LR Silver Jewellery

Contact Name: Lori

Address:
Whitehouse Farm
Featherstone Lane
Featherstone, Wolverhampton
Staffordshire
WV10 7NG

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LR Silver Jewellery's Courses

Art Clay Silver Diploma Course - Lori Ridgway

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Art Clay Silver Diploma Course - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 3rd April 2020

£500

After passing the Higher Diploma course in 2015, I am now qualified to offer a certified course in Art Clay Silver. At the end of the course if you meet the required standards you will have your items photographed and the pictures will be sent off to the examiners board along with my marks and comments of your pieces so the board can check the quality of your work and issue you with a level 1 certificate. This also entitles you to a discount off the Art Clay silver at...

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Children's party course

Staffordshire

£250

Want to do something special for your child's party? How about making solid silver necklaces? During this simple workshop the children will use silver clay to make a necklace with 2 small charms on, with texture and an initial stamped in the back. Once fired the necklaces are 99.9% silver. While the charms are firing, I will provide a box template for them to colour in so they have a small gift box to keep their jewellery in. The clay will be fired in a kiln on site, so there...

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Dichroic glass in silver clay with Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 12th May 2020

£200

During this exciting new 2-day course you will learn how to make your own dichroic glass cabochon, then will choose a pre-made glass cab to set into a ring or pendant. The ring or pendant will use the silver clay to set the stone into the piece, adding some accents and small details to make a beautiful piece to your own design. Due to the nature of the glass firing process, the pieces will need to be in the kiln overnight to cool down slowly, so they will be ready...

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Silver clay at Talton Mill

Warwickshire

£95

Silver clay is a fairly new medium for jewellery making where the silver is in dust form mixed with a binder to make clay. Once the piece is made, it is fired, the binder burns off and the silver sinters together to make a solid silver (99.9% silver) piece. At Talton Mill I have a number of courses planned for 2020 including stone setting in silver clay, making a ring from silver clay and making a locket style bead from silver clay. Plus there is a Christmas course planned where...

Silver clay beginners 2 day course - Lori Ridgway

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Silver clay beginners 2 day course - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 20th June 2020

£170

No previous experience is necessary as this 2 day course takes you through how to use all 3 types of silver clay, the clay, the paste and the syringe. It also teaches you how to set a fireable stone in 3 different ways. At the end of the course, you will come away with at least 3 pieces of wearable jewellery The course is held in my fully equipped 400 year old converted barn in the Staffordshire countryside. I am a fully qualified Art clay silver instructor, and am currently...

Silver clay beginners course - Lori Ridgway

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Silver clay beginners course - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 3rd May 2020

£70

Learn to make your own beautiful solid silver jewellery from Art clay silver. This is a very versatile medium, so the possibilities are endless! Friendly instruction in a beautiful surrounding They will all be held at my fully equipped studio in the Staffordshire countryside in a 400 year old converted barn. I am fully qualified in the Art Clay Silver Diploma and have been making silver clay jewellery for a few years now. I have always loved teaching, so here is my opportunity to bring my two loves together and...

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Silver clay leaf course - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 18th April 2020

£70

During this easy workshop you will create a beautiful solid silver leaf from Art Clay Silver paste, which you can then put on a sterling silver chain to take away and wear. Choose a leaf from the selection I provide from a variety of nearby plants, including our local national trust farm, my back garden, and the area around my workshop; or you can bring one from your garden* or somewhere that has meaning for you. You need to make sure the leaves have lots of veins and detail on...

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Silver clay ring course - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire

£85

Once you have done a beginners course, or had a chance to play with some silver clay yourself, you might want to learn some more advanced techniques. This full day course will give you an opportunity to make a decorated ring from silver clay. What will you learn? There are a few choices on this course, you can make a ring with a glass stone, with a silver clay decoration on or with some texture or carving around it. You will learn how to size it and work out shrinkage...

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Stone setting in silver clay - Lori Ridgway

Staffordshire - Next course on 7th June 2020

£85

Make a beautiful piece of jewellery with fireable stones in. During this course you will learn how to set fireable stones in 4 different ways on your pieces. The course is suitable for beginners so you will also learn how to design a piece, using a template to shape your piece, texturing, adding a shaped bail and many more techniques. This is a great course to learn how to manipulate the clay and includes use of 3 types of clay - the lump clay, the syringe and the paste. Once...