Operating a fully-equipped metalsmithing school at Fifth Avenue Suite A in Hillcrest, San Diego Jewelry Academy caps classes at six students and runs 7-week small-group sessions covering alloying, ingot pouring, annealing, rolling-mill wire drawing, multi-fuel torch soldering, and stone setting. The studio floor includes three rolling mills, dedicated soldering and polishing stations, a photo station, and in-studio vacuum and centrifugal casting equipment, with student portfolio photography routed to Rich Soublet Photography to document thesis work for gallery applications. Wedding-band workshops run monthly for couples who want to forge their own rings together, typically completing a paired silver or gold set inside a single all-day session. Open-studio membership is available to experienced metalsmiths who need bench access without instruction, and finished student work rotates through the artist-member exhibitions at The Studio Door for public sale and gallery representation. Intro workshops run monthly as a one-day entry point for beginners unsure whether to commit to a full 7-week small-group session, with instructors providing one-on-one technique consultations on request. The most technically demanding projects handled in the studio are precision lost-wax casting runs using custom-carved wax models and in-studio centrifugal casting — producing multi-stone rings, bracelets, and pendants finished to commercial jewelry-manufacturing quality.