Jewellery - beginners - 4 days summer school

Course Content:
Your Course is a practical introduction or refresher to jewellery making and designing. You will be set projects covering basic metal working techniques and design skills. You will be taught through practical demonstrations, group and individual tuition and you will learn from hands on experience.
You will actively take part in:

• Designing and making earrings from metal discs
• Designing and making a textured copper or silver ring
• Designing and making a pendant or key ring

• Cutting metal sheet using the guillotine, shears, disc-cutters and saw
• Texturing using hammers, punches and the rolling mill
• Hard-soldering rings and findings
• Polishing using polishing machine and the barrel polisher.
• Drilling holes using a pillar drill or pendant drill
• Oxidizing (blackening copper and silver)
• Working with wire using pliers to produce findings for earrings and pendants