Jewellery Making

Jewellery Making

(SCQF level 4)

Weekend, Design

Course Options
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Overview

This course is for beginners as well as those with some jewellery making experience. You will learn a range of basic jewellery making techniques including sawing, soldering, hammering, roll printing, doming, forming, findings, finishing and a simple stone setting.

Minimum entry requirements
  • No experience required.

What you study
  • Sawing.
  • Soldering.
  • Texturing metal, including hammering and roll printing.
  • Doming and forming metal.
  • Jewellery findings.
  • Finishes, including polishing.
  • Simple stone setting.
  • Jewellery information on tools, materials and where to purchase them.

After the course

After completing this course, you may wish to proceed to the intermediate jewellery making.

How the course is taught

The techniques are spread over the 10-week course, starting with the most basic and finishing with the more advanced.

Materials

A materials fee of £20 is included in the course fee to cover a limited supply of non-precious metals and materials.

You will also receive information on tools, material and where to purchase them.