Private Classes - 2 or 3 Hour Workshops
Choose from different types of rings, earrings or even glass for your taster class!
Stacking Rings
Create your own ring stack from copper, brass and silver in this fast and fun workshop!
Learn to measure your finger, cut metal wire to length and texture it with hammers and punches. Then use a jewellers torch, sandpaper and polishing, and your new shiny ring stack will be ready to wear.
This 3-hour class is ideal for beginners, groups of friends and visitors to the city.
Included in the class fee are copper and brass for practising on, sterling silver for two rings and all consumables such as sandpaper, solder and chemicals. Extra metals are available for purchase in the studio.
Textured Earrings
In three short hours, learn to craft an amazing pair of textured metal earrings - from scratch!
Over this taster class, you’ll be guided through the process of heating and texturing metal, cutting and shaping with traditional jewellery tools. After completing this class, you will have one pair of beautiful earrings to wear away or gift to someone special!
You will practice on smaller texture samples to work out what texture and what metal you want to go with, and then move on to creating your earrings in either warm copper or yellow brass - with solid sterling silver earring hooks or posts.
Your class materials pack includes everything you need for the class to make a super cool pair of shiny copper or brass earrings.
Using these inexpensive materials allows us to have more creative fun and create larger earrings with less expense. However, if you’re committed to sterling silver, you can of course upgrade your materials for an extra $30 - $50.
We use quality pre-made sterling silver earring wires, or earring posts with silicone stud backs for these taster classes so that you can focus on making the main part of the earrings and know that your findings will be just perfect.
The outcome for this taster class is to have one pair of completed earrings to wear away or gift to someone special.
Textured Rings
Make your own personalised ring! Learn the basic technique first in copper or brass, and then craft your final piece in silver...
Learn to measure your finger, cut metal to length and texture it using the rolling mill, hammers, letter stamps and punches. Students are then taught to form and solder their ring strip, shape and clean it up into a beautiful customised ring.
This 3-hour class is ideal for beginners, groups of friends and visitors to the city.
Included in the class fee are copper and brass for practising on, one silver ring strip and all consumables such as sandpaper, solder and chemicals. Extra metals are available for purchase in the studio.
Sweet Studs
A super quick taster class that’s ideal as a fun outing for friends. Make your very own sweet-as silver stud earrings!
In just 2 hours, you’ll be guided through the process of heating and texturing metal, cutting and shaping with traditional jewellery tools.
You will practice on copper or brass to work out what texture you want to go with, and then move on to sterling silver to create a pair of gorgeous solid sterling silver studs!
All materials provided - including enough silver and the correct findings to create one pair of studs. Extra items are available to purchase but in a 2-hour class, this is really all you will have time for!
This class is ideal for teenagers and families.
Twisted Rings
Twisted rings have beautiful shapes and can be worn on a chain if you prefer. Craft an elegant twisted silver ring from solid silver! Learn to soften and twist wire to create the twist you want, then how to form it up into a ring that fits you. Learn to use the jeweller's torch to solder then clean up and polish the ring to a beautiful finish.
This 3-hour class is ideal for beginners, teens and families.
An excellent, fun class if you have already taken one of our Stacking Rings or Textured Earrings classes and fancy adding to your jewellery collection.
Included in the class fee are a copper bar to practise on and a sterling silver bar to create your twist ring. All consumables such as sandpaper, solder and chemicals. Extra metals are available for purchase in the studio.
Lampwork Glass
This class is a great way for absolute beginners to get a taste of working with glass to produce beautiful beads that can be used in a myriad of ways, including making a unique gift for your loved one (or yourself!).
As one of the earliest forms of human adornment, beads have long functioned as a way to express individuality, and what better way to do that than to learn to make your own unique beads?
Students are shown correct lampworking techniques to produce several decorative beads in just 3 hours! How many beads you make is up to you, some students make up to 10 while others make fewer using trickier techniques.