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    4.9 (38 reviews)

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    宸宇

    I make two rings at Adam's work shop for me and my partner. It was an amazing experience and worth every penny. I would recommend Adam to anyone who wants to do a ring making workshop. The price seems high but it worth every penny. And Adam doesn't do any up-charge for the material you buy from him(he just help you get them from the dealer) so you total cost might be lower than you can get at other places depending on what material you pick for the ring. From picking material, to the actual working shop, also resizing of the ring afterwards, Adam shows incredible skill and knowledge during the entire process, answers all random questions I had patiently, and also kept it super fun! I will keep my good words about him short but I can assure you all good comments before me are true. Don't look more if you are thinking about making some rings.

    Mokume gane and platinum wedding bands
    Angelo D.

    My fiance and I had such an amazing time making our wedding rings with Adam! We had to reschedule our initial appointment as it landed right at the peak of the coronavirus shelter-in-place but Adam was super accommodating and worked with us to find a time where we would all be comfortable interacting. Adam was also so accommodating to our preferences while in studio - we opted to wear masks all day to be extra safe and Adam was totally cool! The actual class was a blast! Adam is a great teacher and a super entertaining person. My fiance and I both decided to make rings that were generally a bit more complicated than usual - I opted for a mokume gane ring and my fiance chose a curved ring that would fit around her engagement ring. Our rings came out perfectly! You can really tell that Adam cares deeply about the jewelry that he makes. When he and my fiance were finishing her ring, he was so detailed and meticulous about the curvature. To our untrained eyes the ring looked perfect, but Adam was so meticulous about getting the curvature just right, when it was finally done you could totally tell the difference! I am recommending this workshop to all of my friends. Not only is the price more than reasonable but the class was so fun and unique, it's an experience I will never forget. Thanks Adam!

    Custom made wedding Rings
    Michelle Y.

    Adam is very knowledgable, genuine and kind. He gave very clear instructions and made the whole class experience easy and pleasant for both of us. He was very focused on keeping the quality bar up while helping us get the design we wanted. We are very pleased and thankful for the result. Since we took the class during Covid, all windows were open at all times, and we were the only students in the room. All of us made sure to wear masks at all times. Highly recommended for anyone looking to create their own rings under professional supervision. :]

    Lauren O.

    Adam helped us make our wedding bands and they turned out BEAUTIFULLY! We had such a fun day with him and it is definitely a day that we will cherish forever. We asked around in the families for any family heirlooms folks wanted to contribute. Adam helped us refine the gold into two nuggets - one for the my side and one for his side. We poured them into an ingot, rolled out the metal, annealed it, shaped it, joined it, and polished it. Adam was quite accommodating of our (admittedly odd) request and worked with us to make it happen. Most of the ring workshops he does use regular purchased gold. Adam has refined (lol!) his workshops down to a tee - he explained that he's done over 700 of them. We felt very hands-on through the process, but he knew exactly how to explain what to do next so that we'd be able to do it with no prior knowledge. We're very happy with the result!

    Adam melted down a gold bracelet to make into our ring
    Emily S.

    If we could give Adam 6 stars we would! We attended the ring-making workshop to make my fiancé's wedding band. We had contacted Adam ahead of time to see if we could use a family heirloom gold bracelet to make the ring, and Adam was kind enough to melt down the bracelet ahead of time for us to use. We loved how passionate Adam is about his business and how much he shared with us. With every step of the process, he educated us on why we were doing what we were doing instead of just taking us through the motions which was so insightful and greatly appreciated. Additionally, because Adam taught us so much we were able to essentially make the entire ring ourselves, with Adam stepping in only a couple times to make minor tweaks. Adam has a great sense of humor and made us feel welcome from the very beginning. He kept us laughing the entire time and the session truly flew by! He took us to lunch at a nearby Mexican restaurant and essentially treated us like old friends. I would absolutely recommend Adam and Scintillant Studio a hundred times over to anyone interested in his workshops or jewelry. We had some gold left over from today and we will definitely be coming back to Adam to use it!!

    Taken against a wall a couple streets up.

