Jewellery making and crafts

Saturday workshops

February

• Geometric Notebooks

• Saturday 9 February, 10am – 3.30pm
  £41 full / £26 concession for 1 session
• Tutor: Phiona Richards
• Discover how to turn everyday shapes into geometric designs for notebooks.
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March

• Make a ring in a morning

• Saturday 9 March, 10am – 12.30pm
  £41 full / £26 concession for 1 session
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Try your hand at jewellery making and learn some basic metal working skills by making a soldered silver ring and an open wrap around ring, each made-to-measure and unique to you.
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May

• Bracelets, bangles & rings

• Saturday 4 May, 10am – 3.30pm
• £61 / £41
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Learn practical metalworking techniques including soldering, sawing hammering and filing to create your own bangle, bracelet or ring. No experience necessary, beginners welcome.

• Make a ring in a morning

• Saturday 11 May, 10am – 3.30pm
• £61 / £41
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Try your hand at jewellery making and learn some basic metalworking skills by making a soldered silver ring and an open wrap-around ring, each made to measure and unique to you.

June

• Pimp your jeans

• Saturday 29 June, 10am – 4pm
• £33 / £23
• Tutor: Phiona Richards
• Personalise a pair of your jeans or trousers using a range of embroidery stitches. Draw up some simple designs and transfer them onto your jeans. Then embellish your design with a range of embroidery stitches which you will be shown during the day.

July

• Earrings, pendants and pins

• Saturday 6 July, 10am – 3.30pm
• £61 / £41
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Develop practical metalworking skills in soldering, filing and sawing to create your own silver hoop, drop or stud earrings and matching pendant or brooch pin.

• Make your own Summertime headdress

• Sunday 7 July and Sunday 15 Aug, 1pm – 4pm
• £22 / £15 per class
• Tutor: Jasia Mcardle
• Create a beautiful and unique decorative headdress using fresh floral materials, ribbon, beads and found natural materials using traditional and contemporary wiring techniques.

August

• Make your own summer bunting

• Saturday 17 August, 10am – 4pm
• £33 / £23
• Tutor: Phiona Richards
• Create some beautiful handmade bunting for your home, garden or party. You’ll get to make up to to 3m single sided bunting and with time permitting, you have the opportunity to personalise your bunting using bondaweb, hand stitching, or appliqué lettering.

• Beginners book binding

• Sunday 18 August or Saturday 21 September, 10am – 4pm
• £33 / £23 for 1 session
• Tutor: Phiona Richards
• Create three different book structures using styles of pamphlets, concertina, soft binding or stab binding. Learn about the grain of the paper, how to cut without using a paper cutter and how to sew pages together including a cover.

• Simple stone set rings

• Saturday 31 August, 10am – 3.30pm
• £61 / £41
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Make your own stacking silver rings with a simple silver cabochon setting, perfect to give as a gift or as a treat for yourselves.

Weekday Courses

February

• Improvers Silver Jewellery

• Fridays, 10am – 12.30pm
  1 February – 12 April (except 22 February)
• £140 full / £83 concession for 10 sessions
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Develop your existing silver jewellery metal work skills and learn new ones from a professional jeweller. You are encouraged to create your own wearable designs in silver and copper.
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• Beginners Silver Jewellery

• Fridays, 1pm – 3.30pm
  1 February – 12 April (except 22 February)
• £140 full / £83 concession for 10 sessions
  Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Be introduced to practical metal working skills in silver and copper to create your own jewellery designs, receiving help and guidance from a professional jeweller.
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March

• Creating Fused Glass Pieces

• Tuesdays, 10am – 12pm
  5 March – 9 April
• £81 full / £61 concession for 6 sessions
• Tutor: Katherine Wilson
• Learn how to cut glass and explore the techniques of glass fusing by creating flat and shaped work.
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May

• Silver & copper jewellery

• Thursdays, 10am – 12.30pm
  2 May – 6 June
  £95 / £60 for 6 sessions
• Wednesdays, 6.30pm – 9pm
  31 July – 23 August
  £70 / £40 for 4 sessions
• Tutor: Samantha Robinson
• Be inspired to design and make jewellery using silversmithing techniques including soldering, piercing, drilling, doming, and oxidising metal. Experiment with textures and mixing metals to create your own beautiful jewellery.

May

• Beginners silver jewellery

• Fridays, 10am – 12.30pm
• 14th June – 19th July
• £110 / £70 for 6 sessions
• Tutor: Kate Bajic
• Develop practical metalworking skills to create your own silver jewellery designs, receiving help and guidance from a professional jeweller. Beginners and improvers welcome.