Knowledge, standards, and community for everyone serious about the craft — from the bench to the business side.
Deep, honest writing on technique, tools, and the industry — from someone who has worked at the highest levels of fine jewellery.
Structured courses built on a curriculum that has taken students from zero to working professional. The Microsetting Academy.
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I didn't apprentice at sixteen. Didn't come from a jewellery family. I spent years building oil refineries in the Canadian north — and taught myself to set stones because I wanted to make my fiancée's engagement ring myself.
What followed was a relentless pursuit of the finest teachers in the world. St. Petersburg. Antwerp. And eventually Graff Diamonds in London, where I set some of the most extraordinary stones ever found.
Read the full storyThe Microsetting Academy is a complete online curriculum — from absolute beginner to advanced techniques used by the best houses in the world. Built by Ian Barnard. Taught properly.