Beginners jewellery I

City Lit

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In London

£ 249 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Follow a series of set technical projects to learn cutting, filing, texturing, forming, soldering and polishing. After completing these projects in copper you will learn about London’s Jewellery Quarter and how to purchase precious metal so that you can design and make your own jewellery piece, incorporating the skills you learnt in the first part of the course.

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Location

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

- Cut, file and sand metal
- Shape and form metal
- Texture metal using a range of methods
- Drill and polish using machinery
- Silver solder metal
- Work safely, observing health and safety best practice
- Make a piece of jewellery of your own design.

Copper sheet and wire are provided in reasonable quantities.
You will be shown how to purchase silver and how to estimate the cost before buying.
The cost will depend on the size of your piece, but generally students spend between £5 and £20 on their first piece(s).

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Subjects

  • Design
  • Casting

Course programme

- Cutting, filing, forming, sanding and polishing metal
- Silver soldering
- Making a range of samples in copper (such as a cut out pendant, a ring, textured domed earrings and a chain sample)
- Designing and making your own piece of jewellery, applying the metal working skills you learnt in the first part of the course.

Through practical demonstrations both to the group and to individuals. Group discussions and feedback are encouraged.

Additional information

City Lit offer a wide range of short and year long courses in Jewellery design and making, from beginners to advanced, and for professional development. These courses, from 17-18 Main Programme might complement what you learned or your outcomes from this course: VV396 Beginners II VV616 Precious Metal Clay: Setting Stones. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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