Full Day Workshops
These 6 hour workshops give you the time to really get to grips with a particular technique. Students can expect to come away with 2 or 3 finished pieces, depending on their designs.

This great one-day class runs from 10am - 4pm with a lunch break. It is ideal for beginners, but experienced students are also welcome.

Students will practice making simple textured or polished rings in either copper or brass, then move onto making one or more silver rings from start to finish.  They will learn measuring, texturing, soldering and finishing techniques to make beautiful, wearable rings! 

Students can choose from creating textured, stamped or polished rings in flat metal, or adding stacking rings in wire and bar. More experienced students may wish to make a wider ring, or a series of rings, perhaps in a tapered form or including finer details and finishing, or possible stone setting for those that have done stone setting before. 

This is a one-day class aimed at either providing a fun experience with a great result, or excellent grounding in basic jewellery techniques for those wanting to pick up the activity. Course fee includes practice materials a thick sterling silver ring strip. Extra materials are available to purchase in the workshop if time allows.

If your group already has some jewellery making experience, we can tailor a workshop just for you. Contact us with your ideas, we would love to help.

Spend a day working with traditional jewellery tools and time-honoured techniques, crafting hand-made sterling silver earrings (or pendants) from scratch! 

Over the day, you’ll be guided through the process of heating and texturing metal, cutting, shaping, soldering and crafting hand-made earring hooks or pendant connections from silver wire. Learning to make your own earring hooks is a game-changer for special earrings, allowing you to customise your designs and elevate the value of your work!

You will begin by practising on texture samples to work out what texture and what metal you want to go with and practising cutting and filing. You will plan your project design with your tutors before moving on to craft 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 (including silver) and extra materials or items like sterling silver chains are available to purchase in the studio. 
 

Torch Fired glass enamels are a great way to add colour to your jewellery. Start with the basics and refine your process over the day. This one is not recommended for those under 16 years of age.

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This class is currently only available in Christchurch.

These classes are a great way for absolute beginners to get into working with glass to produce beautiful beads to incorporate into jewellery or gorgeous art projects. Students will also have time to learn how to make silver findings for their beads.

Sand casting is an amazing and ancient technique of making moulds in special sand, then pouring in molten metal. This one is not recommended for those under 16 years of age.