Beginner
Beginner Silver Jewellery Course
The beginner silver jewellery course is a great place to start for metal working techniques if you’re new to jewellery making.
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The beginner silver jewellery course is a great place to start for metal working techniques if you’re new to jewellery making.
Would you like to make a ring with a cabochon stone setting? Then this is the course for you! We show you how to make a silver ring and set a stone.
Learn how to tube set a faceted stone on an elegant silver ring on this one day taster class. Choose from a selection of gemstones in a range of colour ways to suit your taste. Your finished piece would make a perfect gift. This class is suitable for complete beginners.
Learn how to make round faceted stone settings for both large and small stones. This course covers a variety of ways to make settings.
Learn how to design and make a silver bracelet using cabochon or rose cut stones on our Gemstone Silver Bracelet Course.
On our Byzantine ring course learn how to design a Byzantine style ring with stone settings and elements of granulation and decorative wire work.
Learn how to make settings for both cabochon and faceted square stones plus learn how to set on our Setting Square Gemstones course.
Our setting small gemstones course is an introduction to simplifying the process of working with small mounts and tricky settings.
Learn how to make a collet setting for faceted stones. The conical shape gives this setting a contemporary style which compliments the shape of the stone.
Learn how to make rub over settings and faux claw settings for larger stones on our Round Rub Over Faceted Setting Workshop.
Learn about settings for small square gemstones. On this we cover how to set square and rectangular facetted stones precisely with a professional finish.
Learn how to make a silver tennis bracelet with box clasp on our Tennis Bracelet Course. Design to your taste using your favourite gemstones.
Learn how to set freeform stones and work with mounts that require setting stones with complicated angles.
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Beginner courses are a mix of short courses and term time courses for newcomers. Beginner courses will suit you If you have never soldered with a gas torch or used a piercing saw. Our Improver Courses are for students who know how to solder with a gas torch, anneal and use a piercing saw. You will have completed a Beginner course and want to build on your basic skills. Advanced courses are for students who are confident in a jewellery workshop. You have a good understanding of how to construct jewellery but aspire to a higher level of precision. Our Taster Classes are perfect for beginners with little or no jewellery making experience. They offer a gentle learning curve to ease you into silver jewellery making and try something new. They’re also a fun day out and you take home a beautiful hand made piece of silver jewellery. Our intensive jewellery making courses are full term length courses condensed into a shorter timeframe. Usually run over a number of consecutive full days or spanning 2 weekends. Group booking jewellery making classes are perfect for small parties and events. We offer taster classes for group bookings tailored to meet your group’s skill level or adapted for a particular design. Perfect if you all want to wear matching jewellery to a special occasion. Visit our Group Booking page for more information. Search for qualifying group booking courses by using our course filter at the top of this page. What are Beginner Courses?What are Improver Courses?What are Advanced Courses?What are Taster Classes?What are Intensive Courses?What are Group Booking classes?Do you run classes for children?
All students attending classes or workshops at Kingham Jewellery School must be 18 or over, unless otherwise stated in the course information.
The minimum age for students attending group bookings is school year 11, 15-16 years of age provided they are accompanied by fee paying adults. We do not offer group bookings solely for under 18’s.
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