Decorative 12 Prong Statement Ring: A Silversmithing Tutorial

This video tutorial shows me making a simple solitaire ring with a more ornate basket setting with 12 prongs. For this one I used a 13 mm pink round brilliant Cubic Zirconia. The materials I used were: 18 gauge sterling silver round wire, 14 gauge sterling square wire, and 10 gauge sterling square wire. This one includes the basic steps to build this fancy 12 prong setting from scratch. As always I am using exclusively hard silver solder, and I use My-T-Flux from Rio Grande. I would rate this one as an advanced project. This video is a bit longer, but is a detailed tutorial, so I think it is worth the watch time. I enjoy sharing my knowledge with others, as I've taught people for most of my life. This hobby turned into a fun side gig for me for years while I taught public school. I love suggestions and hearing about others' experiences. What is your favorite project? What kind of tutorials would you find useful?
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[@marylusky2224]

My teacher told us to take our soldering blocks outside and rub them on the sidewalk or bricks and it will clean them right up. Love this setting!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Preferably in the neighbor’s driveway:)

[@katarina2438]

Physics! Love this design, it is new! And stunning.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Katarina:)

[@silversmithclasses]

Thank you Brilliant! Cheers, Ellen

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Ellen! I appreciate your nice comment!

[@flyingcheff]

Hi Chad (out loud while I'm watching, lol)! I can't tell you how delighted - and relieved - that you DIDN'T just opt for gallery wire. Bravo!! 👏👏👏💪💪💪💪 And, I love how you express confidence and humility, how refreshing! Would love to know how you decided that the file handle was the right size for the rings so that they made the right size of setting for the diameter of the stone! I appreciate that you really brought us along on your figuring it out process. Most groovy technique on this ring. 👌

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Flying Chef! Is using gallery wire a standard practice? I never even thought to use that as I’ve never really liked how it looked:). As far as the file handle, after I divided the base length into 6 sections, rings made around that were just about the right size. I keep various sizes of brass rods, dapping punches, pencils, and other cylindrical things of different sizes about just so I can quickly make various size jump rings. Thanks for always saying such nice things Flying Chef!

[@flyingcheff]

@Chad’s Silversmithing Thank you for that, I always want to learn! So appreciate you! I, too, have been pretty much a non-fan of gallery wire. It seems (to me) to have morphed from decor to pure lazy use. Using a gallery bezel just excuses any attention to proper security unless one uses glue (which is shoddy workmanship) or gallery wire so heavy and in proportions that hide the stone. It's good for me to remember that it can be used as an embellishment to/in design. Hey, when did I become such a fabrication snob? Gotta work on that. Hahaha! 🌺

[@nevillepickering4767]

wow just what i was looking for

[@chadssilversmithing]

I’m really glad it was useful for you Neville!

[@KayGasnerKGDESIGNS]

You are very creative!! Thanks so much for sharing with us!!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Kay! That's very nice of you to say! Thanks for signing up to Patreon!!!

[@karenfinneganart2480]

Lol, your comment about therapy and pounding the jewellery really resonates. You said in your previous life you were an English teacher, I was a therapist specialising in co-occurring addiction and mental illness. I would come home to hubby, who got home an hour before me, and he would be there with a coffee and a hammer for me, lol. When people asked me what I did to unwind, I would say I like to bang stuff and then show them my jewellery. Forging is very therapeutic.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Agreed! When I was teaching, I would come home emotionally drained most days. Metalsmithing was a great way to transition to being at home:)

[@karenfinneganart2480]

@@chadssilversmithing must make for a beautiful relationship in many ways 😀

[@jimbartley9125]

Very nice. More settings to attempt! Thanks. Jim

[@chadssilversmithing]

You bet Jim!

[@ChrisS532]

I love that ring….

[@chadssilversmithing]

I'm really glad you like it! I love your account name:)

[@chriscarr4577]

Thank you! I love the style of the ring!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Glad you liked it Chris. I was super pleased with how this setting worked out.

