Lesley Jane Jewellery

3 hour workshop, suitable for complete beginners, enamelling on copper with kiln-fired vitreous enamel. Participants will experiment with various decorative techniques and will complete several pieces of jewellery to take home. What previous workshop participants have said: "I have just done a one day enamelling workshop with Lesley and I can thoroughly recommend it! It was great fun and I made 3 beautiful necklaces, it is great value for money. Lesley is really knowledgable about her craft and is a brilliant teacher" "Fab workshop learning to enamel with Lesley. Friendly,...

You will use traditional metalworking tools and techniques to turn copper reclaimed from electrical cable and heating pipes into a bracelet and a pendant or a pair of earrings. You will learn how to soften and shape wire, texture metal sheet and use a piercing saw to cut out shapes. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners and the price includes all the materials you will need to complete two pieces of jewellery to take home with you at the end of the workshop.

On this workshop you will get the chance to have a go at a variety of techniques including cutting out a shape with a piercing saw, drilling, annealling (softening) metal, forming a bowl shape in copper and enamelling. At the end of the final firing of your bowl, we will have a go at the raku technique, borrowed from ceramics, which uses smoke to achieve an unpredictable lustrous finish. You will complete either a soap dish or, if you prefer, an ornamental trinket dish to take home with you at...