on 2/15/2024
    Ayaka was a pleasure! The class was fun and unique, and I got it as a surprise for my fiancé, who said it was much more enjoyable than a cooking class (which I later revealed that I considered getting instead). We were the only two doing the one-day jewelry class, but other attendees were in advanced workshops at the school. So it was also really cool to see what they were making and to aspire to more advanced studies if we wanted to sign up for more classes. I thought the ring we made was super cute!
  • One Day Jewelry Making (DIY Diamond Ring)

    Anonymous review on 1/21/2024
    Super nice instructor & great class environment. Highly recommend!
  • Ring Making Intensive

    Reviewed by Joseph S. on 1/21/2024
    This was an excellent class! I highly recommend it for the person who wants to create a piece of jewelry or wants to think about becoming a bench jeweler.
  • The Art of Metalsmithing by Carolina Iwanow

    Anonymous review on 1/3/2024
    Loved the class! It was so informative, educational and hands on. It’s perfect for beginners. 100% recommend!
  • Ring Making Intensive

    Reviewed by Nadia S. on 12/3/2023
    Caroline was really lovely, organized and professional. I can't believe how much we learned and what we could make in just a few hours. Highly recommend.
  • The Art of Metalsmithing by Carolina Iwanow

    Anonymous review on 11/7/2023
    unfortunately she had an emergency and had to postpone the classes, I have attended 2 classes so far and have not heard from her since. update - unfortunately her mother had passed away. She is back in the US and and she will be continuing her classes
  • Ring Making Intensive

    Reviewed by Michelle Y. on 10/23/2023
    Loved this class! Caroline was so patient and amazing, was able to guide us through all the steps to customize a sterling silver ring. Really appreciated her expertise and flexibility on listening to our ideas for rings and how to achieve them.
  • Ring Making Intensive

    Reviewed by Carolina S. on 10/22/2023
    Great class!
  • The Art of Metalsmithing by Carolina Iwanow

    Reviewed by Steve S. on 10/7/2023
    This course opened my eyes to the world of jewelry making and make me want to set up a bench at home. Particularly valuable were the list of connections in the Diamond District. These new connections will reduce my material costs by half. Highly recommend this course for those who want to take their jewelry to the next level.
  • Ring Making Intensive

    Anonymous review on 9/30/2023
    This was an amazing class - Caroline is a great teacher, who obviously loves ring making/jewelry making. She was generous with her time and attention. The class was fun, interesting, and we went home with beautiful rings!

Discover the Best Ring Making Classes in NYC

Ring making is an art that involves creating beautiful adornments worn on fingers. Most people think of a ring as a band of gold or silver or another precious metal. However, rings can be made from a variety of materials. Ancient rings are known to have been made from flint or bone – materials that niche ring makers still craft from today. Other materials for making rings include polymer clay, enamel, and wood, among others. 

The tools a ring maker needs depend on the material they wish to use. For instance, woodworkers need a drill, while clay crafters need a rolling pin and crafting knife. However, all ring makers usually make use of a mandrel or a set of gauges for measuring ring sizes. Metalsmiths need the most heavy duty tools including a saw, hammer, soldering torch, workbench, safety equipment, and others. 

While the various tools and techniques may seem intimidating at first glance, ring making does not need to be an expensive or complicated hobby. The craft is accessible to jewelry makers of all skill levels, and beginners will find many simple techniques to get them started making beautiful pieces in a short amount of time. 

Why You Should Learn Ring Making in NYC

Starting a new hobby provides benefits that can boost your mood and well being. In general, people report feeling happier and less stressed after engaging in a creative activity like ring making. Learning a new talent and viewing your success in it is also known to provide a boost in confidence and self esteem. 

Ring making can also open social doors. There are several arts and crafts events and groups in NYC. Aspiring ring makers can join jewelry hobby groups and meet people with similar interests. These new individuals are excellent sources of guidance and encouragement to new hobbyists. Having a reliable community to fall back on can help decrease feelings of loneliness. And every new community an individual connects with brings the possibility of finding new friends.

Some hobbyists earn income through ring making. While this isn’t the norm for everyone, some ring makers sell their creations and generate enough money to cover expenses from the hobby. Others are skilled enough in the hobby to bring in part or full time income. If you prefer to keep your creations or give them away, the other advantages to ring making will still serve you well. 

In-Person Ring Making Classes & Schools in NYC

Residents of NYC will discover several class options related to ring making.

Fitzgerald Jewelry

Fitzgerald Jewelry is a combination jewelry gallery, store, and school located in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The school teaches classes aimed toward all skill levels, from beginners to advanced jewelry makers. Classes are private and offer personalized instruction. 

Stackable Rings is a beginner workshop open to a single student. They will gain hands-on experience with the tools and techniques for annealing, shaping, texturing, and finishing sterling silver rings. The Student creates three separate pieces during the two-hour course. The cost of the silver and tools are included in the course. Prospective students must be at least 18 to register.

Couples can register for a private Wedding Band Workshop. Students should know what they want to make and must pay an additional cost for the required materials. The class is broken up into two three-hour sessions. Students will spend the first class creating casting models. The rings are cast outside of class by the instructor, and students return on the second day to finish their pieces. The class is suitable for all skill levels.

The Wax Carving: Ring Carving course covers the same techniques as the Wedding Band Workshop for a single student. They will learn the basics of wax carving on the first day of class and complete their piece on the second. Students must pay the cost of the materials they use. This class is intended for beginners. 

Ring makers specifically interested in working with silver can attend a private Silversmithing course. The class is intended for beginners and teaches students techniques for working with silver, including sawing, annealing, hammering, soldering, texturing, and finishing. They will complete a personal ring project by the end of the four-hour course. Students should come to class with a specific design in mind. Tools and silver are provided in the course cost. 

The Benlolo Studio

The Benlolo Studio was founded by David Benlolo, a jewelry designer with over 20 years of experience. The studio is located in Murray Hill, Manhattan, and offers classes for all skill levels. Students receive personalized instruction through small class sizes of only around 4 students. When registering for a class, students can make up any missed sessions or create their own schedule if needed. 

Beginner and intermediate students may attend 6 Weeks Jewelry Design/Making or the four-week equivalent. The courses include two three-hour sessions each week tailored to the interests and goals of attending students. Students will complete the personal project of making a ring or pendant. They will learn techniques for creating wax models for casting, creating bezel settings, and identifying gemstones.

Upon completing either of the beginner’s courses, students may continue their education through the 6 Weeks Jewelry Design/Making (Intermediate & Advanced) class. Students can choose to make a ring, earrings, brooch, or pendant. They will learn new wax casting techniques, and how to work with gold, silver, or platinum. Other techniques taught include twisted wire and advanced stone settings. Advanced classes are instructed by David Benlolo.

EatMetal Inc

EatMetal Inc is a jewelry studio and school located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and run by Elizabeth Tokoly. The school offers small group classes capped at around 4 to 6 people to allow for personalized learning experiences. The price of each of their courses varies depending on the number of seats booked. 

In the DIY Textured Sterling Silver Rings class, beginner students learn to create a silver ring band. The course covers the basic techniques of forming, texturing, soldering, and finishing. The cost of tools and materials is included in the course. Students get to take home their creation.

Small Group Classes (Jewelry / Metalsmithing) are available for beginners and advanced students wishing to complete personal projects or designs. The techniques taught are designed around the needs and interests of each individual student. The class may be taken once or over several weeks as needed. Due to the highly individualized nature of this course, students are responsible for the cost of tools and materials. 

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