    Book your appointment. Do it now. My fiance/wife (depending what time you're reading this review) had the idea a couple years ago to make our own wedding bands together. To me it seemed like an amazing idea. San Francisco is where we took our first road trip together when we started dating, so we searched the area and found Adam on Yelp and I kept him bookmarked. When covid loosened up a bit, we booked our appointment and made our way there. It was only on our way there when the fear of it all sunk in. Up to 8 hours with a random guy? What if he's not personable? What if the place is in a weird part of town? What if I screw up her ring? How do I even know if this is premium quality metal? What size/style do I even want? What if there is a reason why people don't usually do this?! The reason why more people don't make their own wedding rings is simply because there is only one Adam Clark in the world. I cannot sing Adam's praises loudly enough. I couldn't have planned a more perfect experience. Adam was so incredibly welcoming, genuine, full of amazing stories, INCREDIBLY experienced, and of course, absolutely hilarious. Prepare for puns. Maybe you should prepare some of your own too. Do whatever you need to do to get to SF and see him, because no other city is going to have an Adam Clark. To answer some of the questions I posed earlier: It's in a really cool part of town. Just up the street is some awesome dining and shops. It sort of reminded me of Abbot Kinney if you're from LA like me. No, there is literally no chance Adam will let you screw anything up. But if you're worried this will be an impersonal machine based cut-and-paste process, do not be. You quite literally will be cutting, shaping, soldering, sanding, polishing, everything. Yes, I guarantee your metal will be better than anything Jared sells. In regards to style, bring as much or as little inspiration as you want. We both knew we wanted simple bands, but Adam gave us advice on the variances of flat vs. rounded vs. flat w/ rounded edges, and he helped us decide on the perfect width. In regards to sizing, don't even bother preparing anything. Adam is going to size you the right way. Anyways, this is the shortest I could make this review without doing Adam an injustice. If you're reading this Adam, thank you so so so much again for everything. P.S. we worked with platinum, and it was pretty epic.

    Kelly L.

    If you and your partner are looking for a place to make your own rings while learning random facts, being showered with Dad jokes, and getting a hand spa treatment (with no extra cost!), Adam is yo man! Adam has been super patient with us from the start in scheduling an appointment that worked for everyone. We had a unique request of melting our mother's ring down and recasting it as part of ours. Although (as we soon learned from Adam) this threw off the proportions of the final metal composition and made the entire annealing process more difficult, Adam cared about making our ideal rings become reality and worked with our request. The class was very interactive and was straight up FIRE. Adam coached us through the entire process and made us feel like metalsmith experts by the end of the 8-hour session. Our rings turned out beautifully and even better than how we imagined! We can't recommend Adam enough, on a scale of 0 to 10, he's an 11.

    Student at work
    Lindsey O.

    Scintillant Studio is a great place to learn the intricate art of metalsmithing. Generally focussed on jewelry construction, you can learn the building blocks to metal art and the aesthetics of sculptural adornment. I had the fortune to take the beginning class from Scintillant's owner, and master metalsmith, Adam Clark. This is the perfect format for adult learners...at your own pace, and focussed on what YOU want to learn. There are many routes one can take with metal art, and Adam and staff are eager to cultivate the aspects of the medium that turn you on. The studio environment is also great to learn from those who are currently working as commercial artists. They offer small group classes for all ability levels. The classes cost a little bit, but when you think of the value of the material covered in that cost, it isn't bad at all. Materials for working in this medium can be pricey, especially with the recent influx of gold and silver prices in the last few years. The studio has great equipment, and keeps lots of gems and precious metals on hand for you to purchase for special projects (at very reasonable prices). Check it out! They have a great new location in the Mission, with lots of extra work space.

    These are our finished rings and we couldn't be happier, thanks again Adam!

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    Took a polymer clay class on Tuesday from 7-9:30 with Sophie! She was very knowledgable and kindly…read morepatient, especially when we needed help fixing some of our pieces. The class itself was fun! We basically just messed around with clay for the 1.5 hours, layering cut outs and playing with texture. Baking took 30 minutes, and then assembly another 30. There were tons of colors, shapes, and tools to try out. There was also a birthday party there, so if you're interested in an event, this seems like a good place. Sophie let us know that we're allowed to get drinks / snacks from next door, then bring it back to eat in the lobby area by the window. The workshop seems like a lovely community space. Seems like they have events every month - Nov they'll have a free zine workshop and in December they'll sell mini wreaths. There's tons of other artsy things in there. My one suggestion for the class - it would have been lovely if there had been more pliers for assembly. I think that the shortage was the main bottleneck. The earrings look simple to put together, but because we were new and the pieces seem so fragile, it took us quite a bit of time.

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