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Encapsulating techniques for jewellery: watch lenses and related cold connections (A30)
Explore ways to give permanence to delicate objects in your jewellery. Encapsulation techniques using methods from resin to watch lenses for jewellery. Book Now On this course we explore methods to add secondary and perhaps more delicate elements to your metal jewellery. You’ll produce a range of tests that explore how to use tabs, screws and rivets for joining rigid and flexible elements together. You’ll also have the chance to experiment with watch lenses for jewellery purposes. Much like a picture frame, lenses offer the…
Find out more »Encapsulating techniques for jewellery: watch lenses and related cold connections (B30)
Explore ways to give permanence to delicate objects in your jewellery; encapsulating techniques using methods from resin to watch lenses for jewellery. (Tuesday, evenings) Book Now On this course we explore methods to add secondary and perhaps more delicate elements to your metal jewellery. Firstly you’ll produce a range of tests that explore how to use tabs, screws and rivets for joining rigid and flexible elements together. By incorporate these encapsulating techniques for jewellery you can create innovative designs. You’ll also have the chance to experiment…
Find out more »Jewellery Inlay Techniques with Crushed Stone (CS04)
This weekend course introduces students to the exciting art of inlaying crushed stones into silver collets of various shapes. Traditional in Central and South America, this process will allow you to create beautiful silver jewellery of rich and intense colours. We will discuss and learn about different stones in their rough forms and each student will prepare their own stone dust and mixture of colours for their design. Book now.
Find out more »Advanced Jewellery Making – Bead Setting and Pave (PB04)
Advanced Jewellery Making – bead setting and pave: Weekend Course. Book Now -This course offers an introduction to bead setting and pave setting for gem-studded jewellery. Both these stone setting styles are advanced stone setting techniques that we frequently use in fine jewellery making. What will I learn? These fine stone setting techniques require a high degree of precision in metal preparation and in procedure. Over 2 days you will be guided through the steps for successful setting, and you’ll…
Find out more »It’s here! Our new jewellery programme for 2018/19
We’ve just released our new programme for 2018/19… please bear with us as we make tweaks to the pages. If links aren’t working or dates seem weird, we’d be pleased if you’d email us so we can put it right!
Find out more »Casting Techniques for Jewellery (DC15)
Casting Techniques for Jewellery: 2 Day Course (Mon-Tue). Book Now – On this 2 day course we introduce a range of home-studio casting techniques for creating jewellery and other small accessories. You will have the opportunity to experiment with cuttlefish, delft sand and plywood mould making. Pewter, a low-melt metal, will be used for casting into the moulds, and we will also look at ways to incorporate other materials into the cast. You can also include materials like glass, wood, plastic or stone in…
Find out more »Soldering Masterclass
Master the art of soldering to improve your jewellery techniques. Book Now – Soldering is a core skill in jewellery making and practice is essential to understand how to control heat for optimum results. On this soldering masterclass we will examine common mistakes when soldering, looking at ways to remedy and improve on your existing skills. What will I learn? We present the course through demonstration, discussion and practical application. From basic to complex procedures, we will examine the challenges we commonly face…
Find out more »Exploring Shell Forms – Make Bangles, Bracelets and Cuffs (A31)
Explore ways to create beautiful shell forms from sheet, using forming techniques. Design and make a series of bangles or bracelets.(Mornings, Tuesdays). Book Now – How can you make large bangles, bracelets and cuffs that are also lightweight and easy to wear? On this 10 week course you will experiment with metal manipulation techniques to create beautiful shell forms from sheet metal. To this end we present you with a series of short, directed projects that explore how to curve and stretch sheet metal into varied…
Find out more »Exploring Shell Forms – Make Bangles, Bracelets and Cuffs (B31)
Explore ways to create beautiful shell forms from sheet, using forming techniques. Design and make a series of bangles or bracelets. (Evenings, Tuesdays). Book Now – How can you make large bangles, bracelets and cuffs that are also lightweight and easy to wear? On this 10 week course you will experiment with metal manipulation techniques to create beautiful shell forms from sheet metal. To this end we present you with a series of short, directed projects that explore how to curve and stretch sheet metal into…
Find out more »Make an integrated clasp for a Necklace – Box clasps to Toggles and Bayonet (A32)
Learn how to make a range of effective clasps for jewellery. Design and make your own integrated clasp for a necklace. (Mornings, Tue) Book Now – Are you frustrated by the clasps that are commercially available to us for our jewellery designs? Nothing lets your work down more gracelessly than the ugly and fiddle-some lobster catch! So, for this term’s course we are going old school as we explore how to design and make our own clasps for necklaces. Whether you favour…
