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Level X
Jewellery Making in Metal for Improvers
COURSE OVERVIEW
If you enjoyed our beginners jewellery course, or have some prior experience from elsewhere then this course is for you. It will further develop your design and production skills while helping you discover and nurture your ownstyle. Your first project will be to design a piece of jewellery using a cabochon stone. If stone setting is new for you, a simple pendant is an ideal place to start and you will be shown how to make a bail. Progressing onwards, you may wish to make a ring with the ring size filed into the setting. You will have the opportunity to explore new techniques and create more complicated pieces, such as pendants, earrings and bracelets. Beyond the initial sessions, topics covered will be guided by your designs and some will have projects that present different technical challenges; as such there is an emphasis on peer learning.
Tutor: Sarah Silve Sarah began working in the jewellery industry in 1990 and was a model making assistant for a costume jewellery manufacturer. She graduated from Buckinghamshire College in 1995 with a BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design(silver/metal) and worked at the bench for an independent retailer. With an interest in emerging technologies she joined The Laser Group at The University of Liverpool undertaking a PhD in Laser Forming and Creative Metalwork. Sarah spent some years as a researcher and a lecturer in Product Design at Brunel University before she decided to return to practice in 2013 and attended th eBishopsland postgraduate silversmithing programme.
This course will run on a Tuesday evening, 1830-2100
FURTHER INFORMATION
Suitable for students who have completed the beginners jewellery making course or have some prior experience
After completing the course you can book on to further blocks. Alternatively, you may wish to work at a large scale and try silversmithing. As a beginner on that course you would make a bezel box, but you would have the skills to embellish the box with a stone.
There is no formal assessment
Leaners will need to buy stones and materials. Materials for a pendant with a bail are supplied by the college.