[@deliawashington505]

Very cool setting. ❤

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Delia!

[@prubin111]

Great bezel! 🌺🤙🏻❤️

[@chadssilversmithing]

Almost looks like a bezel with that many prongs:). Thanks Paula!

[@kenwalker7160]

Thanks!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you Ken! That's very generous of you!

[@kimdimaggio6268]

Love this!!!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Kim. I appreciate the nice comment. Take care!

[@katesluyter4702]

Hi Chad! I love how you figure it out as you go and show your thought process and the ideas that didn't work out. Keepin' it real!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Kate! In some of these I am attempting things I haven’t really done before, so it is sometimes a bit of trial and error:)

[@jjsmama401]

I really appreciate how you are trying different techniques in real time! Cool video editing too!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Laurie! It's always good to push your limits:). I've grown quite a bit since starting this channel! Take care!

[@chiomascharm4596]

Gorgeous 😍 Thanks for sharing 💜

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@bees5461]

Hi Chad, very nice ring and excellent tutorial. I really appreciate that you mentioned the first attempt and why it didn't work, that is such helpful information. I have a couple of 12 mm CZ's and and going to try this out myself.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Bees! Sometimes you have to do a little experimenting to figure out a good way to do things:). Good luck. Send me a pic when you finish!

[@woodgemdave]

Beautiful, seemingly simple, fantastic teaching ability, thank you for sharing. Appreciate learning in my older years, and do one thing at a time. My hands & mind are always busy.

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Dave! I appreciate your nice comment. This one was kind of a treat because my prototype went so badly that I was expecting it to be a rough one. Turns out a slightly different strategy made it much easier, and the result came out looking clean and symmetrical, much to my surprise:). Take care!

[@woodndrum303]

Hi Chad great idea to build from scratch, but when forcing the bezel from cylinder to cone the biggest stress is on the weakest part, the joint between the rings. You have commented in the past on the strange action when bending square wire to a circle that results in a 3D coil. This effect could be captured here as you bend the rectangular section into the cone. Brilliant thinking though to look at material and the desired final result and figure out the process to get there. Well done. K

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Keith. It’s always fun when you figure out a good trick. I’m glad I didn’t solder the rings to each other before using the dapping punches to flare it. The thought crossed my mind, but I’m glad I did it the other way. It was a good experimental project that improved my overall skills. Doing this channel is helping me to grow as a metalsmith. Thanks For the nice comment Keith! Take care.

[@patredden4557]

Love this ring, thanks for sharing. I’ll have to give this a try sometime.

[@chadssilversmithing]

I learned some good tricks while building this one, and I like the final result! Have fun with this one Pat:)

[@Gazz_R]

Beautiful! Your dapping block idea worked a treat. Thanks for sharing and take care.

[@chadssilversmithing]

You bet Gazz! You too

[@lindahamlik6023]

This will be my next project! And yet again you make it look so easy!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Honestly Linda, I thought this was going to be more difficult, especially getting the size right for the stone. Perhaps you will find it so as well! Good luck:)

[@chadssilversmithing]

Honestly Linda, I thought this was going to be more difficult, especially getting the size right for the stone. Perhaps you will find it so as well! Good luck:)

[@WizardKitty723]

❤

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks WizardKitty!

[@paulinemegson8519]

That’s a really pretty setting and an interesting use of jumprings. I usually use my cone bur to cut seats in prongs, I have a nice long narrow one that’s a bit worn so not as aggressive as a hart bur. I may have said this before but I like the way you work out things as you go….it’s a lot like the way I work……give it a go and see what happens, which CAN be problematic, but can also work out really well lol

[@chadssilversmithing]

I learn best kinesthetically:). If I have to mess a few things up along the way, oh well! I’ll have to get some cone burs:)

[@tammiehonican76]

Beautiful setting! Your tutorials are very informative. And you make it look easy but I know it's not. Hopefully when I get a little more experienced I will be giving a try! Look forward to watching your next tutorial!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Tammie. What sorts of things would you find useful to have videos about?

