Contemporary Fashion Jewellery
This course will teach a range of new jewellery making skills. You will learn how to upcycle broken
or unused costume jewellery into new pieces. Make moulds and cast resin pieces. Make objects
such as pendants in pewter and learn wire working techniques.
Jewellery - Absolute Beginners
This Jewellery course is suitable for complete beginners. It will give you the basic skills you need to design and make jewellery in a structured environment. You will be given projects, with plenty of demonstrations, help and guidance.
Jewellery - Beginners/Improvers
This Jewellery course is suitable for complete beginners and those with some previous experience.
This course will give you the basic skills you need to design and make jewellery in a structured environment. You will be given projects, with plenty of demonstrations, help and guidance.
Jewellery - Improvers / Intermediate
This jewellery course is suitable for learners with a good level of jewellery
making skills.
Through set projects you will learn a range of skills while working with silver,
from stone setting, wax carving, chain making and enamelling to working on
personal projects. You will learn through hands on demonstrations, group
work and tutor guidance and support.
Jewellery - Studio for Makers
This workshop is focussed on independent learning and is designed for learners at intermediate level, to continue to develop their technical and creative skills in jewellery independently. The session is untutored however, guidance and support will be provided by a qualified technician.
Jewellery Advanced Practice
This jewellery course is suitable for learners with an advance level of jewellery making skills or those wishing to learn advanced skills.
Through set projects you will learn a range of skills while working with silver and some gold. You will learn advanced stone setting and wax carving skills, how to repair or remake jewellery pieces and how to add colour through patina and enamelling using hot and cold enamels.
You will learn through hands on demonstrations, group work, design sessions, gallery exhibitions/museum visits, tutor guidance and support.
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Jewellery Workshop - Intermediate
This intermediate level course will enable you to further develop your jewellery design and making skills in a workshop environment.
Silver Ring Making - One Day Workshop
This course aims to give you some of the basic skills, knowledge and ability to create rings, using basic metal working techniques.
Wax Carving and Casting for Jewellery
Most jewellery casting today uses a variation on the lost wax method developed in ancient Egypt.
This Course will teach you how to model/carve and mould wax. The wax will then be cast into silver using the ‘Lost wax casting process’
During the day you will have a chance to cast silver using ‘Cuttlefish’ and ‘sand casting’. These cast elements could then be used on their own, or be used as an element on another piece of jewellery. (this can be discussed on day)