Beginner Silver Jewellery Course

This is a daytime course consisting 8 x 2 .5 hour daytime classes.

This beginner silver jewellery making course offers a good foundation in working with silver, introducing students to basic metal working techniques with a gentle learning curve. Our aim is to ensure students feel safe and confident in the workshop and have a good understanding of how to safely use the various pieces of equipment. We do this through a series of projects that change through the year.

Our autumn term projects are as follows;

• Leaf pendant: Simple pendant completed in one class.
• Stack rings: Make a set of three rings all with a different finish.
• Rub-over stone setting earrings: This projects introduces you to the easiest form of stone setting, a cabochon rub-over.

On completion of the course students will have a good grasp of basic jewellery making techniques and can be confident enough to set up at home. Students intending to further their learning can enrol on to following term beginner course where they will be able to build on there acquired skills through a series of new projects.

Materials

Sundries such as solder and saw blades are included in the course fees. Metals, findings and a variety of stones are available for purchase at the school.

What will I learn?

• About Annealing
• To use a rolling mill
• How to drill, file, saw & solder
• About metal forming
• How to polish
• About applying different finishes
• To work with pliers
• How to set a stone
• About creating different surface patterns
• How to set up a home workshop