Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts
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	Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts
	The Revere Academy is a professional jewelry school where master craftsmen pass on their skills and knowledge to students al all levels. Beginners and hobbyists as well as experienced working bench jewelers come for dozens of short intensive classes and diploma programs lasting 2-4 months.
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Average Registered User Rating: 4.75 (out of 5) Number of review: 4 Reviews Subject: cost very reasonable Comment: I have taken three classes at Revere: Marketing Designer Jewelry with Alan Revere, Keum-boo with Christine Dhein, and Foldforming with Charles Lewton-Brain. I can sum up my experience thusly: they were all excellent and I recommend them highly. The instructors are very knowledgeable and the school is very well-equipped. I learned a lot in all three of them and would love to be able to take the diploma series. I felt that the class cost in all cases was very reasonable. Rating: Subject: Top notch Comment: The Revere Academy offers about 40 different classes and I don't know how many teachers. Many of the teachers awork in that building as bench guys and gals and have years of experience. So your teacher might have been doing setting for 20 years, as well as yesterday. Alan himself is top notch, trained in Europe. The school has an excellent reputation and classes are 1-5 days, with him having a career course for 3-4 months too. His school is also JA certified for passing the Bench Certification. Rating: Subject: most professional schools you will ever encounter Comment: I have both taken classes and taught workshops at Revere Academy. It is one of the most professional schools you will ever encounter. The workshops are fully equipped with professional grade equipment. As an instructor, I know that Alan asks a lot more of those who teach there than any other school. I have to prepare a detailed syllabus that he will review, along with detailed tool and materials lists. How the instructor will present the material is as important as what they will present. All the instructors at Revere are working professionals, so all the information you receive has been "field tested." You will probably get a lot of tips, shortcuts, and trade secrets thrown into each class. As a working jeweler, it impossible to teach any subject without giving out a lot of this type of information. Alan also gets the highest quality professionals in the field to teach there. While it may be true that I can make more money working in my own shop that teaching at Revere, it is an honor to be invited to teach there. I will probably spend 60 or more hours preparing to teach a 40 hour workshop. I teach very few workshops. If you already have some experience, and are looking to add to your skills, I highly recommend the Master's Symposium workshops in April. Robert Lee Morris, one of the worlds top jewelry designers.\, will be teaching "Designing for Production," April 11 - 15. Robert operates a gallery in SOHO, and has designed lines for Donna Karan, and others. I would love to be in this workshop, but I will be teaching a workshop of my own that week, "Romantic Connections." This workshop will focus on making the connection an important part of the jewelry design, while giving practical tips on how to design construct complicated mechanisms easily. Kent Raible, the master of granulation, will be teaching one of his rare workshops on April 18 - 22. He will be doing granulation on 18k, and as someone who has taken a workshop with Kent, he is an excellent instructor as well as a wealth of practical information. He constructs some of the most beautiful mechanisms I have ever seen.He will also be teaching a "Terminations" workshop on April 23 - 24. Charles Lewton-Brain will be teaching "Fold Forming" on April 4 -8, and "Bench Tricks" on April 9 - 10. You cannot find a better workshop on fold forming, since Charles is the master who pioneered and developed this technique. Dee Fontans will be teaching cloissonne' and champleve enameling on April 4 - 8, Deb Lozier will be teaching "Torch Fire Enameling" on April 16 - 17, Curtis Arima will be teaching "Color on Metal" on April 9-10, and Christie Romero will be presenting "The History of Jewelry" on ASpril 16-17. I will also be teaching a "Surface Treatments" workshop on April 18-22, that will cover almost every technique used to add texture and design elements to the surface of fine metals. You can experiment with Kuem-boo, granulation, reticulation, damascene, engraving, texture wheels, sandblasting, plating, and more. I'll even throw in some tips on getting a perfect polish! If you are just starting out or just getting serious about jewelry, the faculty there and the programs available are hard to beat. When my own son became serious about jewelry, I sent him to Revere for advanced workshops. I saw a huge jump in his skill level after each workshop. He is now a partner in my gallery, and the primary designer. The Revere Academy is not the only great school in the US, but in the Bay area, it will be the best money you every spent on jewelry training. Rating: Subject: teaching method is very effective Comment: I took Fabrication 1 at Revere this fall, and thought it was a great class. At that level, you are only learning techniques, and you complete several basic projects that involve sawing, filing, soldering, and bezel setting. I had some previous experience, but wasn't comfortable with my soldering abilities -- I am now very comfortable soldering even tiny jump rings, so I'd say their teaching method is very effective. I plan on taking another class there sometime in 2005. Rating: