Jewellery Summer School
Jewellery Summer School
2024 Summer School
Monday 29th July - Friday 2nd August
10am-4pm each day
Tutor: Olivia Brown
Picnic-style lunch each day and refreshments are included
Materials are additional and can be purchased during the course
Suitable for all levels
Jewellery Summer School for Teenagers - 3 Day Course
An exciting 3-day course, introducing key jewellery and silversmithing techniques to your crafty teenagers! Each of the three days will focus on a different project, covering techniques such as soldering, forming, saw piercing, bending and finishing. Students will make a set of stacking rings, a pierced & textured pendant and linear shaped earrings. See below for the full course outline for each day.
As well as being a jewellery & silversmithing tutor for us at Meon Valley Studio, Gwen is an experienced art teacher, teaching secondary level children.
Tutor: Gwen Roff
Wednesday 7th- Friday 9th August 2024
10am-4pm each day
£280 per person
Materials additional
Tea and coffee provided each day, you will need to bring a packed lunch.
All basic silver, tools and consumables for each project are included in the course fee (optional extras such as chains, boxes or additional silver are available for purchasing).
Suitable for beginners aged between 12 and 17.
Projects and techniques covered on this course:
Day 1 - Set of silver stacking rings
- Discuss wire shapes
- Measuring metal length
- Using a piercing saw
- Bending & shaping
- Pallion soldering
- Filing, papering & polishing
- Texturing using hammers
Day 2 - Sheet silver pendant
- Piercing (sawing) sheet
- Texturing using hammers
- Filing & papering edges
- Drilling
- Surface finishes
- Forming
Day 3 - Chain drop earrings
- Forming & bending with pliers
- Soldering using the solder probe
- Making ear hook wires
- Time to finish off the week’s projects
If you are interested in this course but can’t do the date(s) available, click the link below to be notified when we have another date.