Move from
safe placements
to signature work.

Three days for practicing technicians who already know how to place a single gem and want to build the kind of layouts clients screenshot, save, and come back for. Editorial craft, priced accordingly.

Enrol, $2,850 Apply with portfolio

Duration

3 days

Cohort size

5 seats

Prereq

Beginner or portfolio

Price

$2,850

Seven outcomes. Signature level.

01 Design multi-stone layouts that read as editorial, not stickers
02 Work with specialty cuts, baguettes, marquise, pear, and combine safely on a single tooth
03 Place on difficult anatomy, rotated laterals, worn canines, veneered surfaces
04 Build a signature style that shows up in your portfolio and your pricing
05 Source stones direct from trade suppliers at the right grade, not Alibaba
06 Re-shoot your portfolio to editorial standard, lighting, framing, colour
07 Command a $450 to $900 price point without flinching

Craft, complexity, then the business of both.

Day one

Craft

Stone anatomy, cut recognition, grading in hand
Composite chemistry deep dive, why advanced work fails on day fourteen
Layout theory, the rule of thirds applied to a tooth
Your first custom design briefed live, three sketches before lunch
Supervised placement on typodont, multi-stone
Peer critique, ruthless, kind

Day two

Complex placements

Difficult anatomy clinic, rotated and crowded teeth
Placing over veneers and composite bonding, what to do, what to refuse
Live client one, full multi-stone layout from consult to finish
Removal of complex work without damage
Longevity engineering, making a layout last eighteen months
Failure gallery, thirty real cases, what went wrong, why

Day three

Business of craft

Live client two, signature layout, your design, your hands
Portfolio photography, three light setups that work in any studio
Pricing ladder, how to move from $150 placements to $650 placements in a quarter
Content strategy, what gets booked, what gets ignored
Assessment, a judged multi-stone placement graded by Nhi
Certificates, closing circle, alumni roster

This is for you if

You place gems already, you want to be known for the layout, not the service.
Your portfolio looks fine and your pricing feels stuck.
You want trade supplier access and proper loupe work.
You want to charge $650 and sell it in a sentence.

This is not for you if

You have never placed a gem, start on Beginner.
You want CPD credit for AHPRA registration, Professional covers that.
You are hoping for a weekend certificate and nothing pushed. We will push.

Nhi plus a guest
editorial photographer.

Advanced cohorts run with Nhi on craft and clinical, plus a guest editorial photographer for the portfolio day. Portfolio is the bottleneck stopping most technicians from charging properly, so we fix that before you leave.

Past guest photographers have shot campaigns for local fashion labels and cosmetic clinics. Lighting kit provided, you leave with forty images.

★★★★★

I came in placing one gem at $180. I left pricing multi-stone layouts at $550 and actually selling them. The photography day alone rebuilt my whole feed.

Nhi does not let you cruise. Day two I rebuilt a layout three times before she nodded. Best three days of the year for my business.

Jasmine H, Burwood studio

Before you apply.

Do I need to have done the Beginner course first? +

You need Beginner or demonstrable placement work. Send us five portfolio images when you enquire, we will tell you straight if you are ready.

How many client placements will I do? +

Two live client placements, both multi-stone, both judged. Plus around six typodont placements over the three days.

Is the kit different from Beginner? +

Yes. Advanced kit includes specialty cut stones, a jeweller's loupe, editorial photography backdrop, and access to our trade supplier list for twelve months.

Payment plan? +

$2,850 full price. Three payments of $950, first on enrolment, second two weeks before intake, third on day one. No surcharge.

Refund policy? +

Full refund up to fourteen days before intake. Fifty percent up to seven days. Inside seven days, no refund, but you can transfer your seat once, free.

Next Sydney intake, June 4 to 6

Apply with your portfolio.

Five seats per intake. Send five portfolio images on enquiry. Full price $2,850, or three payments of $950.

Apply now Book a call

@thegemisthub.aus hello@thegemisthub.com +61 000 000 000

Sydney & Adelaide, Australia

Opening Hours

Sunday Closed

Monday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Tuesday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Wednesday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Thursday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm

Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm

Move from safe placements to signature work.