Bigbury Mint

This course is suitable for beginners or if you would like to expand on your jewellery making experience. You will be taught some vitreous enamelling techniques and come away with a drop pendant. Vitreous enamelling uses glass powders which are placed on to metal and then heated. This melts the glass and creates a beautiful, colourful piece of jewellery. All tools and materials are provided but if you are wishing to work in silver there will be a small additional charge. Group bookings are welcome. For more information on the...

This is a beginner's course with no previous experience required. You will learn how to make and decorate your own personal ring, which you will be able to wear at the end of the session. In this 3 hour workshop you will learn how to size, texture, solder, shape and finish your own unique silver ring. Taught by Fiona Cocks BA Hons in Jewellery and Silversmithing, and many years of teaching at Plymouth College Of Art, she will guide you through all the techniques required to create your piece. Group...

This course is great for beginners to learn some basic silver-working techniques, and you will go away with a copper and two silver stacking rings that you have made! It is run by Fiona Cocks BA(Hons) who is has been teaching at the Plymouth College of Art for many years. The 3 hour session takes place in the workshops of Bigbury Mint, which is in Ermington, near Ivybridge, in the heart of the South Hams area of Devon. Courses normally run on Thursday evenings. We can take group-bookings ( max...

This course is great for beginners to learn some basic silver-working techniques, and you will go away with a copper and two silver stacking rings that you have made! It is run by Fiona Cocks BA(Hons) who is has been teaching at the Plymouth College of Art for many years. The 3 hour session takes place in the workshops of Bigbury Mint, which is in Ermington, near Ivybridge, in the heart of the South Hams area of Devon. Courses normally run on Thursday evenings. We can take group-bookings ( max...

This course is great for beginners to learn some basic silver-working techniques, and you will go away with a solid silver bangle and a copper bangle that you have made! It is run by Fiona Cocks BA(Hons) who is has been teaching at Plymouth College of Art for many years. The 4 hour session takes place in the workshops of Bigbury Mint, which is in Ermington, near Ivybridge, in the heart of the South Hams area of Devon. Courses normally run on Saturday mornings 9pm - 1pm. We can take...

This workshop is suitable for students who have done a workshop with Bigbury Mint before or who have some basic jewellery making skills (soldering in particular) These types of rings have many names including; meditation, worry turn, swivel rings, turn rings, prayer rings or motion rings. Many people believe that these rings are helpful in relieving stress or anxiety as the wearer can fiddle with them if they are feeling worried. The workshops are based in our well equipped working Mint in Ermington, South Devon. In this 4 hour workshop...

This short course is suitable for beginners and you will be introduced to two traditional jewellery making techniques of piercing and soldering with some basic texturing and colouring processes. Week 1: Learn how to cut, saw and pierce delicate shapes in to metal to produce a pendant drop. Week 2: Hard soldering will be explained and demonstrated by making a silver band ring. Week 3: Using a combination of the two techniques learnt in the previous weeks the students will make a piece of jewellery of their choice. i.e ring,...