The Stacker Cuff
A self-led, online course
Gain clarity to seamlessly create cuffs for markets, online jewelry releases, and custom pieces. Learn to effortlessly size your creative works to fit a wider audience, stamp wire, layer metal, texturize, mix silver and brass, build bezels, and set stones. Secure the confidence you desire to add heirloom quality stacker cuffs to your jewelry collections.
Join the courseWe do complex, but we do it with ease.
The concept of making a stacker cuff isn’t really all that complicated, right?
Honestly that’s a loaded question with a whole bunch of follow-up questions to get down to the answer.
How do you size it? Is it for a market, a custom, or an online release? Do you want it to be plain or do you want to add stamping? Well, then now you need to know how to stamp wire… Is it just wire or do you want to add a stone to the top?
Ok… now you need to know how to make bezels and set stones- let alone the process of soldering it all together in the easiest way possible.
Oh, and now you want to make it more interesting with mixed metals and a layered design with texturing?!
Suddenly the idea of making a stacker cuff looks a lot less simple.
A simple process that we made more complicated on purpose because we don’t do just simple here. We do complex, but we do it with ease.
But let me tell you this- it can actually still be pretty simple, you just need to know the steps, and I can show you each one of them.
In a course that was intended to be short and quick, I went all in and recorded over 4 hours of instructional video content to teach you every single tip, trick, and hack to create a stacker cuff with a bezel set stone (and so much more) from start to finish.
Take me there now!What You Will Accomplish in 4 Hours
Size cuffs
NEVER be confused about how to get an accurate size for clients. Size cuffs for markets and jewelry releases and learn to fit them to a wide range of people to maximize your profits.
Mix Metals
Every metal type solders differently and with that comes a host of other questions that you will have answered: What types of solder to use, post-solder steps to ensure color, how to seal mixed metals- and more
Stamp Wire
Master the process of stamping wire and approach it with confidence. See and learn about different types of stamps and how they interact with different styles of wire.
Build Bezels
Learn to build bezels from scratch to fit the cabochon you choose for your cuff. Carry this skill (as well as the others listed) into many more pieces in your jewelry collections. Setting stones is now simplified.
WHAT YOU GET INSIDE
- Over 4 hours of detailed instructional video taking you through the cuff-making process, including content to anchor in your skills in mixed metals (brass).
- PDFs with links to all of the equipment and materials you'll need to complete this project
- Written guides to accompany every section of the course- print these out to refer back to!
- Lifetime access to the program so you can go at your own pace and revisit it as many times as you'd like
- A list of my favorite places to shop for tools, materials, as well as stones and stamps (with a discount!)
- Solder cheat sheet and visual aids for soldering bezels and continuous circles
- A guide teaching you how to estimate metal needs for purchases
- A code to use at Rio Grande Jewelry Supply which provides you with a 6 month trial of their Rio Pro membership with wholesale pricing
- Optional closed captions in English
The Topics We Cover:
- All of the materials to complete the project: my favorites, and suggestions on others (plus where to shop)
- Tips on work-flow organization and ways to avoid accidental scratches while you smith
- Bezel building
- Stamping (sheet and wire)
- Creating perfectly sized cuff shanks for clients
- Sizing properly and easily for a wide range of customers to maximize profits
- Stone-setting: bezel set cabochons
- Prepping and soldering cuff shanks so that they’re straight and even EVERY time
- Sawing, refining, and polishing to a mirror finish
- Texturizing
- Working with intuitive design
- And so much more!
First-Person Perspective Offers You the Maker POV
It's like you're sitting right at the bench from start to finish
Ready To Join The Stacker Cuff Course? Here’s What You Get When You Enroll Today
The Stacker Cuff Online Course $298
Lifetime access to the course and all updates$188
4 hours of instructional content for the price of 2.5$150
BONUS: PDFS of tools, equipment, and materials ($108)$108
BONUS: Visual aid PDF to assist in bezel soldering$22
BONUS:Â Soldering cheat sheets$22
BONUS: PDF on how to buy metals$22
BONUS:Â PDF of each lesson with further instruction$268
BONUS: 50% off of one (1) private 30 minute zoom training $63
SUPER MEGA BONUS: 6 month wholesale trial at Rio Grande Jewelry Supply
(priceless! If used well, the savings on supplies and tools can easily pay for the course in itself)
TOTAL VALUE:Â Â $1,141
YOU GET IT ALL FOR: $298
Enroll MeSimple questions don’t always have simple answers
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me how to size a cuff or what wire to use, I would be a millionaire 100 times over.
These seemingly simple questions can have such a range of answers that it’s not always a quick one. And honestly, not knowing the answer to just these TWO questions can hold up or delay the process of adding well-made, heirloom quality stacker cuffs to your collections significantly or indefinitely.
