Metal, aluminium and copper jewellery courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

This exciting day course in enamelling on copper explores the skills and techniques of kiln enamelling, a colourful jewellery course brought to you by Eleanor Watson from The Jewellery Boat. The course is for anyone of 16 years old and above. Due to the continued need to socially distance we now limit this course to a maximum of 4 people at a time in our studio to allow for this. The added benefit to students being smaller classes with more 1:1 attention possible. PPE will be provided which we will...

Lonely Ape Workshop classes are a great introduction for any keen crafters interested in Silversmithing. In the textured jewellery workshops you will learn skills such as annealing, soldering, hammering, filing and finishing. You will be able to choose between making earrings, a ring or a pendant in the class and will be tutored through the whole process from start to finish. You will be able to choose different thicknesses of silver wire and strip silver depending on the style you want to create; we will then spend time exploring different...

Learn how to make your own silver jewellery, rings, earrings, bangles, pendants, broaches etc. Design, cut, solder, set stones, etch, print and mark metal. Suitable for beginners or more experienced learners, this class is taught in my fully equipped home studio. I have been a commercial Silversmith/ jewellery maker for 5 years and am a qualified teacher with 14 years experince. You will be in good hands. Due to covid, classes will be a maximum of 3 people. Contact me to be added to the waiting list. I am taking...

Make a beautiful Tree of Life silver plate pendant and matching earrings in your choice of freshwater pearls, crystals or gemstone chips. Join experienced tutor and jewellery maker Pat Miller for a fun and informative workshop that will get your creative juices flowing, and take away your own unique pendant and earrings. Covid compliant site, social distancing measures/safety measures in place.

The day starts at 10.00am with a brief chat and look through some samples pieces made by David, followed by a demonstration of how to do some basic metal folding using some of the methods devised by the Canadian Charles Lewton-Brain. Students are then given a range of tools, copper and aluminium sheet to work with. The methods of working the metal include cold manipulation using hammers and hands and heating the metal with blow-torches between cold-working. The hot metal is quenched in water after each heating and manipulated further...

Whether you are a complete beginner or have some previous experience with enamelling this course will give you new skills and ideas. With a small group size, individual students can work on different techniques at their own pace. New techniques will be explained to the group or individually depending on the needs of students and you will come away with a range of your own unique pieces of work. You will work with a range of techniques to decorate your pieces of copper and can make up to 8 pieces...

The skills you will learn during the wire wrapping workshop are how to measure, bend & shape the wire into your chosen jewellery pieces. The wire wrapping course is suitable for absolute beginners or people with some prior experience. The workshop is very interactive and continued support is offered throughout the day, whilst at the same time allowing for students to work independently. The course runs for 2.5 hours, but on occasions can slightly over run to enable students to complete the projects they are working on.

The enameling course consists of learning how to create amazing effects on different metals with vivid enamel colour powders. This enamel is very versatile and can be used on all metals and is therefore, a very versatile medium used within todays modern jewellery making. If you are interested in learning how to enamel your own jewellery, along with learning basic silversmithing skills then this is the course for you. The course is suitable for absolute beginners to people with some prior experience who may wish to build upon the skills...

Durinh the Sterling silver spinner ring workshop The skills you will learn during the day are how to measure your finger size in order to cut the correct size metals. Students will learn how to anneal and shape the metal into the desired ring shape along with how to saw, soldier and cure the different metals before buffing and polishing you finished ring to a high shine finish. The finished ring can be made completely from sterling silver or can be a combination of both Sterling Silver and Copper. It...

Fancy trying something new in a relaxed online live course that includes the kit you’ll need? How about trying copper and aluminium foil embossing to create things like bookmarks and gift tags? If you can use a pencil or write with a pen then you can emboss foil. It’s easy to get started and soon you’ll be able to make pretty raised images in metal. The course is an informal taster, so no pressure, just having fun trying something new. My main aim is for you to enjoy yourself. The...