[@tammiehonican76]

@@chadssilversmithingBeing a beginner I'm not sure what to ask for. What your doing and how your doing it is fine. Maybe I'll get to the point when I know what I want. All I know right now is that I learn alot form your videos. And seeing the beautiful jewelry you made. And have a good day! Thank you for asking though!

[@stephenscordato4321]

Hey Chad, another great video and I'm looking forward to trying this out soon! Something I came up with one day while doing some annealing was to take a refillable paint pen and add some liquid flux to it. I replaced the stock plastic bristles with fireproof cord casing out of some old electronics. It works amazingly well and I've not gone back to my spritzer bottle since. Thanks for all the tips and tricks, felt like sharing one of my own.

[@chadssilversmithing]

That’s an awesome idea Stephen. I appreciate you sharing it with me. I’ll have to see about getting one. Thanks for the tip, and thanks for watching!

[@stephenscordato4321]

@@chadssilversmithing i just grab mine from Walmart so it's a super accessible idea! Looking forward to the next video as always. :)

[@katesluyter4702]

I'm back again! I notice you are asking for ideas on new videos. We dug up a bunch of sunstones and had them faceted. I would love to know everything you can throw at me about setting faceted stones. I have watched a couple of your basket setting videos. Thanks!

[@chadssilversmithing]

Doing these videos is helping me to push my skills and causing me to try new things, so I will probably be adding more interesting ways to mount faceted stones along the way. This setting was a new one for me, and I was really pleased with how it came together which gives me some confidence to try more new things:). Fun on the sunstone digging. I’m a little jealous:)

[@kristibbradshaw]

My great grandmother was an English teacher for 52 years. I got her love of the language from her and have developed some bad habits too. I tend to correct people. Sorry for earlier.

[@chadssilversmithing]

No worries Kristi:)

[@Sadiejewelrydesign838]

Wow! I would never have guessed how you would attach 12 prongs! I was thinking how do you keep them all from coming undone as you solder them on. I am super excited to try this at some point. Great tutorial as usual and the ring is beautiful. You are a genius Mr. Parker. Thanks as always. Also, I think you said that you are on IG. If so what is your @?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Thanks Dawn. I was surprised that this wasn’t harder. Those magnesia blocks really are nice to have around. @silverworker1 is my IG handle. Thank you for such a nice comment!

[@andreamarkovic6314]

Beautiful! How did you calculate how many jump rings would fit around the setting base?

[@chadssilversmithing]

If I remember right, I figured out how big I wanted the base ring, cut the length of wire to achieve that size, and then calculated how big the circles needed to be in order to stretch side by side to exactly match that length.

[@adcock3]

Great work. Do you find you ever need med or easy solder? My go to would’ve been to use another temp for the shank. I find my excess solder “eats” away when reheated.

[@chadssilversmithing]

I occasionally use a little easy solder on hinges and spinner rings, but have never felt the need for medium. I’m not sure what you mean when you say eats away. Could you elaborate?

[@ghislainedevaux1545]

Hello chad could you tell me which brick you use or rather what is its material?

[@chadssilversmithing]

Hello Ghislaine! It is a brand called Solderite. They don't disclose what it is made of other than that it is non-asbestos. Hope this helps. The soft brick I use is a Magnesia block.

[@ghislainedevaux1545]

@@chadssilversmithing thank you very much I hope I will find some in France; I love your videos, they are very clear

[@chadssilversmithing]

@@ghislainedevaux1545 Merci beaucoup!

[@cliffbaker9656]

Couldn’t see most of the video

[@chadssilversmithing]

Sorry about that Cliff. That’s an older video, so my editing skills were a little rougher back then. My newer ones should have better editing. Thanks for the constructive criticism:)

[@cliffbaker9656]

@@chadssilversmithing the content was great!