7th January – 18th March

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the first 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Half term 11th February, no class.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

7th January – 4th February

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

18th February – 18th March

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

8th January – 19th March

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the first 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Half term 11th-15th February, no class.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

8th January – 5th February

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

19th February – 19th March

6.00pm-8.30pm

For all levels

For learners who haven't worked with metal for jewellery before, the 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing. After this (and for intermediates at the start) you will be encouraged to bring in your own ideas to discuss with the tutor and develop your own work. There will also be an option to learn some more advanced techniques such as stone setting, etching and casting.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

Sunday 20 January          

10.30am – 5.30pm

For beginners and intermediates

Our most popular course, so much so that we run it at least twice every term and sell out every time.

This one-day workshop is a great introduction to the tools and methods used by professional jewellery makers.

You will make your own custom fitted silver ring to start and then choose from our gems to set into it.   For cabochons you will use a thin silver bezel to fit around the stone and for faceted stones you will work with silver tube.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

Sunday 10 February       

10.30am – 5.30pm

For beginners and intermediates

Our most popular course, so much so that we run it at least twice every term and sell out every time.

This one-day workshop is a great introduction to the tools and methods used by professional jewellery makers.

You will make your own custom fitted silver ring to start and then choose from our gems to set into it.   For cabochons you will use a thin silver bezel to fit around the stone and for faceted stones you will work with silver tube.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

Saturday 2 February      

10.30am – 5.30pm

For all levels

This class will teach you the ancient Scandinavian art of weaving wire into intricate circular chains and jewellery by the method called Viking Weave.

With the techniques presented you will learn to create items like the ones found in many Viking burials and treasure hoards across the Nordic countries dating from the 9th century to the late 12th century.  Timeless items can be created from this method that are still beautiful and wearable today.

Course led by Cameron Murdoch

Saturday 23rd February  10.30am – 5.30pm

For all levels

This course is an introduction to the creative use of Precious Metal Clay (PMC). Suitable for all levels it is designed to enable not only complete beginners to produce a piece of jewellery but also demonstrate the interesting properties of PMC to those with advanced knowledge of jewellery making.

During this course we will focus on one aspect of PMC, it’s ability to be fused onto wire structures to create whole pieces without the need for soldering. Using simple wire forming techniques you will construct sections for jewellery to which you will then add PMC. Once fired the pieces will be finished using simple techniques such as burnishing and patination.

Course includes 10g of fine silver Precious Metal Clay and wire necessary to make pieces

Course led by Christina Hirst

Saturday2 & Sunday 3rd March  

10.30am – 5.30pm

For all levels

One of our most fun courses. 

Day 1 - you will spend your time designing and carving your own ring or pendant from wax.  That evening we will attach wax sprues to create a ‘wax tree’, which will be set in a steel flask in investment powder and left in the kiln overnight to allow the wax to burn out.

Day 2 -  will start with molten pour into the flasks to create metal versions of the wax carvings.  The rest of the day will be spent cleaning and filing the carving.  You will finish the weekend with your own unique cast piece of jewellery.

Course led by Mirka Janeckova

Saturday 9th & Sunday 10 March                                

10.30am – 5.30pm

For intermediates but beginners welcome

This workshop will explore ways of using bezel settings in a more imaginative way and look at other Stonesetting methods to help you choose the best way to make your favourite gem(s) stand out.

Day 1 – instruction will be given on how to make a bezel to fit any stone and to make the setting original and interesting.

Day 2 – depending on the stone to be set, we will work with a variety of settings such as bezel, tabs, gallery, cups cones and look at the use of prefabricated mounts.

If you have a gemstone which you would like to set please let the tutor know in advance, if not a selection will be available to choose from.

Course led by Jacqueline Bell

Saturday 16th March      

10.30am – 5.30pm

For beginners and intermediates

This one-day session will cover various ways to apply texture and colour to sheets of base or precious metals.  You will experience with roll-printing, hammering and etching to create a textured surface and will then use chemical processes to apply colour.

Pattern and texture can also be produced by using small pieces of metal to build up a sheet.  If areas of different metals are used these will react differently with the chemical patination process leading to a striking result.

Course led by Hazel Thorn

Saturday 23rd March     

10.30am – 5.30pm

For beginners

Interested in learning how to apply colour to your metal? Then this one day workshop might be ideal for you.  The class will be working with copper, but if you have your own silver and wish to bring it along please do so.  You will be shown how to apply colour to your metals and will spend the day experimenting with as much colour and tone as you like.  By the end of the day you will have a range of your own colour samples and a finished piece of jewellery to take home.

Course led by Amanda McGrattan