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Jewellery Making Course
Continuing our recent initiative, we are running our next adult evening class for ‘Jewellery Making’ for four weeks from 25th February 2025 until 18th March 2025. The dates for the next course are below:
Start date – 29th April
2nd week – 6th May
3rd week – 13th May
Final week – 20th May
Start time – 18.00.
Finish time – 20.00.
Cost £179.00 for 8hrs of tuition.
The class must have 8 participants to run. Please be aware that payment is required at the time of booking.
Venue – Stables Workshop/Richard Bull Centre, LE15 6QN (access via Kilburn Yard)
The course is facilitated by Lucy Flint
Lucy Flint is a Rutland-based jeweller with a passion for designing and making detailed, nature-inspired silver and gold jewellery, with an emphasis on working sustainably. Through her business – Lucy Flint Jewellery – founded in 2014, Lucy has extensive experience teaching jewellery-making workshops, hand-crafting bespoke customer pieces and wedding rings, along with selling her core collections via her website and several other outlets, including Not On The High Street and National Trust shops.
Course Overview
Evening Jewellery Classes – Block 2 Basic Claw Settings for Cabochons
Tuesdays 6pm – 8pm
Four-week course for 8 students
Suitable for complete beginners and those with basic silversmithing knowledge
Week 1 – Introductions and make a ring band
- Welcome and introductions
- Overview of what we will cover each week, important health & safety points
- View examples
- Make a ring band ready for your setting:
Experienced Design and make a ring band for your completed setting to be soldered onto. This could include elements previously covered such as texture, cut-outs etc.
Beginners With guidance and demonstrations, make a simple ring band from round wire. This will cover the basic silversmithing techniques of sawing, sizing, forming and soldering.
Week 2 – Make a basic claw setting for a 10mm cabochon stone
- With guidance and demonstrations, make a 4-claw setting from two curved pieces of wire
- Solder to ring band
- Polish ready for stone setting
Week 3 – Set cabochon into ring, start work on a pendant
- With guidance and demonstrations, set cabochon into ring
- View examples of different styles and configurations for claw settings, choose a style to make for either your own stone, or a provided cabochon, considering how to incorporate a ring for the pendant to hang on a chain.
- Cut wire pieces, form and solder setting
Week 4 – Complete pendant
- Polish setting
- Set cabochon/stone
- Hang on chain
All materials and tools will be provided. The classes will involve working with flames, hot metal and rotary polishing tools so participants are asked to tie long hair back, as well as wearing closed toe shoes and appropriate clothing.
Please follow the link here to book your place.