28 April 2025 - 7 July 2025 ( 27 hours, 9 weeks )
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Waterloo Centre
This course will cover the basics of jewellery making, while exploring further techniques through demonstrations and simple projects. For beginners or students with some previous experience who want to extend their skills.
This is a practical class and you will be learning how to make pieces of jewellery to develop or build on your skills. You will learn to work confidently with metals and other materials. As a beginner you will start with a series of basic practical projects designed to encourage familiarity with the tools, materials and processes most frequently used in the studio. You will make three or four pieces of jewellery starting with base metals and progressing to working in silver. As a returning or intermediate student you will be encouraged to develop your own designs with technical help on a one to one basis from the tutor. Technical projects will be set where appropriate. You will learn through group demonstrations and individual, one - to- one help and guidance, with technical and critical advice depending on your needs. The tutor will give demonstrations, presentations and lead group discussions around technical and creative subjects. You will work at your own pace, negotiating individual learning goals with your tutor and assess these on a learning statement.
The course is suitable for beginners who have no previous jewellery making experience and intermediate level learners who want to gain further confidence in jewellery making techniques.
The jewellery studio is on the third floor of the main building, there is lift access. You need a moderate level of fitness to be able to use jewellery equipment. Some chemicals used may be harmful in pregnancy. Please let the tutor know if you are pregnant and they will advise you as to necessary precautions.
Students will be expected to buy some materials for their projects (e.g. silver, precious stones, saw blades). A comprehensive list of these and suppliers will be provided during the first lesson. A note book for technical notes and designs is strongly recommended. New students with previous experience should bring in an example of their work. The college provides all of the tools necessary to take part in the course and basic materials in reasonable quantities such as base metals, paper, acrylic etc.