Find out more »Make an integrated clasp for a Necklace – Box clasps to Toggles and Bayonet (B32)
Learn how to make a range of effective clasps for jewellery. Design and make your own integrated clasp for a necklace. (Evenings, Tue) Book Now – Are you frustrated by the clasps that are commercially available to us for our jewellery designs? Nothing lets your work down more gracelessly than the ugly and fiddle-some lobster catch! So, for this term’s course we are going old school as we explore how to design and make our own clasps for necklaces. Whether you favour…
Find out more »Wax Carving for Casting Silver Jewellery (C32)
Wax Carving for Casting Silver Jewellery (Evening, Thu). Book Now – On this 10 week jewellery course you will learn a range of the wax carving techniques we commonly use to create models for casting in silver or other metals. We’ll introduce you to the practical issues of measuring and marking, and of cutting, shaping and polishing wax objects, ready for casting. We’ll also explain about the relative weights of materials you are likely to use. In the process you’ll learn how to…
Find out more »Keum Boo for Jewellery (KB09)
Keum Boo for Jewellery: 2 Day Course (Sat-Sun). Book Now – This short, weekend jewellery making course introduces students to the art of keum boo: fusing fine gold foil (24ct) to a finished piece of sterling silver jewellery. The ancient Korean technique of keum boo is both beautiful and cost effective, and over the 2-day workshop we will also highlight additional techniques that can be applied to further enhance the contrast of colour and texture to produce highly individual pieces of…
Find out more »Beyond Metal – Interdisciplinary Craft Skills For Contemporary Jewellery Practice (TX04))
Book Now. If you love the softness of silk, delicacy of lace, intensity of leather or the natural look of cotton, and want to incorporate these qualities into your jewellery, this course is for you!
Combining textiles with metal elements can give permanence to the etherial qualities of fabric, and we will explore a number of ways to draw contrasting elements together using a variety of joining methods including cold connections like riveting, screw threading and weaving.
Find out more »Etching Techniques for Jewellery (TF11)
Weekend jewellery making workshop in etching – Book now. As well as exploring traditional mordant / resist applications used in etching we will also experiment with a form of photo etching which allows for the transfer of a photographic image to act as a resist for stopping out acid erosion of the metal surface.
Find out more »Etching Techniques for Jewellery (A33)
Explore ways to add texture to your jewellery using etching techniques. Learn how to apply mordants and resists to create interesting surface decoration on a variety of metals. (Morning, Tuesdays). Book Now – Etching is an especially effective technique to add pattern, line and texture to your jewellery, and on this course we introduce you to a range of approaches that are particular to jewellery applications. Traditionally, etching is used by printmakers as a process for making repeatable prints on paper. However, when we…
Find out more »Etching Techniques for Jewellery (B33)
Explore ways to add texture to your jewellery using etching techniques. Learn how to apply mordants and resists to create interesting surface decoration on a variety of metals. (Evening, Tuesdays). Book Now – Etching is an especially effective technique to add pattern, line and texture to your jewellery, and on this course we introduce you to a range of approaches that are particular to jewellery applications. Traditionally, etching is used by printmakers as a process for making repeatable prints on paper. However, when we…
Find out more »Move Metal! Make a spoon (SP01)
Make your own spoon on this two-day workshop. Take a look at all the spoons in your kitchen drawer. How were they made? On this 2 day workshop we’ll show you 2 ways to make a spoon. You can then choose your favourite method to make a real beauty to add to your collection! What will I learn? Using hammers and stakes, we focus on traditional silversmithing techniques to manipulate copper (and silver) into 3D form. Learn how we stretch,…
Find out more »Make a Gem of a Jewel: Stone Setting and Design Techniques for Jewellery
Gemstone to Jewellery Magic: Choose a stone, explore ways to set it, design and make a gem of a jewel – 10 Week Course (Evening, Wed). Book Now – What is your favourite gemstone? How would you choose to wear it? Your stone of choice is most beautiful to see when the jewellery element has been well designed to best show the gem. On this 10 week jewellery course we explore ways to combine stone setting and design techniques to make…
Find out more »Design Challenges for Silver Jewellery – Make a one-piece Brooch (OB01)
Explore the key elements of brooch functionality. Experiment with alternative designs to existing solutions. Use limited tools to create a brooch from a single piece of metal. Book Now – What mechanisms do we use to make a brooch stay firmly on your clothes? We jewellers have an array of fixtures and fittings available for purchase, that we normally solder (or glue ˚∆˚) to our designs. But many of these are downright ugly, or ineffective, and often not suitable. With a little ingenuity…
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