NIGHT CLASS JEWELLERY FOR BEGINNERS - TUESDAYS

10 classes – 10^th SEPTRMBER UNTIL 19^th NOVEMBER – 5:30pm to 7:30pm

This is a 10 week Jewellery making course suitable for complete beginners. The course is split into 2 blocks, the first 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects.

You will be shown how to use a variety of tools and equipment required for making jewellery. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing.  Within these weeks you will also be shown a basic introduction to enamelling and, if you like, try a cabochon bezel setting or tube setting.

You do not need to bring anything with you as we will supply saw blades, solder and copper to practice all the above techniques within the first block.

By week 4 you should be thinking of your final project, using some of the techniques you have learned. Discuss your ideas with the tutors to plan and order your own materials for your final project.

Half term - 14^th October until 18^th October - no class

Course lead by Amanda McGrattan and Eve Smith

Night class JEWELLERY FOR BEGINNERS - THURSDAYS

10 classes – 12^th SEPTRMBER UNTIL 21^st NOVEMBER - 6pm to 8pm

This is a 10 week Jewellery making course suitable for complete beginners. The course is split into 2 blocks, the first 5 weeks will concentrate on the necessary techniques required to then undertake your own projects.

You will be shown how to use a variety of tools and equipment required for making jewellery. You will learn, saw piercing, filling, drilling, hot and cold connections, texturing, forming and polishing.  Within these weeks you will also be shown a basic introduction to enamelling and, if you like, try a cabochon bezel setting or tube setting.

You do not need to bring anything with you as we will supply saw blades, solder and copper to practice all the above techniques within the first block.

By week 4 you should be thinking of your final project, using some of the techniques you have learned. Discuss your ideas with the tutors to plan and order your own materials for your final project.

Half term - 14^th October until 18^th October - no class

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan

Saturday 21st September 10am - 1pm

This workshop is for complete beginners. Come along for this fun 1//2 day course and make your own silver band ring.  You will learn some basic skills such as sawing, annealing, forming, shaping, soldering and polishing. You can texture the silver using the rolling mill or a hammer.  There are letter stamps so you can even write a message on the silver.

You will then learn how to form and shape the silver into your personalised ring.

By the end of the afternoon you will leave the workshop with a stunning ring made by you.

We will supply a strip of silver to make your ring.

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan

Saturday 28th September 10:30am - 5:30pm

Sea glass workshops are definitely one of our more popular classes and it is suitable for complete beginners. Learn to make a silver bezel to set some sea glass, pottery or ceramic in. This will then be made into a beautiful unique pendant.

Feel free to bring along a small piece of your own glass or select a piece from our collection, which has been handpicked from some of the beautiful beaches around the East coast of Scotland.  Please note that not all beach found are suitable for making into jewellery but we will let you know once we have seen it.

By the end of the day you will leave with a stunning unique Sea Glass pendant.

We will supply the silver to make a stunning sea glass pendant.

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan

Saturday 5th October 10:30am - 5:30pm

Due to popular demand we have added another sea glass stacking ring to our programme. This full day workshop is suitable for complete beginners.  You will make 2 or 3 thin stacking rings which can be textured using the rolling mill, hammers or stamps.  You will learn how to make a silver bezel to set a small piece of sea glass, pottery or ceramic in.  This will then be made into a beautiful unique ring as part of your stackers.  

By the end of the workshop you will go away with a stack of silver rings which you be able to wear them as a set of rings together or 1 at a time.

All silver will be supplied by us.

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan

Saturday 26^th October – 10:30am – 5:30pm

This workshop is suitable for beginners and also jewellers who want to add another skill to their belt.  It will cover various ways to apply colour and patterns to your metal using coloured enamels. 

The workshop will be split into two blocks.

The morning will be spent introduction you to powder enamels. You will be provided with copper to experiment with. You will be shown some cold connecting techniques to add the enamelled pieces to a piece of silver to make a colourful pair of earrings.

The afternoon will be spent learning various ways to apply liquid enamel to make colourful and exciting patterns to your metal using wet coloured enamels.  You will be provided with copper to experiment drawing into the enamels.

By the end of the day you will have your own range of vibrant coloured samples to take home along with the knowledge of a new skill.

We will supply all the materials for the workshop.

Course by Amanda McGrattan and Eve Smith

Saturday 9^th November – 10am – 1pm

 This workshop is suitable for complete beginners and one of our more popular workshops. Come along for this fun 1//2 day course and make your own silver band ring.  You will learn some basic skills such as sawing, annealing, forming, shaping, soldering and polishing. You can texture the silver using the rolling mill or a hammer.  There are letter stamps so you can even write a message on the silver.

You will then learn how to form and shape the silver into your personalised ring.

By the end of the class you will leave the workshop with a stunning ring made by you.

We will supply a strip of silver to make your ring.

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan

Saturday 16^th November - 10:30am – 5:30pm

This is by far one of our most popular workshops and is suitable for complete beginners.

This full day workshop is suitable for complete beginners.  You will make 2 or 3 thin stacking rings which can be textured using the rolling mill, hammers or stamps.  You will learn how to make a silver bezel to set a small piece of sea glass, pottery or ceramic in.  This will then be made into a beautiful unique ring as part of your stackers.  

Feel free to bring along a small piece of your own glass or select a piece from our collection, which has been handpicked from some of the beautiful beaches around the East coast of Scotland.  Please note that not all beach found items are suitable for making into jewellery but we will let you know once we have seen it.

By the end of the workshop you will go away with a stack of silver rings which you be able to wear them as a set of rings together or 1 at a time.

We will supply the silver to make a stunning set of sea glass stacking rings.

Course by Eve Smith and Amanda McGrattan