These seemingly simple questions can have such a range of answers that it’s not always a quick one. The only way to the answer is to experiment and research, and that can take years.
With The Stacker Cuff Course, you won’t have to wonder about any of this ANY MORE. The answers are right on the other side of the enroll button and they’re yours to have forever.
I think that knowledge is best shared, and I am so happy to be sharing with you my years of wisdom and the results of all of my experimentation and research. Creating quality jewelry doesn’t have to be an Olympic event, and it’s certainly not reserved for the so-called elite. A stacker cuff is a project that is easily accessible for all- I can show you how, and not in a way that leaves you wanting more, but in a way that makes you feel satiated and ready.
When I first started working with brass, I could NOT figure out how to get the color right. My metal would change when I soldered and I couldn’t see what it was that I was doing wrong. Not to mention the fact that it would tarnish so fast, I wondered if it was even worth the effort.
After loads of experimenting and hours of research, I finally developed a system to ensure that my mixed metal pieces come out looking absolutely stunning every time, and LAST. It’s the same system that I teach you inside of The Stacker Cuff Course.
Mixed metals can be such a beautiful and unique way to communicate your vision, and they don’t have to be complex or frustrating. You just need to know the way to go
Build bezels and set stones with ease. Measure and size cuffs with confidence. Mix metals to express yourself more fully in your work with certainty in your skills.
I think that we all need those projects that make us feel like a badass, and this is one of them for me.
A way to get the ball rolling. A sense of accomplishment.
Not to mention a top-selling product that the majority of people love. That’s not a bad perk either.
I know there is more for meHow is The Stacker Cuff different ?
The Stacker Cuff Course is different from another you may find, because it’s the first I’ve ever seen that instructs at depth and compiles all of these techniques into one course.
Inside you learn how to:
- Size cuff shanks for everyone
- Build a bezel and set a cabochon
- Form a cuff shank
- Stamp wire (round, half round, and others)
- Work with stamps in a unique way
- Mix Metals
- Detailed sawing technique
- Layer and sweat solder
- Texturize metal with a new tool
- Tumble
- Polish to a mirror finish
- Seal base metals
Typically other courses lack details like these
- The differences in the weights of wire and which works best
- How to finish the ends of the cuff for optimal wear
- How to size for markets and online releases to maximize profits
- How to mix metals and explain how the different solders perform
- Depth about different types of stamps and wires
A Look Inside The Syllabus
Here is the outline of what you will see within the 4 plus hours that we spend together inside of The Stacker Cuff:
1. Welcome video
2. Cuff Overview and Building the bezel
- Discuss the gauges for cuffs with examples
- Building the Bezel
- Soldering the Bezel
- Refining the Bezel
3. Cut and The Backplate
4. Solder the Backplate
5. Saw and Refine the BackplateÂ
- Discuss the gauges for cuffs with examples
- (4.1) Layering the DesignÂ
- (4.2) Saw out The Design
6. Refine the Layers
7. Solder The Layers
8. Saw out the Backplate LayersÂ
9. Texturize the BackplateÂ
10. The Cuff shankÂ
11. Stamp the Cuff ShankÂ
12. Refine the Shank
13. Form and Prep the Shank
14. Solder it all Together
15. Remove the Copper
16. Blacken
17. Tumble
- Post-Tumble CheckÂ
18. Set The stone
19. Polish
20. Seal and Final Reveal
21. Closing
what Saltwater &
Silver alumni are saying
"My ah-ha moment for me was the sizing part! I've struggled soooo much with this and now I can confidently say I'm not scared to make a custom ring with your tips. Genius! And the miter jig…total time saver! Thank you for caring and sharing. Your course was very easy to follow and I loved it."
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-Ada
"As a self-taught silversmith, being able to watch a professional go over the basics was amazing. It was refreshing to see how another smith utilizes different types of flux and soldering techniques. Stephanie's course was excellent in learning basic technique and expanding on what I already knew. She deepened my understanding and helped me gain so much confidence!"
-Courtney S
Simplify stacker cuffs, master mixed metals, and size with ease. Learn how in just 4 hours
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The Stacker Cuff
$298
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Sign me upFrequently Asked Questions
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Creating a stacker cuff and setting a stone seem intimidating. Can I participate?
I want to learn embellishments, do you teach them in this course?
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It's Time To Level Up
The Stacker Cuff Course isn’t a simple course. It goes so far beyond a stone on top of some wire. This course teaches you all that you need to know to create an heirloom quality piece of jewelry with techniques that can be applied across many projects beyond just cuffs. This is an investment in your confidence and a step in your growth in more ways than one. If the course is calling to you, you might want to answer. Your new skillset is waiting just beyond the enroll button.
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