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Welcome back to Learn DEDICATED T O T H E BENCHARTIST T H E Training E D I T I O N Get ready for Training Center season with the 2022 Winter issue of LEARN! Discover training opportunities abroad with two of our international training partners. LEARN about the Alexandre Diamond Setting School in Belgium, and get the perspective of five former Alexandre School students who traveled there to study. Get familiar with the International Jewellery School in Russia and LEARN how they maintain traditions of making jewelry by hand, while introducing new and innovative classes to meet market demand. If you are looking to LEARN in the US, find the right course for you with our GRSTC course breakdown and instructor bios. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Glendo LLC. Although the highest care has been taken to make the information contained in “Learn” as accurate as possible, neither Glendo LLC nor the authors can accept responsibility for damage of any nature resulting from the use of the information within. ©Glendo LLC 2022
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The 2022 LEARN project was a collaboration from several different artists. Five engravers and jewelers created one letter each to make up the word “LEARN”. We love how unique and interesting each piece is! Thank you to all of the artists listed for spending time creating such a memorable project.
CONTRIBUTORS Learn magazine wouldn’t be possible without our awesome contributors! If you have an idea for an article, tips or techniques you’d like to share, or just want to send us some photos of your latest work, please email GRS at creative@glendo.com.
THERE IS DIAMOND SETTING AND THEN THERE IS DIAMOND SETTING.-----------12 Alexandre Sidorov is internationally recognized for his exquisite stone setting abilities. Over thirty years of experience have led him to the development of a highly specialized setting technique in which the microscope is used as the main working tool. The uniqueness of Alexandre’s work methods is the result of a combination of two specialized professions: Microscopical engraving and stone setting. Alexandre offers this knowledge at his Optical Stone Setting School.
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International Jewellery School is a school of world-class masters, which opens up opportunities for high professional development for every student! The International Jewellery School has been working in St. Petersburg since 2014 and is the only one in Russia where both students and novice specialists are trained and along with experienced masters, work on professional equipment of GRS, recognized world leader in the field of technologies for the production of jewellery.
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