The main skills we cover include practical jewellery making skills in beginners and intermediate beading and beginners and intermediate metal clay.

Alongside this, the course also covers business set up skills including marketing yourself, legal requirements, pricing and selling your jewellery, getting into galleries and shops, photographing your jewellery and much more.

Please note: this course is suitable for beginners but in an intensive course which we have packed lots of things into so be prepared to work hard and hopefully get great results.

Please see a rough breakdown of the 5 day course below;

Day 1 - Beginners beading

Skills covered include:

Threading, crimping, creating earwires and clasps, attaching findings, making complete earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Using a wide range of beads to create pieces, including glass, wood and semi-precious stones. Making muli-strand pieces, adding tassels, using different wires, proper use of tools including pliers, mini-files and crimping tools.

Day 2 - Intermediate beading

Skills covered include:

Wire wrapping, incorporating chain to earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Ring making, bracelet cuff making, choker making.  More advanced beading skills.

Day 3 - Beginners Metal Clay

Skills covered include:

Rolling out the clay to a consistent thickness, the different types of metal clay and what is used for what, earring making, basic ring making, basic stone setting, texturing the clay, tools used in metal clay, mould making, torch and kiln firing, sanding, polishing and achieving a professional finish. Attaching findings to your finished pieces.

Day 4 - Intermediate Metal Clay

Skills covered include:

Adding glass, natural stones and gold to your work. Intermediate ring making, leaf painting, creating hollow forms, using syringe.

Day 5 - Setting up a Jewellery Business (business skills)

Skills discussed include:

Marketing, PR, websites, photography, budgeting, pricing and selling your jewellery, getting into galleries and shops, packaging, legal requirements, Insurance as well as networking and class discussions.

If you have already taken courses in some of these areas (e.g. beginners beading or metal clay) then it may be possible to join this course for certain days that you have not covered at a reduced rate. To discuss this please contact the Jewellery School.

What is included?

Included in the cost of the course is all the materials you will need to make your jewellery (worth over £100) plus use of all tools and resources through out the course. You will also receive a course handbook and a small toolkit to get you started in your jewellery making business.

Finally you will get an individual 20 minute tutorial after the class once you are ready to discuss your plans, this is a chance to receive individual attention and look through whatever aspect of your business you like to get support and ideas for.