Silver Jewellery Making Live Online Classes Autumn 2023

Get out your tools and make some jewellery!

Online Silver Jewellery Making Course

Creative Sociable and Fun

This online course is designed for people who have some experience in silver jewellery making and have their own jewellery making tools at home. These four sessions over the Autumn/ Winter term have been designed to get you inspired to make your own pieces of silver jewellery while adding to your repertoire of techniques. There are set projects and also ideas to spark you off to develop your own designs.

There is plenty of time between sessions for you to experiment and work on your pieces and you can be in touch with other members of the group in our friendly supportive WhatsApp group. The last session will be a fun couple of hours making simple seasonal pieces.

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

Four live sessions on Zoom Monday evenings from 7.00 - 9.00pm UK time

Dates:

Monday 2nd October 

Monday 6th November

Monday 4th December

Monday 11th December 

Classes are live on zoom and are designed so that you make along with each other during the sessions. They consist of live demonstrations, pre-recorded videos, discussions, simple worksheets and small group and whole group activities.

The sessions are not recorded and so it is good to attend live on the evening, but if you miss something there is always the opportunity to recap during a later session.

Cathy is an an experienced tutor who has been teaching jewellery making for over twenty years and online for over 3 years. 

 Cost £80.00

Specialised techniques covered will include:

Innovative ways of adding texture to metal 

New ways of linking

Making and using repetitive shapes 

Upsetting edges

Depletion guilding

Projects:

Mid-century design inspired linked jewellery

Beaded Cascade earrings

Wideband textured ring

Seasonal fun pieces

Equipment needed:

You will need a safe place to set up your workstation at home. Your are responsible for your own safety when on the course.

Pliers - round nosed, snipe nosed, half round

Snips

Torch

Solder block

Safe heat station

Quench

Pickle + brass or plastic tweezers

Vessel for rinsing

Vessel for quenching

Tweezers - reverse action

Flux - borax cone + dish + brush

Hard and easy silver solder

Emery paper / emery sticks of various grades from 800 - 1200 grit

File

Hammer

Flat stake (or other suitable surface to hammer on)

Drill + 1mm and 0.8mm bits 

Centre punch

Snips

saw + sawblades (recommend size 3/0) + benchpeg

Beeswax or cutlube

Small (ish) bevelled ended hammer 

Recommended - safety goggles

Round ended hammer

Flat stake

Ring stake

Doming block plus punches (not essential for this block)

Masking tape

Materials needed (quantities will be confirmed following booking):

Silver sheet 0.7mm thick - 10mm x 70mm (for a ring)

Silver sheet 0.5mm - minimum 30mm x 50mm 

Silver wire:

0.8mm silver wire - minimum 50cm 

0.5mm silver wire  - 50cm

1 x 2 mm rectangular fine silver wire Cookson code KSF 0200 - 20cm

Copper sheet 0.7mm thick cut into about 4 pieces approx 3cm square 

Copper wire or other base metal wire 0.8mm or 1.00mm diameter - a couple of metres

semi precious beads of choice

Jig or Small piece of wood and Headless nails

Feather

Watercolour paper

Netting from citrus fruit

Beads

Copper wire or other soft base metal wire

Large blunt nail

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.

Tools and materials are not provided. 

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

All projects and worksheets ©Cathy Newell Price 2023.