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Experimental stone setting techniques – Delft, Claw and Wax (A28)
The aim of the course is to create designs that begin with the stone. How best can you show all of its qualities? Once you understand how to create simple, reliable settings using conventional techniques you can adapt these processes to truly honour the spirit of the gemstone.
Find out more »Flux One Year Advanced Certificate in Jewellery
Take your jewellery design and jewellery making skills to a professional level with the Flux Advanced Certificate in Jewellery. Book now – Do you already have a good range of jewellery making skills Do you want to take a more professional approach to your jewellery practice? If so, the Flux one year, part time Advanced Certificate in Jewellery is for you. On this one year jewellery course we present a rich and varied programme of study to further enrich your jewellery practice. We put the focus…
Find out more »Flux One Year Foundation Certificate in Jewellery
Develop your jewellery design and jewellery making skills with the Flux accredited one year part time jewellery course. Book now – On this one year part time jewellery course we present a rich and varied programme of study for you to develop solid foundation skills in jewellery design and jewellery making. It’s perfect for you if you have an interest in learning to design and make jewellery, and you want to work with silver and other precious materials. We put the focus firmly on…
Find out more »Flux One Year Intermediate Certificate in Jewellery
Extend your jewellery design and jewellery making skills with the Flux one year, part time Intermediate Certificate in Jewellery Making. Book now – While strengthening your core jewellery making skills, the Flux Intermediate Certificate in Jewellery gives impetus for your creativity to flourish. The programme of modules for this one year, part time course will raise your existing skills, meanwhile broadening your repertoire to include more complex techniques. This provides inspiration for your creative ideas, also sharpening your problem solving skills. We put the focus firmly…
Find out more »Explore metal manipulation techniques. Make a small vessel in copper or silver. (A29)
Explore ways to bend, stretch, crease and distort sheet metals like copper and silver. Design and make a small vessel in copper or silver. (Mornings, Tuesdays). Book Now – On this 10 week course you will experiment with metal manipulation techniques including scoring, fold forming and raising to create 3D form from sheet metal. To this end we present you with a series of short, open ended projects that explore how to manipulate sheet metal into varied form using hammers and stakes, mallets and punches. Then using your…
Find out more »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 »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 »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 »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…
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