Make Silver Jewellery Online - 4 Week Evening Class March 2021

Course outline

2 hour live zoom sessions every week
March 8th,15th, 22nd and 29th

Monday evenings
7.00pm - 9.00pm

Fee £60.00
Creative, Sociable and Fun
This block of classes will be mostly about Brooches and things to pin onto clothing. 

Content:

• At least 3 different ways of making your own catches will be covered, from the very simple to optional more advanced mechanisms.
• You will have at least three different projects to follow to make a brooch, a stick pin and a collection of lapel pins. You will be encouraged to make the projects your own by adapting the designs.

The number of participants will be limited so there will be plenty of individual attention.

Each week there will be live demonstrations, discussion and videos with participants having a go during the session to make the projects. You will then work in small groups and this will be followed by a further group session to share what we have done and troubleshoot.  
This will be backed up with basic instructions sent by email and available online together with access to any pre-recorded videos for at least one month after the course finishes.

There is also an optional WhatsApp group where you can share your makes and and ask questions between sessions.

You will need your own tools to work at home, please ask for advise if you have not already attended one of my online classes.

The course is designed for people with some experience in jewellery making and should enable you to make silver jewellery at home using basic jewellery making tools.  

Tools and materials

Please see below for minimum tool list.

Materials

Any specialist materials will be available to buy from this website in advance of the start of the course as a materials pack. You will also need to buy your own silver, a full list will be provided about 2 weeks before the start of the course. 

Tools 

Essential tools - you will need a safe place to set up the following tools up at at home:

Pliers - round nosed, snipe nosed

Snips

Torch

Solder block

Safe heat station

Quench

Pickle + brass or plastic tweezers

Tweezers - reverse action

Flux - borax cone + dish (or alternative)  + brush 

Solder probe

Silver solder easy and hard

Emery paper

Hammer

Flat stake (or other suitable surface to hammer on)

Drill + 1mm bits

Centre punch

Snips

Jeweller's saw

sawblades, 3/0

beeswax or other lubricant

benchpeg with clamp

Safety goggles recommended

Masking tape

Useful additional tools 

Doming block plus punches (or polymorph, or wad of fabric plus something with ball end)

Ring stake

Binding wire

Decorative metal stamps/punches

If you haven't attended a virtual course with me before your fee includes an individual zoom session to help you get set up. 

If you have any questions about this course do get in touch using the feedback form.

This course will only run with if the minimum number of people are enrolled. If it does not run you will have any fee you have paid refunded.

You are responsible for your own safety when making at home.