Cast-in-Place Stone Setting An easy way to set stones and a great place to start your stone setting journey! Learn the principals to allow you to set your stones in wax ready for immediate metal casting. That means no tricky stone setting techniques after casting! This versatile technique is open to all kinds of aesthetics ready for you experiment with…
Finish metal castings of your wax pieces A 2hr course introducing you to the tools, materials and essential techniques of finishing the metal castings of your wax jewellery peices. After this course you will have the basic skills required to continue making and finishing your own designs at home. Prerequisite: Requires completion of Introduction to wax jewellery making Duration: 2…
Intensive Wax Jewellery Making Course (4 days) Our intensive wax jewellery making course is a comprehensive guide to making jewellery from wax covering beginner to advanced techniques including how to mass produce your designs. You will be guided through a series of projects teaching different skills including etching, miniature sculpture, carving, texturing, experimental techniques, wax injection & mould making. There…
Intermediate Wax Jewellery Making This course expands on skills covered in the Introduction to Wax Jewellery Making course, teaching some more advanced methods of working with wax. You will see that wax is an extremely versatile medium capable of textures, effects & extreme sculptural detail which isn’t possible with traditional silversmithing techniques. Choose a designs from the Intensive wax jewellery…
Introduction to Wax Jewellery making A solid foundation to get you started with essential skills necessary for developing your stone setting, carving and general jewellery design skills. There are so many skills to learn and directions you can go so I am careful not to overwhelm you whilst I show you different techniques, options, styles and aesthetics to help shed…
Kids Class, 4 hour Wax-Metal express Two x 2hr session introduction to the tools, materials and essential techniques of wax jewellery making and metal finishing. A perfect introduction for children 7 and up. (does not include metal casting costs) Prerequisite: None Duration: 4hrs: Two x 2 hour sessions Price: One child: $288 (2x 2hr sessions) Two children: $300 (2x…
Mould Making For Design & Mass Production (3 hours) This essential skill not only allows you to mass produce your designs but also opens up a world of possibilities to your design process as well as dramatically increasing your productivity and efficiency. You will also learn the basics of wax injection. Do yourself a favour and don’t overlook this process!…
Intro to Wax Jewellery & Metal Finishing Two sessions packed full of jewellery making skills and insights! We will introduce you to the tools, materials and essential techniques of wax jewellery making and metal finishing where you will choose from several designs including textured, etched symbols and abstract shapes. (does not include metal casting costs) Prerequisite: None Duration: 5 hours…
Introduction to Stone Setting: Creating a Pearl Ring The perfect introduction to stone setting! Learn the techniques to accurately position your stone, create the claws and design the aesthetics of your first stone setting. We will cover all the practical considerations of stone setting with a large fresh water pearl (included) and at the end of the session we will…
Ongoing Jewellery sessions: Wax Continue your learning in your areas of interest. Send us pictures of the kinds of things you would like to work towards making and we will help you reach your creative goals. There are so many possibilities with wax jewellery making from stone setting for rings and pendants to making flower and animal jewellery and everything…
SILV01 - Introduction to silversmithing. Make a substantial sterling silver ring from sheet material This is up to a 4 hour course which is ideal to introduce you to silversmithing techniques. The class involves an introduction to basic tools used in silversmithing, silver soldering, filling, sawing, annealing to make the silver workable, bending the silver into a ring shape, applying…
SILV02 - Introduction to silversmithing. Melting and rolling silver into a sheet ring. This is a 5 hour course which is ideal to introduce you to more involved silversmithing techniques. Melting and rolling silver into a sheet ring after an introduction on how use an ingot die and a Smith Mini Oxy/Acetylene Melt and cast approximately 14 grams of sterling…
